33 results about "Social business" patented technology

Marketing techniques are disclosed that allow companies to efficiently identify target businesses to solicit for purchase of advertising products. One embodiment includes a map-based interface for selecting a neighborhood and locating any businesses known to a company selling advertising products in that area, with the intent of allowing a company representative to select a set of those businesses to contact regarding the company's advertising products. The map displays business listings as markers on the map, with color-coding used to indicate listings the representative has already contacted, and listings that some other representative has contacted.

The invention relates to the wireless communication field, which discloses a user device switching method of wireless communication and a system thereof and causes relatively good balance of business experience of the users and route optimization of network. When switching, the invention determines whether to move a business anchor point or not according to requirement of business continuity. The business anchor point of the business needing to guarantee continuity is kept the same, which can promote the business experience of the users. The business anchor point of the business that does not need to guarantee continuity is moved to a target lateral network, which can cause the route to be optimized and achieve purposes of saving network transmission resource and shortening transmission delay of business data. Attributive business can be determined as the business that needs to guarantee continuity and local business can be judged whether the business needs to guarantee continuity or not according to factors of business types, QoS requirement of the business, subscriber profile, operation strategies of operators, processing ability of network equipment, etc.

Systems, methods, machines and platforms are provided which detail a technique for utilizing a mobile social-business platform capable of building and managing a community of people so they can plan, coordinate and manage their lives in an efficient, social and financially beneficial way from a mobile device. Additionally, this application details a technique for building a network of select unique people's who will gain access to incentives from a vast combination of sources within their networks previously unavailable to them.

In a system and method for providing social business-networking, a social interface is provided between the first user and each of the plurality of second users. The social interface comprises a social user interface for social content sharing between the first user and the plurality of second users. A professional relationship may also be established between the first user and an employer. A résumé may be automatically generated for the first user. A professional interface is provided between the first user and the employer.

A method and system for actively encouraging clients of businesses such as retail stores and service providers, to submit reviews of such businesses to an Internet yellow pages website. Using the methods and system, a business will employ any of several methods to provide encouragement and/or incentive at the physical point of sale for the customer to acces an Internet yellow pages site to submit a review of the business.

The present invention relates to a network-based business process. The process allows a business owner through a logon procedure on his computer to access, preferably via a website, the process of the present invention loaded on a host computer. The customer then accesses a main menu having one or more business tools suitable for improving the performance of businesses and is then requested to choose one of the business tools. The customer then enters customer business data as per instructions provided on the web page of the selected business tool. The process of the present invention then processes the entered data and provides a business solution to the customer. The menu includes several important business tools, such as plant capacity planner, determining optimal sales potential of the business, run charts, plant layout, business evaluation, sales & production tracker, work-in-process, etc. The process of the present invention is suitable for any business, but it is especially suitable for small businesses that may not be able to afford expensive consultants or personnel to run sophisticated programs necessary to improve business efficiency and profit margins. Some of the suitable businesses include, an auto collision repair shops, machine shops, grocery stores, butcher shops, barber shops, and manufacturing plants.

An online local search system and method utilizes local business info providers to enter and update business information related to local businesses. The online local search system and method uses a territorial listing concept with an optional reservation stage, an editing stage, and a pending stage to reduce overlapping listings and promote robust update of business information. The online local search system and method also uses a territorial advertising concept, which allows a business info provider with more business listing entries to capture a larger portion of pay-per-user-interest (e.g. pay-per-click, pay-per-impression, pay-per-action, and etc.) profits based on in-category or out-category advertising on the online local search system.

A company's coupons or advertisements can be posted on a social business network. A company needs to be registered first with the social business network before it can post its coupons and advertisements; while a consumer can view the coupons and advertisements freely with no requirement of registration. The company can either fill a coupon request form to make the network to generate a coupon for it, or create a coupon themselves and then upload it to the network. The registered company can also post its advertisement. Before anything is posted on the website, it will be reviewed to make sure its content is appropriate. The method also allows a company to purchase a time slot to use a live video screen for marketing.

An Internet-based marketing service. Embodiments link local businesses with local consumers while at the same time supporting local causes by promoting patronage of local businesses and/or purchase of manufacturer's products. Searchable landing pages containing detailed listing data and geographically-based social networking links can be included. Search results can be returned in several different, searchable forms. Other features may include an interactive map with participating cities and businesses, multiple mailing group signups in a single page, and a secure access code feature enabling purchase tracking. Cause marketing services provides hyperlocal coupons linked to charitable giving, as well as the related data from such coupon use. The cause marketing service enables manufacturers to donate once specific purchase targets are reached, with the proof of purchase electronically encoded on the coupon and recorded by the marketing service.

A peer-based social rating & review network and system is shown. The system employs a mobile device application and website in communication with a secured server computer, which facilitates the creation and viewing of ratings & reviews made by other users. Reviews displayed to a given user are limited by the user, who must manually select other users to follow. Users are followed according to their relationship to the user, as well as their belief in the legitimacy of their opinion. Reviews are based on elements which the reviewer directly experienced, such as a menu item purchased or service received, which limit the reviewer to provide input relating only to that which the reviewer personally experienced. Each user views unique restaurant ratings, as the ratings shown are the result of the manually selected fellow users that each user opts to follow based on taste.

Disclosed are a method and device for implementing a social service based on video sharing. The method for implementing a social service based on video sharing comprises: sharing to a plurality of video sharers a sharing video initiated by a video initiator; and in the process of sharing the sharing video, transmitting first social service information between the video initiator and the video sharers and second social service information among the plurality of video sharers, the first social service information and the second social service information comprising at least one of the following: text information, voice information and video information. The present invention is applied to achieve the effect that a user can extend a mobile social network thereof, and an operator can issue a business message thereof and enlarge the range of an advertisement with a purpose.

