Google Inc.

Playspan Inc.

Motorola Mobility LLC

Visa International Service Association

Playspin Inc.

E*trade Group, Inc., a Corp. of California

Mark Rose

Sridhar Ramaswamy

Lex N Bayer

Zhe Qian

Afshin Shafie

Leslie Yeh

Sung Kyun Bai

Peter A Privitera

Giancarlo Giustina

Marcus Albonico

Joshy Joseph

Simon Ru

Chou Wen-Pin

PeiWen Hung

Kevin Montford Ting

Kai Chen

James A Gallagher

Joerg Heilig

Abhinay Sharma

Dustin S Jackson

Wendy McKennon

Robert Kniaz

Nicholas Charles Fox

Scott S Benson

Dan Siroker

Bhavesh R Mehta

Andrew E Silverman

Markus Mock

Benjamin A Hardy

Amit Kumar Agrawal

Caitlin Q Donhowe

Lauren Von Dehsen

Samuel Y Chang

Craig J Detter

Liana Kong

Akila Varadarajan

Priya Kasirajan

Eva Bills Lacivita

Wilburt Labio

Kara Malhotra

Eric Michael Burger

Leslie Yeh Johnson

Simon Azriel

Zhe Oian

Eric Burger

HVAC control device

The DYNAMIC PAYMENT OPTIMIZATION APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS ('DPO') transform requests for on-demand and flexible monetization and related services via DPO components into currency transfers, purchase receipt notifications, social networking communications and transaction analytics reports. In some embodiments, the DPO obtains a user product purchase request for a user engaged in an online experience at a point of sale device. The DPO parses the user product purchase request, and thereby identifies at least one attribute of at least one of: the user; the online experience; and the point of sale device. The DPO customizes one or more properties of a user interface for initiating a purchase transaction related to the user product purchase request, according to the identified at least one attribute of the user, the online experience or the point of sale device; and providing the customized user interface.

Dynamic payment optimization apparatuses, methods and systems

Various arrangements for monitoring and controlling operation of a HVAC system are provided. Battery-operated temperature monitoring devices may be situated within the structure and connected with a network. A user command may be received that includes a selection of at least one of the battery-operated temperature monitoring devices. An offset may be calculated based on an evaluation of a first temperature reading of the selected battery-operated temperature monitoring device relative to a second temperature reading of the thermostat. The offset may be overridden when an override condition is present.

Self-learning temperature monitor and control system and methods for making and using same

In-application universal storefront apparatuses, methods and systems

The present invention generally relates to authenticating online transactions, and more specifically, to method and system for determining a potentially fraudulent online transaction request based on a risk parameter associated with a user in a networking platform such as, a social networking platform. The method comprises receiving an online transaction request from a user. Thereafter, determining the risk parameter of the user based on one or more profile parameters associated with the user or one or more peer users associated with the user in the community. Based on the risk parameter of the user the online transaction request of the user is authenticated.

Method and system for authenticating online transactions

A method and apparatus for contextually managing contact priorities based on travel includes an electronic device configured to determine a travel destination remote from a home location for the electronic device and to determine a set of individuals who will be located at the travel destination. The electronic device is further configured to temporarily make one or more contacts for the set of individuals preferred contacts while traveling and to enable a limited-interruption mode on the electronic device while traveling, wherein an audible alert on the electronic device is enabled for preferred contacts and disabled for non-preferred contacts while the limited-interruption mode is enabled.

Method and apparatus for contextually managing contact priorities based on travel

The usefulness, and consequently the performance, of advertisements are improved by allowing businesses to better target their ads to a responsive audience. Location information is determined (or simply accepted) and used. For example, location information may be used in a relevancy determination of an ad. As another example, location information may be used in an attribute (e.g., position) arbitration. Such location information may be associated with price information, such as a maximum price bid. Such location information may be associated with ad performance information. Ad performance information may be tracked on the basis of location information. The content of an ad creative, and/or of a landing page may be selected and/or modified using location information. Tools, such as user interfaces, may be provided to allow a business to enter and/or modify location information. The location information used to target and/or score ads may be, include, or define an area.

Location-specific advertising

Embodiments are provided for distinguishing certain transportation modes for an electronic device based on connection signal data. According to certain aspects, the electronic device may determine () that it is being transported by a vehicle. The electronic device searches or detects () nearby WLAN and/or WPAN signals and identifies (), based on the detected signals, how many devices are nearby the electronic device. The electronic device compares () the number of nearby devices to a threshold amount and, based on the comparison, either initiates () a public transportation mode or initiates () a driving mode.

Systems and methods for managing operating modes of an electronic device

The usefulness, and consequently the performance, of advertisements are improved by allowing businesses to better target their ads to a responsive audience. For example, location information may be used in ad relevancy determination, and in attribute (e.g., position) arbitration. Such location information may be associated with price information, such as a maximum price bid, and/or with ad performance information. Ad performance information may be tracked on the basis of location information. The content of an ad creative, and/or of a landing page may be selected and/or modified using location information. Tools may be provided to enter and/or modify location information, such as location-dependent targeting information and price information. The location information used to target and/or score ads may be, include, or define an area. The area may be defined by at least one geographic reference point (e.g., defined by latitude and longitude coordinates) and perhaps additional information.

Tracking location-specific ad performance

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Mark Rose