929 results about "Mobile apps" patented technology

A rental / car-share (RCS) vehicle access and management system and method, in some embodiments, utilizes barcodes, QR codes (or NFC / RFID), GPS, and a mobile app coupled with a wireless network to enable customers to bypass the reservation desk and pickup and drop off reserved RCS vehicles using a mobile phone, tablet or laptop. The QR code, RFID, or NFC communication with the mobile application allows for identification of the vehicle by a mobile application, which, if authorized, can access the vehicle via a temporary access code issued by remote servers. The remote servers and / or mobile application communicates with a control module that plugs into the on-board diagnostics module of the rental / car-share (RCS) vehicle and includes a host processing unit with a processor, an accelerometer, data storage, a GPS with internal GPS antenna; a wireless modem with internal antenna, and CAN bus transceivers connected with the processor, and a USB programmable interface.

When a user shakes a mobile device, such as a smart phone, new content is shown on the display of the mobile device. In one embodiment, the content depends on the page or location the user is currently on within the mobile app or mobile browser page and can depend also on the history or experience level of the user.

A method for allowing a customer to view and at least partially pay a bill incurred in a bar or a restaurant operating a POS system tracking the bill. The customer operates a mobile computing device running a mobile app communicating with the POS system. The bar or the restaurant has staff. The method includes receiving, via the POS system, check-in data in response to checking-in via the app and payment account data as a security in response to authorizing access to the payment account data via the app. The method includes receiving, via the staff, an order from the customer and associating, via the staff, the order with the payment account data in the POS system. The method includes displaying the bill in real-time via the app. The bill includes the order. The method includes receiving at least partial payment in response to such authorizing via the app.

The present invention greatly simplifies the process of downloading and personalizing a mobile app by employing a unique code or “User ID” that associates the user with the mobile app. This User ID enables the mobile app to personalize itself automatically—i.e., without requiring the user to enter login information. To overcome the obstacle of providing the mobile app with access to the User ID, the invention existing web browser functionality is leveraged by employing a “cookie” into which the User ID is stored, and from which it is retrieved by an app server after the mobile app has been downloaded and initially launched by the user, thereby enabling the app server to provide the user with a personalized experience automatically. The app server sends the User ID to the mobile app, which stores it to enable a personalized experience whenever the user subsequently invokes the mobile app.

The present disclosure relates generally to a data enrichment service that automatically profiles data sets and provides visualizations of the profiles using a visual-interactive model within a client application (such as a web browser or mobile app). The visual profiling can be refined through end user interaction with the visualization objects and guide exploratory data visualization and discovery. Additionally, data sampling of heterogeneous data streams can be performed during ingestion to extract statistical attributes from multi-columnar data (e.g., standard deviation, median, mode, correlation coefficient, histogram, etc.). Data sampling can continue in real-time as data sources are updated.

An end to end system and method for cloud based delivery of content and floating display of the content on a mobile device is presented. The system and method presented are suitable to delivery of any type of mobile content but are particularly adapted for delivery and distribution of mobile advertising, coupons and other promotional material. The mobile device is arranged to receive content from a content server via the cloud and display the content in a real time, non-intrusive floating bubble over the mobile devices currently active screen layer on the devices graphical display. The floating bubbles are simulated through the acquisition of a screen shot of a currently active mobile app, overlaying a bubble over the screen shot, and then presenting the composite image in a series of frames to simulate motion of the bubble ad over the previously top layer screen. As the bubble is presented on the screen, the mobile device reacts to the user's touch such that if the user touches a floating bubble a variety of choices may be presented, including full screen display of the bubble advertisement or content, sharing the content with friends through social networking or email, or calling or contacting the advertiser. If the user touches elsewhere the mobile device reverts to the previously active app. The system is further arranged to provide that the delivered content be targeted to users through a variety of features including user selection of content they wish to receive, user location, time of day, weather, past interest history and / or a combination of those criteria.

The present invention includes various embodiments of a mobile app remote virtualization system and process that enables users of remote client devices to control mobile apps running in a host server environment. The resulting user experience is practically equivalent to running native mobile apps, even when such mobile apps require access to local client device resources, as well as when native versions of such mobile apps do not exist for the user's client device. The functionality afforded by the mobile app remote virtualization system and process of the present invention enables a variety of novel scenarios and “use cases” that have not previously been available to mobile device users.

