Abstract:
Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for initiating shipment of and payment for shipping a parcel. For example, in one embodiment, a customer/user can receive a message on a user device from a carrier that includes an authorization code for shipping a parcel. After the customer/user ships the parcel, the carrier can charge a variety of accounts for the shipping charges, including a wireless services provider associated with the user device. In another embodiment, the customer/user can interact with a kiosk to ship the parcel. In this embodiment, the carrier can also charge a variety of accounts for the shipping charges, including a wireless services provider.
Abstract:
Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for initiating shipment of and payment for shipping a parcel. For example, in one embodiment, a customer/user can receive a message on a user device from a carrier that includes an authorization code for shipping a parcel. After the customer/user ships the parcel, the carrier can charge a variety of accounts for the shipping charges, including a wireless services provider associated with the user device. In another embodiment, the customer/user can interact with a kiosk to ship the parcel. In this embodiment, the carrier can also charge a variety of accounts for the shipping charges, including a wireless services provider.
Abstract:
Input data that includes one or more observations made at one or more corresponding time slices is received. The input data is provided to one or more time-based prediction models that predict one or more values for one or more future time slices. One or more randomness compensating factors are determined. The one or more randomness compensating factors correspond to one or more features indicative of one or more events associated with the one or more corresponding time slices. Based at least in part on the determining of the one or more randomness compensating factors and the prediction of the one or more time-based prediction models, a second one or more values for at least one of the one or more future time slices are predicted. In response to the predicting of the second one or more values, an indication associated with the predicted second one or more values are presented to a user computer device.
Abstract:
Systems, methods, and computer program products for validating billing data and detecting anomalies in billing data are provided. In one embodiment a method is provided, the method comprising: receiving historical billing data for a customer, the historical billing data organized into a plurality of historical data sets; calculating a plurality of statistical representations of each of the plurality of historical data sets; generating a historical profile for the customer based on the plurality of statistical representations of the historical billing data; receiving current billing data for the customer; generating a current profile for the customer; comparing the current profile to the historical profile, the current profile and the historical profile being associated with the same at least one category attribute; and, based at least in part on the result of the comparison, determining whether one or more anomalies are present in the current billing data for the customer.
Abstract:
Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for initiating shipment of and payment for shipping a parcel. For example, in one embodiment, a customer/user can receive a message on a user device from a carrier that includes an authorization code for shipping a parcel. After the customer/user ships the parcel, the carrier can charge a variety of accounts for the shipping charges, including a wireless services provider associated with the user device. In another embodiment, the customer/user can interact with a kiosk to ship the parcel. In this embodiment, the carrier can also charge a variety of accounts for the shipping charges, including a wireless services provider.