A distributed computing system (10) for locating product, comprising: a plurality of user devices (19); a product server (18) in communication over a network (15) with the plurality of user devices (19); and a product database (16) storing product data corresponding to a plurality of products, wherein each user device (19) is configured to: receive a user input to share an image with the product server (18); extract image data corresponding to the image from an image data source (13); and transmit the extracted image data to the product server (18), and wherein the product server (18) is configured to: in response to receiving the image data from one of the plurality of user devices (19), retrieve the image from an image source (12) based on the received image data; match the retrieved image with at least one of a plurality of products based on the product data stored in the product database (16); and transmit product data corresponding to the at least one product to the one of the plurality of user devices (19) in order to enable the one of the plurality of user devices (19) to display information relating to the at least one product.

The invention relates to a method, a system, a computer program product and a service for providing up-to-date and verified information of an intermediate product-specific sustainability indicator. The method comprises receiving a first input data (102, 202, 302) including internal information on the intermediate product, receiving a second input data (104, 204, 304) including external information on raw material(s) used for the intermediate product, processing at least the first input data (102, 202, 302) according to a life cycle assessment method in order to produce an intermediate product-specific life cycle parameter, processing at least the second input data (104, 204, 304) in order to produce an intermediate product-specific sustainability parameter, providing an intermediate product-specific sustainability indicator (108) comprising the intermediate product-specific life cycle parameter and the intermediate product-specific sustainability parameter, and associating the intermediate product-specific sustainability indicator (108) for the intermediate product.

Aspects described herein may allow for generating a customized price rating using a machine learning algorithm. This may have the effect of improving the display of information about merchants by including customized, personalized price ratings that better reflect the tastes and preferences of a user or group of users. According to some aspects, these and other benefits may be achieved by using a machine learning model, trained to receive input corresponding to both user data and merchant data and output an indication of a customized price rating for the merchant that is specific to the user, and then to generate information about the merchant for display that includes the customized price rating.

Embodiments are provided for enhancing an in-store retail experience for a customer by facilitating search queries for products and services available for sale in a retail store. According to certain aspects, an electronic device may receive a search string associated with the retail store and transmit the search string to a server that may execute a corresponding search query. The server may send results from the search query to the electronic device, which may dynamically update an interface accessible by a user. The user may view the information and make appropriate selections.

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for uploading, by a verified party, verified-party content to a media platform, receiving requests by a client device for store content, and displaying the uploaded verified-party content along with store content on the client device.

A method of detecting attempts by online sellers to sell counterfeit goods on the internet, or to sell goods which they are not authorised to sell, is described. The user of a browser-enabled device when viewing a target website can determine whether the target website content is authorised or not. The browser may have a plug-in which allows the user to capture data from a target website, and send the data to a secure server which has access to or which stores data from the legitimate content owner or user. The data is then analysed to determine whether its use on the target website is authorised or legitimate, or not, and a warning or clearance message can then be sent from the secure server to the browser-enabled device to display that message to the user.

An object is recognized from image data as a target object and linked to a user based on an interaction by the user, information about the target object is obtained and a purchase of the target object is initiated.

In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to automatically recommending an item. In some embodiments, there is provided a system for automatically recommending an item to a customer comprising a plurality of items available for purchase; a portable electronic device configured to obtain identifying data corresponding to a first item collected by a user; and a control circuit configured to receive data associated with the first item; determine a location in the retail store of the first item; identify one or more items previously purchased by the user that are located within a threshold proximity to the location; determine a most frequently bought item of the identified one or more items; and cause a portable electronic device to display a suggestion for the user to collect the most frequently bought item and add the most frequently bought item to an electronic shopping list of items to purchase.

In some embodiments, systems are provided to enable a consumer to search the inventory of an enable a consumer to search the inventory of a plurality of unaffiliated brick-and-mortar retail entities to facilitate purchase opportunities. The system may include electronic user devices comprising a search interface stored thereon. Databases can be communicatively coupled to a plurality of unaffiliated brick-and-mortar retail entities and configured to store inventory transaction data points received from unaffiliated brick-and-mortar retail entities. Each inventory transaction data point can correspond to descriptive characteristics of a first inventory item. Search requests for second inventory items can be received from search interfaces. Inventory transaction data points that correspond to first inventory items that each share a threshold number of descriptive characteristics with some second inventory items. One or more notifications can be generated when the threshold number of descriptive characteristics are confirmed, the notification can include descriptive characteristics.

Various embodiments described herein assist in identifying one or more product items of interest (e.g., high demand product items) based on surge activity, such as user buying surges, user selling surges, and user product listing (e.g., electronic or online listing) surges on an online marketplace system, and can further notify one or more users of selling opportunities of the identified products items of interest.