Abstract:
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein for content-based product recommendations. A system for content-based product recommendations comprises a content monitoring device configured to monitor video content viewed by a user, a customer vectors database, a product vectors database; and a control circuit being configured to: detect, via the content monitoring device, a video content being viewed by the user, identify an item associated with a current segment of the video content viewed by the user, determine a product category associated with the item, determine alignments between the customer value vectors and the product characteristic vectors for each of the plurality of products in the product category, select a recommended product from the plurality of products based on the alignments between the customer value vectors and the product characteristic vectors for each of the plurality of products, and initiate an offer of the recommended product to the customer.
Abstract:
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to delivery of merchandise with freshness levels matched to customer preferences. In some embodiments, there is provided a system including: merchandise items intended for delivery to various destinations; sensor tags measuring freshness levels of the merchandise; a delivery database containing delivery information for the merchandise; a customer preference database including customer preference of freshness level for merchandise; and a control circuit that receives sensor measurements, determines a measured freshness level, and compares the measured freshness level with a customer's freshness level preference for a particular merchandise item.
Abstract:
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein for consumer premises inventory tracking. A system for consumer premises inventory tracking comprises an inventory sensor coupled to an inventory tracking device configured to detect changes in an inventory associated a premises comprising a plurality of inventory tracking devices, a communication device configured to communicate with a plurality of other inventory tracking devices, and a control circuit coupled to the inventory sensor and the communication device, the control circuit being configured to: detect a change in the inventory via the inventory sensor, determine a purchase order based on the change in the inventory, determine whether to automatically submit the purchase order to a remote server based on direct communications with the plurality of other inventory tracking devices via the communication device, and submit the purchase order to the remote server.
Abstract:
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to retrieval of orders for a group of people. In some embodiments, a system comprises a data structure, wherein the data structure includes retrieval permissions and a control circuit configured to receive, from a plurality of people, orders, receive, from a first person of the plurality of people, a request to retrieve the orders, determine, based on the data structure, that the first person is authorized to retrieve the orders associated with the one or more of the plurality of people, make available, to the first person, the orders, after the first person retrieves the orders, charge each of the one or more people of the plurality of people based on the orders, and transmit, to each of the one or more people of the plurality of people, an indication that the orders have been retrieved.
Abstract:
In some embodiments, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein useful to selecting products for customers. In some embodiments, a system comprises a value vector database, wherein the value vector database includes value vectors of customers, and wherein the value vectors indicate partialities of the customers, a control circuit configured to generate the virtual representation of the customer's environment, determine, based on the value vector database, partialities for the customer, determine, based on the partialities for the customer, one or more products, wherein the one or more products include value propositions, and wherein the one or more value propositions of the one or more products are consistent with the partialities for the customer, and render the virtual representation of the customer's environment to include virtual representations of the one or more products, and a display device, the display device configured to present the virtual representation of the customer's environment.
Abstract:
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful for providing an online shopping experience that conserves computing resources. In some embodiments, there is provided a system including: a shopping server receiving a user request to view a virtual shopping environment; a control circuit causing the display of virtual shopping images on a user computer to emulate a real-life shopping experience for the user; wherein the control circuit is configured to: navigate the virtual shopping environment; cause the display of an avatar representing the user in the virtual shopping environment; cause the display of the avatar at a first resource consumption setting where the avatar is interacting with a certain type of product; and cause the display of virtual shopping images at a second, reduced resource consumption setting where the avatar is not interacting with these products.
Abstract:
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein for predictive mobile manufacturing. A system for providing mobile manufacturing comprises a customer profile database storing customer partiality vectors associated with a plurality of customers, a product database storing vectorized product characterizations associated with a plurality of products, a mobile manufacturing unit comprising a vehicle carrying manufacturing equipment; and a control circuit. The control circuit being configured to select a plurality of customer profiles associated with a geographic area from the customer profile database, aggregate a plurality of customer partiality vectors to determine aggregated area customer partiality vectors, determine alignments between the aggregated area customer partiality vectors and vectorized product characterizations, select one or more products to manufacture with the mobile manufacturing unit, and instruct the mobile manufacturing unit to begin manufacturing the one or more products prior to receiving orders for the one or more products.
Abstract:
In some embodiments, unmanned aerial task systems are provided that include a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) each comprising: a UAV control circuit; a motor; propulsion system; and a universal coupler configured to interchangeably couple with and decouple from one of multiple different tool systems each having different functions to be put into use while carried by a UAV, wherein a coupling system of the universal coupler is configured to secure a tool system with the UAV and enable a communication connection between a communication bus and the tool system, and wherein the multiple different tool systems comprise at least a package securing tool system configured to retain and enable transport of a package while being delivered, and a sensor tool system configured to sense a condition and communicate sensor data of the sensed condition to the UAV control circuit over the communication bus.
Abstract:
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein for unmanned flight optimization. A system for unmanned flight comprises a set of motors configured to provide locomotion to an unmanned aerial vehicle, a set of wings coupled to a body of the unmanned aerial vehicle via an actuator and configured to move relative to the body of the unmanned aerial vehicle, a sensor system on the unmanned aerial vehicle, and a control circuit. The control circuit being configured to: retrieve a task profile for a task assigned to the unmanned aerial vehicle, cause the set of motors to lift the unmanned aerial vehicle, detect condition parameters based on the sensor system, determine a position for the set of wings based on the task profile and the condition parameters, and cause the actuator to move the set of wings to the wing position while the unmanned aerial vehicle is in flight.
Abstract:
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein for field monitoring. A system for field monitoring comprises a plurality of types of sensor modules, an unmanned vehicle comprising a sensor system, and a control circuit configured to: receive onboard sensor data from the sensor system of the unmanned vehicle, detect an alert condition at a monitored area based on the onboard sensor data, select one or more types of sensor modules from the plurality of types of sensor modules to deploy at the monitored area based on the onboard sensor data, and cause the unmanned vehicle and/or one or more other unmanned vehicles to transport one or more sensor modules of the one or more types of sensor modules to the monitored area and deploy the one or more sensor modules by detaching from the one or more sensor modules at the monitored area.