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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:
Apr. 05, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2005
Applicants:
Chris Boardman, Collegeville, PA (US);
Brian Wynne, Wayne, PA (US);
Kennon Copeland, Fredericksburg, VA (US);
Inventors:
Chris Boardman, Collegeville, PA (US);
Brian Wynne, Wayne, PA (US);
Kennon Copeland, Fredericksburg, VA (US);
Assignee:
IMS Software Services Ltd., Plymouth Meeting, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G07G 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Projection factors are used to project product sales data from sample retail outlets to the universe of outlets. Weekly forecasts of market conditions and product demand are generated based on the projected product sales data. The projection factors and the weekly forecasts are updated during the course of the forecasted week, for example, daily, as data on actual product sales during the forecasted week is received.