Class 705/10 - Market analysis, demand forecasting or surveying

Subclass of Class 705 - Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination
Definition: Subject matter including processing of market data in order
No. of patents: 2433
Last issue date: 05/29/2012

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7529686	Supply planning system and method utilizing constrained and unconstrained explosion and implosion of flagged demand statements A method for determining chase quantities of components for products, where the products have a plurality of associated demand types. The method sets a flag on at least one of the demand types and executes the demand types. During the executing, component supply con...	05/05/2009
7526434	Network based system and method for marketing management A marketing management method and a system to manage interactions, develop base line for the current performance, analyzing various marketing strategies and selecting a desirable marketing strategy for implementation are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention...	04/28/2009
7523048	Multipurpose presentation demand calendar for integrated management decision support Aspects of the present invention include improvements to a management decision support system. Before improvement, the system includes a computer system having memory and resources, a retail demand forecasting program applying one or more forecasting approaches, run...	04/21/2009
7523047	Price optimization system A method for determining a preferred set of prices for a plurality of products is provided. Generally, a sales model is created. A cost model is also created. A preferred set of prices for the plurality of products based on the sales model and cost model is then gen...	04/21/2009
7519542	System and method for modeling and applying a people network representation A system and method for applying a people network representation to aid contact between a member of an organization and a target individual selects a contact path between the member and the target supported by analysis of the level of interaction between members of ...	04/14/2009
7516085	Market determination system A market analysis system uses travel time to define a relevant market area. A map is generated using stored geographical map information around a selected geographical point or area, and a travel time around the geographical point or area is selected. A trace is for...	04/07/2009
7516083	Method of comparing prorated inventory budgets and simulated future inventory Disclosed are methods of and apparatus for analyzing projected future inventory against inventory budgets to determine open-to-buy inventory values. Inventory budgets are set, then demand is projected and some or all of notional deliveries, sales and inventory are s...	04/07/2009
7516084	Approach for managing forecast data An approach for managing forecast data involving the use of a hierarchical data model to manage forecast data. Each user has forecast data and access is determined based upon the relationships between user and the hierarchical data model. Each relationship is define...	04/07/2009
7512544	Knowledge base system for an equipment market A system and method for managing and processing supply and demand information in an equipment market comprises a business logic engine, a database and interface engine and communications engine on a web host server. The communications engine is configured to enable ...	03/31/2009
7512545	Method, software and system for developing interactive call center agent personas A method, software and system of developing personalities for interactive and/or automated call center applications are provided. According to teachings of the present invention, sample population questionnaires and interviews may be used to identify key personality...	03/31/2009
7509266	Integrated communication system and method An integrated communication system and method for conducting surveys, and more particularly an at least partially automated and efficient system and method for collecting, processing, and displaying customer satisfaction survey information that enables a product or ...	03/24/2009
7499870	System and method for developing sales content A system and method of developing sales information for use in a buyer-seller environment is directed to providing one or more qualifiers which relate to a sales offering; determining value criteria, for each qualifier, to identify potential value of the sales offer...	03/03/2009
7493277	Business opportunity analytics with dependence A system and method are provided to analyze the value of an opportunity, including the dependence and interrelationship between opportunities. A computer-implemented system having a number of software modules is provided that facilitates the calculation of portfolio...	02/17/2009
7490052	Process and system for integrating information from disparate databases for purposes of predicting consumer behavior A process and system for integrating information stored in at least two disparate databases. The stored information includes consumer transactional information. According to the process and system, at least one qualitative variable which is common to each database i...	02/10/2009
7487107	Method, system, and computer program for determining ranges of potential purchasing amounts, indexed according to latest cycle and recency frequency, by combining re-purchasing ratios and purchasing amounts A system and a method for selecting potential purchasers from a historical collection of confirmed purchasers. The method allows definition of a set of purchasing variables in relation to the confirmed purchasers, and computation of both a plurality of re-purchasing...	02/03/2009
7480623	Method and system for determining time-phased product sales forecasts and projected replenishment shipments for a retail store supply chain A time-phased forecasting and replenishment system (20) for retail organizations which can be used for inventory management and financial management. One or more computers (28) create time-phased plans for one or more retail facilities, such as various...	01/20/2009
7478052	Contents market research system, contents market research apparatus, contents polling apparatus, contents market research method, and recording medium A system and method that reduces content selection cost, to commercialize the proper picture content quickly, and to reduce the cost required to research the detailed sales market. Content introduction information is sent to a contents polling apparatus, the content...	01/13/2009
7478053	Apparatus and computer program product for technology comparisons In one aspect, a method for comparing suppliers includes sending survey questions for receipt by supplier computer systems. Programming instructions are also sent for receipt and execution by the supplier computer systems. The programming instructions are for causin...	01/13/2009
7475022	Method and apparatus for handling disruptive events and replacement items Methods, systems and a machine readable memory are disclosed for adjusting projected demand items on an item-location basis. One environment in which the disclosed technology is useful is retail sales by companies with many items and numerous sales locations. Disrup...	01/06/2009
