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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2019
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Linsong Chu, White Plains, NY (US);
Karina Elayne Kervin, Albany, NY (US);
Michael Khayyat, New York, NY (US);
Hongfei Li, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/00 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0204 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2023.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0205 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02);
Abstract
A method, system and computer program product for identifying a geographic market share. Mobility data is acquired from applications running on mobile devices of users located within a geographic area. Mobility data is then used to infer shopping habits within the geographic area. Geo-demographic profiles are then created. The geographic market share is then determined using the created geo-demographic profiles.