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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8140378 | System and method for modeling shopping behavior A system and method are provided for modeling shopper behavior in a store. The system may include an analysis program executable on a computing device, configured to receive product position data and shopper path data gathered from a plurality of stores, each having... | 03/20/2012 |
| 7933797 | Purchase selection behavior analysis system and method A market research method is provided, the method including analyzing shopper path data representing a plurality of shopper paths through a store. The analysis typically include, at predetermined time intervals, for each of a plurality of shoppers traveling through t... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7606728 | Shopping environment analysis system and method with normalization A system and method are provided for analyzing a shopping environment. The method typically includes tracking a plurality of paths of a plurality of persons in the shopping environment, and recording corresponding path data. The method further may include normalizin... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7006982 | Purchase selection behavior analysis system and method utilizing a visibility measure A system and method for analyzing shopper behavior of a shopper within a shopping environment is provided. The method typically determining the position of a product within the shopping environment, tracking a shopper path of a shopper through the shopping environme... | 02/28/2006 |