A Bluetooth v4.0-based intelligent electronic cigarette is provided with a casing including an atomizer, a controller, and a battery. The controller includes a software and hardware assembly having an MCU, and a Bluetooth-based board having a Bluetooth v4.0 module connected to the MCU, the Bluetooth v4.0 module being capable of transmitting data processed by the MCU, and receiving data and transmitting same to the MCU. The battery is electrically connected to the MCU. The Bluetooth v4.0 module is employed to implement a two-direction communication between the electronic cigarette and a mobile app, thereby enabling a user to control his / her simulated tobacco smoking by monitoring what is shown on the mobile app.

The invention pertains to systems and method for social invitation to facilitate playing and interaction of a mobile application or mobile game on a mobile device without logging into a 3rd party social networking site. A social invitation system is provided for one or more mobile devices in communication with a remote Application Growth Engine (AGE) server, via a communication network. The AGE server is provided with an AGE algorithm to create social graph associations based on address book contacts captured from an address book resident on the mobile device, and in response to a request for social invitations from the mobile device, to generate a list of recommended invitations of target users based on user social graph associations so that a user at the mobile device can invite friends, family, and colleagues from the address book to download the mobile app / game in order to facilitate playing and interaction of the mobile application or mobile game on the user's mobile device.

This invention deals with the next generation improvements in recommendation systems. Retailers want to grow their business and increase sales. One embodiment displays recommendations for inside sales during calls to prospects via a CRM. Another embodiment improves genomic cross-sell by summing correlations between attributes. A third embodiment improves cross-channel personalization by linking personal information, preferably via a one-way hash, to a unique customer ID. A fourth embodiment enables a common core mobile app for different retailers. A fifth embodiment identifies a shopper before purchase to provide personal recommendations while shopping. A sixth embodiment utilizes a market place with shared customers for customer acquisition. A seventh embodiment utilizes customers' preferences and characteristics and sales data to influence recommendations. The characteristics can be combined into a shopper psychographic persona to generate recommendations. An eight embodiment is a market place for customers to shop, which is used for customer acquisition for participating retailers. A ninth embodiment shows how to improve search results based upon analysis of purchase data, and correlation of clicks on search results and search terms. A tenth embodiment calculates a buy index based upon value of products purchased versus products viewed to segment shoppers to determine discounts and re-marketing. An eleventh embodiment automates the creation of a dynamic website, usually for responsive design.

Embodiments of the invention leverage mobile proliferation to enable laypersons to initiate a timely and effective emergency response in case of an emergency, such as a medical emergency, e.g. cardiac event. Mobile apps are made available as part of an organization's overall response plan and program, allowing bystanders of emergency events to easily initiate notification of trained responders, for example in their facility, in a timely manner commensurate with the type of emergency specific to their facility. More particularly, embodiments of the invention use mobile applications to alert certified first trainees to respond to the scene of the emergency.

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing payments over a wireless connection. Instant messaging services—such as mobile text messaging—addressed to a command interpretation and processing system are utilized in conjunction with a checkout procedure on a mobile device to enable a user making a payment to simply define and confirm the amount of his or her payment, and the recipient. The checkout procedure can be completed with SMS, Mobile Web, Mobile App or IVR implementation. Previously Registered as well as new unregistered users are supported. The payer, through his or her mobile device, interacts with a system for managing mobile payment transactions that validates the sender and recipient of the funds, the presence of funds in a transacting account and other fraud management and authentication checks, and effects a settlement. The Sender may chose a variety of funding sources to fund the transaction, while the recipient can receive the funds on a debit or credit account, or immediately in a demand deposit account of their choice. In one embodiment of the present invention the system is used to pay for purchases of goods and services. In another embodiment of the present invention, the system is use to provide donations to charities.

A mobile software application may issue an alert when a user is not achieving a heath objective based on track movement of a mobile computer system that is running the application and being carried by the user and physical characteristics of the user. The software application may map information about the physical characteristics of the user to a user model and determine the energy being expended by the user based on the user model and movement information provided by the mobile computer system. The software application may determine the frequency of steps taken by the user by: bandpass filtering a time domain signal that is representative of the movement, transforming the filtered time domain signal into a frequency domain signal, and equating the step frequency with the frequency of the highest peak in the frequency domain signal.

When a consumer makes a purchase at a POS using a payment provider, the payment provider provides, to the merchant, a consumer identification (ID) and an authorization number, along with the payment approval. After receiving the information from the payment provider, the POS device sends a generated digital or electronic receipt to an email address of the payment provider. The email contains information about the payer and the authorization. Upon receipt, the payment provider may upload the electronic receipt into the consumer's mobile wallet or account using the payer ID and authorization number. As a result, the consumer can easily locate and access a receipt on the consumer's mobile device, such as by accessing the user's mobile wallet or the user's payment provider account on the mobile device, e.g., through a mobile app.