7472072	Systems and methods for targeting consumers attitudinally aligned with determined attitudinal segment definitions Disclosed herein are systems and methods for selecting a target group of consumers from a larger group of consumers in a computer database. Thus, for a given brand and marketing objective, the systems and methods provide for identifying the dimensions that define a ...	12/30/2008
7464047	Method of processing customer's orders and a customer's order processing apparatus In a customer's order processing apparatus and method, the CPU stores setting data for every article, inputs and stores order data of ordered articles, predicts quantities of the ordered articles in response to a command signal, and displays the quantities every the...	12/09/2008
7457766	Methods and systems for determining daily weighting factors for use in forecasting daily product sales A method for determining daily weight values and store closure coefficients for use in forecasting daily sales patterns for retail products. The method uses historical daily demand data for a product to calculate a daily weight value for the product for each day of ...	11/25/2008
7454362	Method and system for dynamically providing materials and technology information An exemplary embodiment of the invention relates to a computer-based method and system for gathering materials and technology information from internal as well as external sources, integrating the information into a format accessible to disparate systems, storing th...	11/18/2008
7440906	Identification, categorization, and integration of unplanned maintenance, repair and overhaul work on mechanical equipment A method for managing maintenance of equipment includes identifying a planned MRO task and a first set of components associated with the task and determining a set of probabilities associated with a second set of components and indicating that the second set of comp...	10/21/2008
7440908	Method and system for selecting a sales channel A processor-assisted method for selecting a sales channel for a specific item (4900). The disclosed method includes analyses of variables such as expected costs (4600), sales items (4100) and market, third party and/or internal data (4200...	10/21/2008
7440939	System and method for inter-relating multiple data types relating to pharmaceutical products, therapies and companies Techniques for inter-relating various types of data from a plurality of dissimilar data sources relating to marketed pharmaceutical products are disclosed. Various data types may be inter-related based on one or more common data features and displayed in a comprehen...	10/21/2008
7437308	Methods for estimating the seasonality of groups of similar items of commerce data sets based on historical sales date values and associated error information A set of data is received containing values associated with respective data points, the values associated with each of the data points being characterized by a distribution. The values for each of the data points are expressed in a form that includes information abo...	10/14/2008
7437421	Collaborative email with delegable authorities Writing a collaborative email document with hierarchical authorities including establishing a collaborative email document on an administrator's computer, identifying one or more signatories for the document, identifying one or more collaborators who are authorized ...	10/14/2008
7437306	Customer buying pattern detection in customer relationship management systems A Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system accesses customer transaction data from a database managed by a Relational Database Management System (RDBMS), and then performs a pattern detection function using the customer transaction data, wherein the pattern det...	10/14/2008
7437307	Method of relating multiple independent databases A method for relating multiple independent databases uses a graphical interface allowing market researchers to conveniently model different prototype forecast scenarios based on specific choices for ad campaign portfolio distributions among specific types of adverti...	10/14/2008
7430521	System and method for managing customized reward offers In accordance with some embodiments of the present invention, a method is provided for managing reward offers. A first performance target that is associated with a financial account is determined. Transaction data that is associated with the financial account is rec...	09/30/2008
7430535	Methods and systems for identifying prospective customers and managing deals A system including at least one computer configured as a server that contains a database of deal information, business rules, libraries and templates for deals for at least one business entity is provided. The system further includes at least one client system conne...	09/30/2008
7430544	Output image generating operation service using network A paid operation queue Q1 and a trial operation queue Q2 are provided within an output operation execution system. Each request for execution of an operation job from a client device is entered into either the paid operation queue Q1 or the tria...	09/30/2008
7428496	Creating an incentive to author useful item reviews A facility for rewarding the provision of useful item reviews is described. The facility receives a plurality of item reviews, each from a source. The facility publishes each of the plurality of received item reviews, and assesses the usefulness of the published ite...	09/23/2008
7428503	Methods and systems for providing product and services upgrades and work order status in a cable services network Methods and systems are provided for allowing a cable services customer to efficiently order desired products and services through an automated self-provisioning process provided through an interactive television session between the customer and a cable services pro...	09/23/2008
7426479	Customer activity data system and method A customer activity data system and method which generate reports for manufacturers, sellers, and other suppliers. The system includes a computer for analyzing transaction data obtained from a transaction terminal and information characterizing customer activity at ...	09/16/2008
7424439	Data mining for managing marketing resources Data mining for managing marketing resources is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for managing a marketing campaign includes the following. First, the method provides a data mining engine capable of being trained with training data and capable thereof of perfor...	09/09/2008
7424440	Sales optimization A system and method for forecasting the effects of a marketing decision on future sales by analyzing product sales strategies using archived sales data obtained from database files are disclosed. The database files may be validated so as to insure their integrity. A...	09/09/2008
7424457	Managing an electronic seal of certification Systems and methods for managing a seal of certification including compliance with requirements for such a seal of certification in electronic commerce including an online marketplace, particular sectors of an online marketplace and a web site and dynamic display of...	09/09/2008
7419427	National customer recognition system and method A system and method for implementing a customer tracking and recognition program that encompasses customers' gaming and non-gaming activity alike at a plurality of affiliated casino properties. Customer information is accumulated at each affiliated casino through on...	09/02/2008

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