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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:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2007
Applicants:
Yung-hsin Chien, Apex, NC (US);
Mahesh V. Joshi, Cary, NC (US);
Ann Mary Mcguirk, Raleigh, NC (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and methods for providing estimations for a product for purchase at a plurality of stores. Groups of stores are generated based upon similarity of store demand data. For each group, a distribution is determined with respect to the attribute of the product. The distribution is used to provide estimations with respect to the product to be provided at the stores.