A system for incorporating a shopping cart link into a content element, the system comprising: a processing device; a touch screen; wireless network adapter; anda non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium, wherein the non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium comprises one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the processing device to: receive, using the touch screen, at least one touch input indicating a user request to add the shopping cart link to a content element associated with a user making the user request, the content element to be posted to one or more social networks, wherein the shopping cart link comprises a network address of a unified shopping cart associated with the user, the unified shopping cart comprising a plurality of recommended products available for purchase from a plurality of merchants, each merchant having a separate merchant web site offering for sale at least one of the plurality of products, wherein the plurality of recommended products are selected for purchase by the user from multiple merchants and placed into the unified shopping cart by the user, wherein the user is not a merchant; transmit, using the wireless network adapter, the shopping cart link to at least one server associated with the content element; and store a tracking record containing a plurality of information associated with the content element, whereby the system retrieves the tracking record to attribute referrals of the social network post correctly; further comprising one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the processing device to receive a budget input, wherein the budget input corresponds to a desired amount a user wishes to pay to have the shopping cart link placed in the content element; wherein the determined cost comprises at least one of an amount paid to a social networking platform provider for allowing the shopping cart link and an amount paid to a unified shopping cart provider for providing access to a unified shopping cart containing one or more products that are available for purchase from one or more merchants; wherein at least a portion of the determined cost is based upon a schedule of time the shopping cart link is to be included within the content element.

In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to presenting information to customers. In some embodiments, an augmented reality system for presenting information to customers comprises a personalization server configured to store personalized data for the customers, receive an indication of a customer, receive a product identifier for a product, retrieve personalized data for the customer, and transmit the personalized data for the customer, an application configured to be executed by the mobile device, the application when executed by the mobile device causing the mobile device to capture images of products in a retail facility, receive user input to select the product from the images of products, receive the personalized data for the customer, generate an augmented reality presentation, and present the augmented reality presentation, and a control circuit configured to identify the product, and determine the product identifier for the product.

In some embodiments, a system for collaborative shopping comprises an application configured to be executed on mobile devices, the application when executed by a first mobile device causes the first mobile device to perform operations comprising capturing an image of a product display unit, the application when executed by a second mobile device causes the second mobile device to perform operations comprising receiving the image of the product display unit, receiving user input identifying a selected product, generating a second mobile device augmented reality presentation, presenting the second mobile device augmented reality presentation, and transmitting an indication of the selected product, wherein the application when executed by the first mobile device causes the first mobile device to perform operations further comprising receiving the indication of the selected product, identifying the selected product from within the image of the product display unit, and generating a first mobile device augmented reality presentation.

An approach for generating an illustrated digital map is disclosed. The approach comprises receiving map information specifying a plurality of points of interest. The approach further comprises retrieving characteristic information of the plurality of points of interest. The approach further comprises generating one or more icons representing the plurality of points of interest based on the characteristic information, wherein the one or more icons are illustrated images. The approach also comprises creating an illustrated digital map including the illustrated images, wherein the illustrated digital map is scaled to highlight the one or more icons and to factor in display size of a device. The approach further comprises presenting the illustrated digital map via a graphical user interface.

A media sharing and communication system, including a recording mechanism that records a desired portion of media upon activation by a first individual user, a first user transmitter/receiver that transmits the portion of media and a message generated by the first individual user regarding the portion of media to a second individual user and is capable of transmitting a message to a second individual user, a confirmation mechanism that confirms that the second individual user is authorized to view the portion of media, a notification mechanism that notifies the first individual user if the second individual user is not authorized to receive the portion of media, a second user transmitter/receiver that receives the portion of media and voice message upon authorization of the second individual user, a search mechanism, and a video recording mechanism, an online betting module, and an online food ordering module.

A computer-implemented method is disclosed. The method includes: receiving video data for a live video stream; identifying a product that is displayed in a video frame of the live video stream; obtaining identifying information for a viewer of the live video stream; determining a product variant preference for the viewer; obtaining a graphical representation of the product variant; and providing modified video data of the live video stream based on presenting the graphical representation of the product variant as overlay content for the live video stream. Related apparatuses and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Systems, methods, and computer storage media are described herein for identifying objects within video content. Utilizing an image recognition technique (e.g., a previously trained neural network) an object may be detected within a subset of the video frames of a scene of the video content. Metadata may be generated comprising a set of object attributes (e.g., an object image, a URL from which the item may be procured, etc.) associated with the object detected within the subset of video frames. A request for object identification may subsequently be received while a user is watching the video content. A run time of the request may be utilized to retrieve and display one or more object attributes (e.g., an object image with an embedded hyperlink) corresponding to an object appearing in the scene.

A computer implemented method for managing charge availability of a charge unit (CU) to obtain charge for a battery of an electric vehicle (EV) is provided. The CU includes a computer for processing at least part of the method and for communicating with a server over a network. The method includes receiving, by the server, status information from the computer of the CU. The method includes sending to the computer of the CU instructions to make a reservation for the CU. The reservation is for a user account that has requested a desire to charge the battery of the electric vehicle of the user at the CU or another CU. The method includes sending, by the server, a confirmation for the reservation to the user account. The confirmation is viewable via a device having access to the server via the user account. The method includes sending, by the server, a data regarding a time of availability of the CU to the user account for the reservation. The computer of the CU is configured to display a visual indicator regarding the reservation of the CU.

One or more embodiments of the disclosure include a digital merchant content system that creates one or more custom merchant content interfaces. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the digital merchant content system generates custom merchant content interfaces based on a custom merchant content template. The digital merchant content system can generate custom merchant content templates comprising unpopulated product display layouts. Moreover, in one or more embodiments, the digital merchant content system receives a product feed and generates a custom merchant content interface by populating the unpopulated product display layouts based on the custom merchant content template and the product feed.

A system described herein uses data obtained from a wearable device of a first user to identify a second user and/or to determine that the first user is within a threshold distance of the second user. The system can then access an account of the second user to identify one or more items and retrieve model data for the item(s). The system causes the wearable device of the first user to render, for display in an immersive 3D environment (e.g., an augmented reality environment), an item associated with the account of the second user. The item can be rendered for display at a location on a display that is proximate to the second user (e.g., within a threshold distance of the second user) such that the item graphically corresponds to the second user. The item rendered for display may be an item of interest to the first user.