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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2018
Groupon, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Andrew Lisy, River Forest, IL (US);
Becky Nixon Center, Chicago, IL (US);
Yingchu Zheng, Chicago, IL (US);
Eric Hanson, Western Springs, IL (US);
GROUPON, INC., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and computer program, each configured for gauging the health or quality of available supply, are provided. An exemplary method for generating a supply index indicative of a quality or health of supply by calculating and aggregating a supply metric calculated from a perspective of each of a plurality of individual customers to identify those locations where an increase in supply would most positively impact value to customers comprises identifying a location of a user, identifying at least a portion of each of one or more renderable data objects available to a user located at the location, applying a first weight to each of the portion of each of the one or more renderable data objects, calculating a total of each of the weights, applying a coverage cap to determine a capped total, and generating a supply index comprised of aggregated capped totals.