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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2010
Geoffry A. Westphal, Park Ridge, IL (US);
Thomas John Carroll, Algonquin, IL (US);
Geoffry A. Westphal, Park Ridge, IL (US);
Thomas John Carroll, Algonquin, IL (US);
W.W. Grainger, Inc., Lake Forest, IL (US);
Abstract
A dynamic merchandising system creates for each of a plurality of products in a plurality of purchase orders a list of products purchased together. This information is then used to create ordered lists reflecting relationships between various product attributes, e.g., the relationships between different brand names purchased together, different product categories purchased together, different catalog pages of products purchased together, etc. From these ordered relationship lists information may be selected and presented to the customer for the purpose of directing the customer to additional purchasing opportunities.