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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:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2011
Applicants:
Eric B. Fox, Seattle, WA (US);
Logan Luyet Dillard, Seattle, WA (US);
Scott Allen Mongrain, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Eric B. Fox, Seattle, WA (US);
Logan Luyet Dillard, Seattle, WA (US);
Scott Allen Mongrain, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2012.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0631 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0204 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0253 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0255 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed are various embodiments for defining subcategories of product items to be used in merchandising. The subcategories may be defined on the basis of product data and/or sales data for the product items. Based on a distribution of the product items in accordance with one or more of the product and/or sales data, implicit groups or subcategories can be identified and selected for merchandising purposes.