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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2006
Paritosh Desai, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Rob Parkin, San Francisco, CA (US);
John Crowther, Belmont, CA (US);
David Davtian, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
France Savard, Lorraine, CA;
Krishna Venkatraman, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Chi-yi Kuan, Fremont, CA (US);
Fedor Dzegilenko, San Jose, CA (US);
Paritosh Desai, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Rob Parkin, San Francisco, CA (US);
John Crowther, Belmont, CA (US);
David Davtian, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
France Savard, Lorraine, CA;
Krishna Venkatraman, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Chi-Yi Kuan, Fremont, CA (US);
Fedor Dzegilenko, San Jose, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for providing relative optimized pricing for markdown items is provided. A financial engine for determining revenue for determining sales costs is provided. An optimization engine receiving input from the financial engine and uses the determined sales costs to provide relative optimized pricing for markdown items and provides pricing and a promotion calendar for non-markdown items.