A system for charging a battery of a vehicle using inductive charging is provided. The system includes a charging pad for inductive charge transfer. The charge pad is configured with electronics that enables wireless communication. A self-aligning mechanism is part of the charging pad, and the self-aligning mechanism is configured to adjust positioning of the charging pad when the vehicle is disposed over the charging pad. A computer associated with the charging pad is configured to execute method operations for communicating with electronics of the vehicle to enable charging of the battery of the vehicle. The electronics of the vehicle is configured to identify a user account for charging the vehicle. An application associated with the user account is configured to receive updates regarding a charging status of the vehicle responsive to said inductive charge transfer being enabled.

A first device captures an image of an item and provides the image depicting the item, information usable to direct an electronic communication to the first device, and a textual descriptor to a host machine. The host machine is accessible by a second device. The first device receives an electronic communication from the second device regarding the image based on the information usable to direct the electronic communication to the first device that is associated with the image. The image is identifiable by the second device based on a tag for the image selected by the host machine based on the textual information. The communication is received by the first device based on a location of the first device relative to a location of the second device.

There is provided systems and method for a virtual display device for an interactive merchant sales environment. A device, such as a communication device, may allow a user to view virtual images of items in a user environment so that a user may view what their potential purchase may look like when placed into the user environment. The user environment may include a residential room, an office, a car interior, or other location where a user may place purchased items. The user may submit a request to view an item in the user environment to the device, which may communicate the request to a merchant or a service provider. The virtual image may correspond to digital image(s) of an item used to present a three dimensional virtual image of the item in the user environment. The device may receive the virtual image(s) and display them to the user.

THE MULTI-SOURCE, MULTI-DIMENSIONAL, CROSS-ENTITY, MULTIMEDIA CENTRALIZED PERSONAL INFORMATION DATABASE PLATFORM APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“CPDB”) transform data aggregated from various computer resources using CPDB components into updated entity profiles and/or social graphs. In one implementation, the CPDB aggregates data records including search results, purchase transaction data, service usage data, service enrollment data, and social data. The CPDB identifies data field types within the data records and their associated data values. From the data field types and their associated data values, the CPDB identifies an entity. The CPDB generates correlations of the entity to other entities identifiable from the data field types and their associated data values. The CPDB also associates attributes to the entity by drawing inferences related to the entity from the data field types and their associated data values. Using the generated correlations and associated attributes, the CPDB generates an updated profile and social graph of the entity. The CPDB provides the updated profile and social graph for an automated web form filling request.

A combination automated-service and self-service store for implementation at brick-and-mortar retail locations is provided. The store and corresponding method of implementation is an automated-service model in which robots, deployed at the brick-and-mortar location, fill orders for fungible goods placed by customers either online or in-store. The store also includes a shopping section where customers can select/order items and/or personally select non-fungible goods. The store includes a shopping section for non-fungible goods that customers prefer to pick out by hand and a back end automated order fulfillment section for other goods (e.g., fungible goods, dry goods, etc.). The two sets of goods are merged to a delivery bundle and delivered together for pickup by the customer. The combination automated-service and self-service store combines the convenience of online shopping and self-service shopping using an unconventional approach that reduces costs for the retailer and simultaneously increases customer satisfaction.

A search refinement method and system to select items from a plurality of items using a user device connected via the internet to a server apparatus. The server apparatus includes a database of items and item attributes. Images of a first subset of the items are transmitted to the user device where they are presented on a display. A change indication selected by a user of the user device is received by the server apparatus, the change indication including at least one of an attribute selection and a reference item selected from the first subset. Responsive to receiving the change indication, an item score is computed for each of the items based on the item's attributes and the change indication. Images of a second subset of the items are presented on the user device. Each time the user initiates a change indication, another subset is presented on the user device, and the user can iteratively refine the search by finding items similar to the items represented by the change indication.

A system for generating an interface, having a computing system including a processor arranged to execute an algorithm which includes at least one rule; wherein the algorithm utilizes the rule and at least one parameter value to allocate an element of an interface to the display of a representation of at least one item.

A system and process allowing for online participation in multiple simultaneous live auctions comprising an auction management system providing an advantageous user display enabling concurrent auction participation.

A method for providing a clothing fitting service using a 3D avatar is disclosed. According to disclosure, the once created avatar can be conveniently used in various places such as a clothing company's Internet shopping mall, an open market, and a kiosk. The method for providing a clothing fitting service using a 3D avatar of the present disclosure may be linked to an artificial intelligence module, a drone, a robot, an augmented reality device, a virtual reality device, a device related to a 5G service, and the like.

The present invention generally relates to web based electronic commerce systems. In particular, embodiments of the invention are directed to systems and methods configured to provide a three dimensional shopping cart for the display of items to be ordered by a user or group of users.