Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage devices for securely storing, at an electronic device, payment information associated with a payment account, detecting, at the electronic device, a payment operation associated with an application program. In response to the detected payment operation, the method includes determining that an input corresponding to an authorization of a payment transaction has not been locally received at the electronic device within a time period, presenting, in response to the determination, a stimulus indicating that the input corresponding to an authorization of a payment transaction has not been locally received, detecting subsequent to the stimulus presentation an authorization input, the authorization input corresponding to an authorization of a payment transaction, enabling, in response to detecting the authorization input, the payment information to be retrieved and releasing the payment information to the application program.

Techniques and arrangements for integrating predefined templates with open ticket functionality. For instance, a merchant device can identify a type of transaction between a merchant and a customer, select a ticket type for the transaction based on the type of transaction, and select a transaction flow based on the ticket type. The merchant device can then generate an open ticket for the transaction based on the ticket type, and associated transaction flow with the open ticket. Additionally, the merchant device can generate a visual representation of data associated with the open ticket, where a layout of the data within the visual representation is based on the type of transaction and the transaction flow, and present the visual representation to the merchant. In some examples, the type of transaction is identified using received input. In some examples, the type of transaction is identified based on a group associated with the customer.

Examples of automated order troubleshooting are described. In an example embodiment, sales-specific data sources associated with at least one of a process, an organization, and an industry relevant for sales operations are monitored. From the monitored sales-specific data, an operation behavioral pattern is identified, based on predefined rules. Subsequently, a behavior model capturing the operation behavioral pattern is constructed using a pre-existing behavior model library. Using the behavior model, a potential event relating to an order received to be fulfilled using the sales operation is predicted, the potential event being indicative of an issue affecting the order. Accordingly, the issue affecting the order is proactively remediated to automatically troubleshoot the order.

Systems and methods are provided for determining additional vehicle data for a vehicle based on a vehicle identifier, such as a vehicle identification number (VIN). Based on the VIN, manufacturer codes, model codes, and other additional manufacturer information can be determined. The manufacturer codes and/or model codes can be used in determining a list of options on the vehicle. This information can be used by a variety of systems in determining more accurate vehicle specifications to yield more accurate vehicle evaluations based at least in part on the list options.

A system and method for personalized food item designer and culinary fulfillment. The system is a cloud-based network containing a food item design server, portals for restaurants and patrons, to enter their information, and a recipe generator which creates a unique dietary experience for patrons based on a multitude of variables associated with the business enterprises, patrons historic culinary transactions, dietary needs and preferences both explicit and inferred. The system may be accessed through web browsers or purpose-built computer and mobile phone applications.

An information processing apparatus of an embodiment includes merchandise determination means for determining whether or not merchandise for which merchandise identification information for identification of the merchandise is acquired is merchandise in increasing demand having a number of sales remarkably increasing within a fixed period, threshold determination means for determining whether or not the number of sales of the merchandise in increasing demand to a same customer is equal to or smaller than a threshold if the merchandise is determined as being the merchandise in increasing demand, and sales control means for performing a sales data process on the merchandise if the number of sales is determined as being equal to or smaller than the threshold, and outputting information representing a ban on a sale of the merchandise to the same customer if the number of sales is determined as being larger than the threshold.

The disclosed technologies can compute predictive reorder scores and measures of the quality of food products and food providers using objectively verifiable data, including reorder data, and use these predictive quality measures to create new functionality in an information search and retrieval system and/or a product ordering system.

Systems and methods are provided for replacing athletic equipment. One embodiment is a system that includes a tracking server. The tracking server includes an interface that receives messaging indicating fitness histories for athletes, each of the fitness histories including records that indicate exercise activities performed by an athlete over time, and a controller that, for each of the athletes, analyzes records of exercise activities of the athlete in a corresponding fitness history, applies wear to athletic equipment for the athlete based on the records that were analyzed, and determines whether the athletic equipment exceeds a threshold level of wear. In the event that the athletic equipment exceeds the threshold level, the controller coordinates delivery of new athletic equipment to the athlete, and in the event that the athletic equipment does not exceed the threshold level, the controller foregoes delivery of the new athletic equipment to the athlete.

A method for facilitating foreign transactions through inter-currency exchanges and geographical matching includes providing a platform to consumers located in different countries, where a consumer in a first country that desires a product from a second country is matched to a consumer in the second country that desires a product in the first country; the consumers are matched and transactions initiated by the platform to provide transfer of any necessary payment to ensure that each consumer can make the purchase on behalf of the other consumer in their own country, for shipping to the consumer in the other country, negating the need for the consumers to make any international purchases directly while still availing themselves of foreign products without involving merchants and minimizing the effect and amount of cross-border transactions.

A vehicle theft-prevention apparatus can include a locking mechanism configured to engage to secure the vehicle theft-prevention apparatus into a vehicle and disengage to unsecure the vehicle theft-prevention apparatus from the vehicle. The vehicle theft-prevention apparatus can include a clutch mechanism configured to prevent the locking mechanism from further engaging based on a magnitude of force applied. The clutch mechanism can include a first portion configured to rotate about an axis and comprising at least one aperture, a second portion configured to rotate about the axis and comprising a track, and at least one article configured to pass through the at least one aperture and travel along the track.