The invention provides a review data loading method and device for a video. The method comprises the following steps: loading first shared video data acquired from a social business server and first review data of a social circle friend for the first shared video data at a social application terminal; triggering to load the separate playing of the first shared video data, and requesting to acquiresecond review data of the social circle friend for the first shared video data from the social business server, wherein the second review data includes video frame data in the first shared video data, comment data of the social circle friend corresponding to the video frame data, and information of the corresponding social circle friends; and during the playing of the first shared video data, loading the comment data of different social circle friends and the information of the corresponding social circle friends according to the video frame data. The review data loading method for the videoprovided by the invention enables a user to view the comment data synchronously while watching the video data, so that the user can view the comment data more conveniently.

The business community hub application provides a business customer the ability to add an event or offer to the community hub that can be accessed by individual customers or business customers. The business community hub application also notifies business customers of offers provided by other businesses or about local community events in which the business customer may be interested. The business customers have the ability to find contacts and network with other local businesses. The business community hub application also uses transaction information available to the bank to display market data and trends that may be of interest to the business customer. In this way, the business community hub works with the online banking application as a tool for local businesses, it allows business customers to interact with individual customers, the community in general, as well as other businesses, in a forum for exchanging products, services, and information.

Mechanisms are provided for enabling collaboration across tenants in a multi-tenant environment using single sign-on (SSO) authentication/authorization. Various examples provide for creating a user account and provisioning a subscription to a user (e.g., to enable single sign-on authentication/authorization). The user is allowed to access services (e.g., collaborative services) in a multi-tenant environment by utilizing a subscription authorization of the user without prompting the user to authenticate by logging-in again (that is, without prompting the user to log-in again after the user has already logged-in and been authenticated for a given session). Other examples provide for mapping webspaces through URL hosts where each organization (that is, tenant) has its own set of namespace(s).

The embodiment of the invention provides a method and a device for identifying a social service characteristics user. The method comprises the steps of acquiring user data of candidate users, and searching the social service characteristics user from part of the candidate users according to first social attribute data; training a classifier by use of second social attribute data and second service object attribute data of the social service characteristics user; and inputting the first social attribute data and first service object attribute data of neighboring users into the classifier, and outputting a result whether the neighboring users are the social service characteristics user in a time period after the first time period, wherein the neighboring users are the candidate users except the social service characteristics user. The embodiment increases the data size with relevance, improves the accuracy degree of the classifier, further improves the identification accuracy degree, and can identify the potential social service characteristics user in the first time period.

A communications and transaction services platform between producers of goods and services and their authorized representatives, local businesses, and customers is used to conduct business on a pay as you go basis. Producers of goods and services and their authorized representatives can immediately notify local businesses of information and complete transaction services for offers of goods and services. Local businesses can immediately notify local customers of any changes to their goods and services offerings so that the local customers can make a more informed purchase decision and complete the transaction. The communications and transaction services platform is an integrated application sharing consistent information and formatted for mobile, tablet and desktop screens. The communications and transaction services platform can provide producers of goods and services and their authorized representatives, local businesses and customers, with real time communications, advertising, promotional and transaction services of good, services and other offers.

The invention discloses an API calling method, device and system, and belongs to the field of Internet technology. A social server monitors operation of a user account in a social business domain; when the operation is a pre-determined operation, the social server generates authorization information for a third-party application server; the authorization information is provided for the third-party application server; the social server receives a calling request for a predetermined API from the third-party application server; and when the calling request includes the authorization information, the social server executes a target operation in the social business domain by taking the user account as an account of the third-party application server. The hidden safety troubles caused by that the third-party application server can directly call information published by an API by using the corresponding user account can be avoided; and after being authorized by the user account, the third-party application server can execute the target operation in the social business domain by taking the user account as an account of the third-party application server, and the safety is enhanced.

Systems and methods are provided that create, establish, and maintain a social business network that cuts out the middle men and provides that value back to consumers. Consumers will receive dollars or other value directly back for engaging with brands or businesses by watching ads, shopping, completing surveys, etc.

The invention discloses an electronic data transfer method and an electronic data transfer equipment. The method comprises steps that, a business triggering message is received by a business platform, and context information is contained by the business triggering message; when the context information satisfies the preset electronic data transfer strategy, an activity event object corresponding to the context information is determined by the business platform, and the activity corresponding to the activity event object is determined; when the context information satisfies the preset activity verification strategy corresponding to the activity corresponding to the activity event object, the electronic data is transferred by the business platform from a first position to a second position. Through the method, only through receiving one business triggering message, the business platform can acquire the information that a user uses a specific product to accomplish the specific business, so the business platform is prevented from integrating business information contained by different messages, and processing performance and processing efficiency of the business platform are improved. The business platform can timely process the relevant business, and incapability in processing normal business can be avoided.

A system and method for providing solution to a user with a social network or online social commercial network comprises a user module. The user module is configured to control and monitor multiple sub-modules. A feed sub-module is configured to provide access to other users, and receives credits based on the marketing of the product or services. A need sub-module provides an option for inputting a user need, and generate the credits for a user sharing the solutions to the input needs. A bid sub-module is configured to conduct bids, sell, or buy the user accounts for generating the credits to the user account. A lead sub-module comprises a neural network configured to learn, and track one or more user behavior in the system, generating the credits to the user by sharing the behavior to the other users. The system facilitates a social business platform generating credit to the users.