An apparatus for assuring integrity of a mobile application or application software (app) includes a developer registration management unit configured to authenticate a mobile app developer based on an authentication means in response to a subscription and registration request of the mobile app developer, and an integrity verification unit configured to verify whether the mobile app has the integrity by unpackaging the mobile app uploaded to an app store server in a packaged state and determine whether to write a code signature of the app store server to the mobile app based on an integrity verification result. Thus, a secure mobile ecosystem can be constructed.

System, method, and computer program product (e.g. mobile App) and / or web-based service to enable users to research reviews written online to assess the performance and functionality of mobile applications. The system extracts reviews from multiple online sources comprising: mobile Apps “stores”, blogs, online magazines, websites, etc.; and, utilizes sentiment analysis algorithms and supervised machine learning analysis to present more informative summaries for each App's reviews. Summaries may comprise: a sentence that encapsulates a sentiment held by many users; the most positive and negative comments; and a list of features with average scores (e.g. graphics, fun, easy to use, etc.). Additionally, the user may view a separate review detail page per App that provides further summaries, such as a short list of other Apps that the same reviewer gave a very positive review for the features. The user is then able to purchase and download the App via a link.

A method and system for testing the end-to-end performance of cloud based applications. Real workload is created for the cloud based applications using synthetic users. The load and length of demand may be adjusted to address different models allowing the measurement and analysis of user performance metrics under desired conditions. Web applications and other cloud services may be tested from multiple cloud-based concurrent geographic locations in the world. The method may include generating controlled and complex web load from multiple concurrent geographic locations. The method may also include splitting traffic among multiple geographic locations. The method may also include processing test results and generating performance metrics per location as well as comparing locations. The method may also be applicable to cloud services such as mobile apps and API endpoints.

The present invention enables development of a mobile app screen based on a back-end service, deploy the screen into a mobile app, and develop integration components to connect to the back-end service. The present invention enables automatic creation of a user interface based on a back-end service and offers sufficient flexibility in screen layout modification. The present invention facilitates seamless addition of that screen into a mobile app, submission of data from the screen into the back-end service, and rendering of data received from the back-end service onto the screen.

The invention relates to the technical field of the internet of things, and especially relates to a method for internet of things platform access equipment. Access equipment must be the equipment capable of running a MQTT client and having a complete TCP / IP protocol stack; platform equipment is a server supporting a MQTT protocol and responsible for receiving and sending the whole MQTT protocol; aplatform has a WEB page side and a mobile APP client; the platform system provides equipment access service, data gateway service, automatic server, data statement service and application service, and the communication among the services is realized through remote process calling. Micro-service architecture is adopted from the whole, each service is responsible for a core function, and the service is operated through a Docker in a virtual container way, and the features of high availability, load balancing and redundancy backup are realized through the configuration, so that the platform access equipment cost is obviously reduced, and the quick local deployment is realized; and high stability, strong fault tolerance and disaster tolerance are provided.

The present invention discloses a mobile APP software platform based residential maintenance comprehensive disposal system. The system comprises a mobile client, a maintenance personnel mobile terminal, a background processing platform, and a server to which the mobile client, the maintenance personnel mobile terminal, and the background processing platform are connected. The mobile client is provided with an APP client port program, and the program comprises a repair service issuing unit, a repair processing unit, and a client information storage unit; the maintenance personnel mobile terminal is provided with an APP maintenance port program, the program comprises a maintenance task order dispatching unit, a maintenance recording unit, a maintenance order acquisition unit, and a maintenance assistant unit; and the background processing platform comprises a repair form database, a repair task assignment unit, a repair progress monitoring unit, an information query and statistic unit, an employee management module, and a user information feedback module. The system disclosed by the present invention can accurately send the repair information at the first time from the residents to the maintenance personnel in a maintenance unit, so that the repair service can be disposed at the first time. In addition, the present invention also discloses an operation method according to the system.

A mobile application for sending alerts to a bank's customer is provided. The mobile application allows a customer to receive alert notifications regarding transactions on his or her bank or credit card accounts when a debit or credit card associated with the account is used. The mobile application server and adjoining intermediate database, which stores the customer's alert information, is in communication with the bank's or ISO's server and their adjoining customer database to receive transaction data. The mobile application server sends alert notifications through a customer's or user's mobile app after processing the communication, which displays the information on the customer's smartphone or electronic tablet. Customer may choose to send a response back through the mobile application server to the bank's or ISO's server and their adjoining customer database, reporting suspected fraud or approving the transaction using the customer's unique pin code or password.

