A cluster generation apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to acquire position information and time information for a plurality of users; generate a cluster based on spots visited by the users by using the position information for the users, the cluster being a classification of the users; and generate, for each generated cluster, a movement route based on a history of movement of the cluster between the spots, from the time information and the position information for the users belonging to the cluster.

A method includes: acquiring, from a first communication terminal of a first user via a network, i) a request for an advertisement corresponding to a store and ii) a first notification indicating that a beacon signal including a device identifier (ID) specifying a beacon signal transmitter disposed in the store has been received from the beacon signal transmitter; generating, based on limited product information, the request for the advertisement, and the first notification, privileged advertisement information; and outputting the privileged advertisement information to the first communication terminal.

A support system including: a user information acquisition unit that acquires, from a first system that is an external information processing system, user information including payment method information regarding a payment method when a user purchases a product or service and support recipient information indicating a support recipient for which the user desires support; a purchase information acquisition unit that acquires, from the payment system that manages purchase information, the purchase information regarding purchase of the product or service by the user in the payment method; and a support execution information generation unit that generates support execution information in which the support recipient information, support goods information, and affiliated store information are associated with each other, based on the user information, the purchase information, and a preset correspondence among product-or-the-like information indicating the product or the service, the support goods information, and the affiliated store information.

Methods, computer-readable media, software, and apparatuses provide a system that may facilitate communications between drivers who share a route. The system may allow communications to be sent from one driver to another driver and allow drivers to post queries to other drivers sharing a route. Computing devices in the vehicle may collect route data for the system to evaluate and to use in identifying drivers sharing a route.

Systems and methods relate to display of insights, including a method including: causing a user display to display a graphical user interface (GUI) that enables a user to select a time range and a single digital display as a locale; and causing, based on the user selecting the time range and the single digital display as the locale, the user display to display, on the GUI, a list of a plurality of media content that have been displayed on the single digital display, each of the plurality of media content being ordered according to analysis insight for the single digital display selected and the time range selected. The analysis insight may include at least opportunity to see (OTS) counts of the plurality of media content on one or more digital displays associated with the locale.

This disclosure involves a using an adaptive component for customizing content delivered to customer devices. For instance, an adaptive component is configured to selectively receive information from a back-end service and present the information based on contexts of shopping experiences on particular devices. A context includes at least one of a device being a particular location or indicating a particular stage of interest in a product or service. The adaptive component includes configured parameters specifying different sets of sales information for different contexts. Different sets of context-specific sales are provided, based on different contexts, for presentation on one or more user devices via the adaptive component.

A method of controlling a display device is provided. The method includes a transparent screen to recognize a position of a user in front of the transparent screen and an eye gaze of the user looking at the transparent screen, recognize a position of a background object behind the transparent screen, estimate, based on a distance between the transparent screen and the user, and a direction of the eye gaze of the user, a minimum angular change of the eye gaze by which the display device is able to detect a change in the eye gaze, and display, on the transparent screen, information related to the background object when the background object is at a position within the minimum angular change of the eye gaze from a current eye gaze of the user.

The present invention provides a processing system (10) including an acquisition unit (11) that acquires, from each of a plurality of terminal apparatuses, first identification information for identifying the terminal apparatus or a facility where the terminal apparatus is placed, and biological information of a customer input to the terminal apparatus, an authentication unit (12) that performs customer authentication, based on the biological information of the customer, a history registration unit (13) that, when customer authentication is successful, registers, in visit history information of the customer, a facility determined by the first identification information, and a provided information generation unit (14) that generates, based on the visit history information and attribute information of the facility, provided information to be provided to the customer.

Systems, apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture provide for modular vending systems utilizing reloadable product dispensing modules, including, but not limited to, vertical product dispensing modules comprising a vertical conveyor and a mounting structure for releasably engaging with module holder structures of modular vending machines, and a central controller device for communicating with a plurality of modular vending machines.

Adaptive system for communicating with a customer in a retail store environment includes a sensor disposed at a sensor location in a retail environment. The sensor location is selected so that the sensor captures information that facilitates identification of at least one trait associated with a customer located proximate to the sensor location. A processing system is configured to use the information to determine the at least one trait. Thereafter, in response to such determination, the processing system selectively determines a message or content selection to be displayed to the customer based at least in part on the at least one trait that has been identified.