Various embodiments provide techniques for generating a style profile in which items are recognized in image data, analyzed for their attributes, and categorized based on those attributes. In various embodiments, computer vision techniques can be used to analyze the image data and subsequent image data to update the generated style profiles. The style profiles may be associated with a person, event, or the like and provide users with items having similar characteristics or attributes, which may be available for purchase in an electronic marketplace. The style profiles may be updated by analyzing user interaction with the provided items and by receiving additional image data. Additionally, recommendations may be provided based on search queries that identify certain events or style profiles.

Providing an automation platform for the Internet-of-Things (IoT) includes receiving a request to access a marketplace to build a desired mashup of IoT-enabled Nodes for the automation platform, where the marketplace allows a search for and purchase of the IoT-enabled nodes, where a node is network-enabled device, sensor, or service, and where the automation platform allows performing automated tasks using the IoT-enabled nodes based on events for triggering evaluation, statuses for use in conditional statements, and actions for when a set of conditions are satisfied. A search term is received for the desired mashup and a presentation of a list of automation platform blueprints, nodes, services, and end points that match the search term is initiated. An end point is selected from the initiated presentation and a node builder tool is accessed that permits systematic configuration of a node for the selected end point for compatibility with the automation platform.

A morphing interface system updates, that is, morphs, a display on a client device as a user provides portions of input. The system receives a first portion of user input and selects an intent related to a predicted intent of the user that matches or can be associated with the portion of user input. The system displays an interface associated with the intent at the client device. The system additionally extracts entity values associated with execution of the intent from the first portion of the user input. As the user provides additional portions of input, the morphing interface system reevaluates the user input and determines whether the user input still indicates the same user intent, and thus the same intent for execution. Upon determining that the additional input indicates a different user intent, the system updates the display to show an interface associated with the new intent.

The present invention relates to methods, devices and systems for associating consumable data with an assay consumable used in a biological assay. Provided are assay systems and associated consumables, wherein the assay system adjusts one or more steps of an assay protocol based on consumable data specific for that consumable. Various types of consumable data are described, as well as methods of using such information in the conduct of an assay by an assay system.

Herein disclosed is a method and system to perform product delivery interception. In one implementation, a product delivery interceptor receives, from a purchaser, a request to determine availability of a product. The product delivery interceptor identifies a recipient of the product and transmits a bid for the product for consideration by the recipient. The product delivery interceptor acquires the recipient response to the bid and conveys an instruction to reroute delivery of the product to the purchaser if the recipient response indicates acceptance of the bid.

Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for semi-opaque sales with bundles of items. An example bundle can include hotel lodging and a bonus service, status, or item associated with that hotel. An system can identify a first bundle of a first base and bonus item, and a second bundle of a second base and bonus item. The system can present a semi-opaque offer comprising the first bundle, the second bundle, and a discount price, wherein the semi-opaque offer does not identify which of the first bundle and the second bundle will be sold at the discount price to the user upon acceptance of the semi-opaque offer, and wherein the discount price is a full price of the first base item. After receiving acceptance of the semi-opaque offer from the user, the system can disclose that the user has purchased the first bundle at the discount price.

Systems and methods to facilitate programmatic access to a network-based commerce facility via a network are described. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving a request from a third party application via the network at the network based commerce facility. The request performs an action pertaining to electronic commerce and being one of a plurality of requests recognized by the network-based commerce facility. In responsive to the request, the method performs the action pertaining to the electronic commerce and communicates from a result of the action from the network-based commerce facility to the third party application in a programmatically accessible format.

A computer implemented method of determining a user health rating. The method may include evaluating transaction records in a user transaction history, determining whether the transactions are associated with positive or negative health, and generating a user health rating at least partially based on the transaction records.

Systems and methods for controlling shelf display units and for graphically presenting information on shelf display units are disclosed. A system includes one or more display units configured to be coupled to shelves of a modular shelving system, one or more processors communicatively coupled to the one or more display units, one or more memory components communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, and machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory components. When executed by the one or more processors, the machine readable instructions cause the system to determine a product identifier corresponding to a product, identify one or more display units to update in response to determining the product identifier corresponding to the product, and update a graphical output of the one or more display units identified to be updated in response to identifying the one or more display units to update.

Example embodiments described herein disclose a travel search machine configured to retrieve and present search results as graphical elements within a graphical user interface. The travel search machine presents graphical elements with a slider configured to define a subset of the search results, where the subset is defined by a location of the slider among the graphical elements within the graphical user interface, and is further configured to receive a user input that moves the slider from a first location in the graphical user interface to a second location in the graphical user interface and in response to the first user input, cause the user device to display a notification window in the graphical user interface at a position relative to the slider in the first location, the notification window indicating a count of search results within the subset of search results defined by the location of the slider.