The invention discloses an Internet of vehicles information system oriented to V2X network connection vehicles. The system comprises a vehicle terminal T-BOX, a mobile APP client side and a server background system; one mobile phone APP is bound with one vehicle terminal T-BOX; the vehicle terminal T-BOX is mounted on the vehicle through an OBD interface, the vehicle terminal T-BOX on each vehiclecan perform ad-hoc networking with the other vehicles in a communication range and perform communication through a V2X(802.11p) dedicated short-distance wireless communication mode; and the vehicle terminal T-BOX communicates with the server background system through a 4G / 5G wireless mode. The Internet of vehicles information system provided by the invention is formed by combination with demandsof the present vehicle networking and vehicle security pre-warning and the disadvantages of the current single-vehicle communication.

A method and apparatus for monitoring drug-regimen compliance is disclosed. Systems in accordance with the present invention enable automatic monitoring of the state of medicine content of a blister card. Each tablet location on the blister card is operatively coupled with a different sensor that detects whether the tablet location is occupied and / or a dispensing event at a tablet location. In some embodiments, capacitive sensing is employed, where the capacitance of each sensor is based on the physical state of a dispensing region of the lidding film of the blister pack, which is located at the tablet location being monitored. Alternative sensing approaches are based on optical, acoustic, and tactile sensors that interrogate either the dispensing region at each tablet location or the tablets themselves to determine whether tablets have been dispensed. The sensors interface with a mobile app that provides the user instructions to help improve drug-regimen compliance.

Embodiments disclosed herein can leverage dynamic data, fields and implied information from arbitrary web sites, mobile apps and other forms of online media to create a universal variable map and automatically generate deep-linked ads utilizing the universal variable map, linking any arbitrary web site, mobile app, network, Internet TV channel, and other forms of online media to any other such arbitrary web site, mobile app, network, Internet TV channel, and other forms of online media. The automatically generated deep-linked ads can be inserted into any ad server and served out from there in real-time. A deep-linked ad thus presented to a user can take the user from a starting page on one site or application where the ad is displayed directly to a resulting page such as a checkout page on another site or mobile application, with pertinent information already pre-populated, and action already initiated for the user.

The invention discloses a cellphone-APP-based remote control system of vehicular conditioners and a control method thereof and relates to the field of vehicular service systems. The cellphone-APP-based remote control system of vehicular conditioners comprises a KSS keyless start system in real-time connection with a vehicular T-BOX through a CAN (controller area network) bus, a remote automatic parking system, an interior environment monitoring device, a remote door / window locking system, a TSP (telematics service provider) cloud service platform, and the vehicular T-BOX; the vehicular T-Box is in real-time connection with a user mobile APP through a 3G communication network. The cellphone APP is connected with the vehicular T-BOX, the vehicular T-BOX receives, in real time, the interior temperature and humidity data information received, and transmitting a control command to a conditioner ECU (electronic control unit), the conditioner ECU controls a conditioner system to run accordingto temperature and humidity information set on the user cellphone APP, the functions of automatically shutting down the conditioner system when set conditions are met, automatically parking a vehicleafter engine start and automatically locking doors and windows are provided, control safety, convenience and stability are improved for the remote control system, the remote control system has high intelligence level, good health of use, low energy consumption and good environmental friendliness.

A system and method for optimizing mobile communications with one or more message recipients is disclosed. The system is configured to create a unique URL and send it to a message recipient via an appropriate communication platform. The system waits for the unique URL to be requested and logs information from the web browser associated with the mobile communication device used to access the unique URL. The system may use this information to direct the mobile device user to a dynamically created web page. This methodology can be used to improve immediate and future communications by tailoring the message content and communication platform according to the message recipient's mobile device. The dynamic web page may also be configured to prompt the message recipient to execute a desired action, including downloading a compatible mobile app and changing message delivery preferences in order to optimize communications with the message recipient.

The invention discloses a photovoltaic power station monitoring method based on an MQTT protocol, which comprises an intelligent gateway of the photovoltaic power station, a monitoring cloud platformof the photovoltaic power station, a mobile phone App and a computer Web terminal. On the one hand, the intelligent gateway of photovoltaic power station communicates with the equipment of photovoltaic power station, collects the equipment data of photovoltaic power station in real time, and monitors the running state of the equipment; On the other hand, the intelligent gateway of photovoltaic power station communicates with the cloud server through the Internet, and publishes the device data, status information and fault information to the cloud server according to the custom MQTT communication protocol. The cloud platform of photovoltaic power station monitoring system is composed of an MQTT message proxy server, a background management system, an MySQL database server and a Redis server. Mobile App and computer Web Terminal are the tools for users to interact with the system. Photovoltaic intelligent gateway and computer Web or mobile App as the client directly use MQTT protocol toconnect with the message broker to complete the message subscription and publishing functions.