Ebay, Incorporated

Paypal, Inc.

Jeremiah Joseph Akin

Kamal Ahmad Zamer

Praveen Nuthulapati

Jayasree Mekala

Joseph Vernon Paulson, Iv

Nikhil Vijay Thaker

Methods, systems, and apparatus for conducting a video conference. A location of one or more sets of eyes in an image may be determined. The relative location of an image capture device and/or a portion of a display device may be adjusted based on the determined location.

Methods, systems and apparatus for providing video communications

Systems and methods of returning location and/or event results using information mined from non-textual information are provided. Non-textual information is captured using a hardware component of a user device. Text-based social media content input on the user device is then retrieved. A location of the user device is determined using a global positioning system module in the user device. The non-textual information is converted to a machine-analyzable format, and the converted non-textual information is compared to a database of converted non-textual information samples to analyze and classify the converted non-textual information. The classification is sent to a server for storage in a database in a manner that ties the classification to the geographical location of the user device.

System and method of selecting events or locations based on content

Techniques for locating and identifying mobile devices are described. According to various embodiments, an ambient sound signal may be detected using a microphone of a mobile device. Thereafter, it may be determined that the ambient sound signal corresponds to a predefined user query for assistance in locating the mobile device. A predefined response sound corresponding to the predefined user query may then be emitted, using a speaker of the mobile device. Additionally, user identification information may be displayed on a screen in response to detecting contact with the mobile device using at least one of an accelerometer and a gyroscope.

Mobile device self-identification system

Methods, systems, and apparatus for providing video communications

Techniques for locating and identifying mobile devices are described. According to various embodiments, an ambient sound signal may be detected using a microphone of a mobile device. Thereafter, it may be determined that the ambient sound signal corresponds to a predefined user query for assistance in locating the mobile device. For the, a predefined response sound corresponding to the predefined user query may be emitted, using a speaker of the mobile device.

Methods, systems, and computer program products for dynamically routing a mobile sales operation are disclosed. A computer-implemented method may include receiving a request to provide a location recommendation to a mobile sales operation where the request comprises GPS coordinates from a GPS device associated with the mobile sales operation, determining the location recommendation based on analyzing data associated with a competitor of the mobile sales operation in view of the GPS coordinates, sending a first communication comprising the location recommendation to a computing device of the mobile sales operation, and sending a second communication comprising GPS coordinates of an updated location recommendation to the computing device of the mobile sales operation in view of a change in status for one or more competitors of the mobile sales operation.

Dynamic mobile seller routing

A service provider receives, from a merchant device, a geotagged image of a payment instrument, such as a credit card, provided to the merchant by a buyer for payment. It first determines the validity of the payment instrument using the captured image and then assesses the validity of the claimed purchase transaction by comparing the GPS data in the geotagged image, representing the geotagging location, with a separately transmitted GPS data, representing the location of transmitting the geotagged image. For further assessment, it may further compare the time of geotagging the image with the time of transmitting the image. The service provider then determines on the overall validity of the claimed purchase transaction based on the determination on the validity of the payment instrument and the assessment results, and if it determines the purchase transaction is valid, processes requested payment to the merchant's account.

Geotagged image for checking validity of purchase transaction

A request to make a purchase from a mobile device of a first entity is detected. In response to the detected request, a determination is made whether the first entity has a subservient relationship with a second entity. In response to a determination that the first entity has the subservient relationship with the second entity, another determination is made whether the first entity is located proximate to the second entity. A first set of purchasing limitations is applied to the request in response to the determination that the first entity has the subservient relationship with the second entity and a determination that the first entity is located proximate to the second entity.

Electronic payment restriction

Methods, systems, and apparatus for conducting a video conference. A location of a person is determined based on a direction of a source of speech. The location of an image capture device and/or a portion of a display device may be adjusted based on the determined direction of the source of speech.

Methods and systems are provided for facilitating control of a child's purchasing of products from a merchant using a credit card, debit card, gift card, secure token, mobile device, or the like. A payment provider, such as Paypal, Inc., can authorized the purchase of a product from the merchant if both the child and the parent are checked in with the same merchant via one or more social networks (thereby indicating that the child and the parent are in or near the same store). This requirement for proximity between the child and the parent can provide the parent with an opportunity to more closely monitor purchases made by the child.

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Pleasant Hill, CA, United States of America

Jeremiah Joseph Akin