SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SHORT-RANGE WEATHER ADAPTED, BUSINESS FORECASTING
Patent №
US 7,069,232
Granted
2006-06-27
Filed 2000
Owner
PLANALYTICS, INC.
Lab
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AI components
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planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
09656397
A system, method and computer program product for short-term forecasting of future retail performance are described herein. The system includes a Web-based graphical user interface, a weather history database and a weather forecast database. The method and computer program product allow users (e.g., retail managers and the like) to produce maps and related charts, using weather and sales history correlation analyzes, indicating weather favorability for specific retail products in specific geographic areas during specific future (and past) time periods. The weather favorability maps thereby facilitate retail-based advertising, allocation, placement, promotion and staffing decisions.
AI classification
Ownership
PLANALYTICS, INC.
assignment · 114120705
Assignors
FOX, FREDERICK D., BECK, STEVEN A., COMPHER, MARK D., KIRK, WILLIAM E., VANOSTENBRIDGE, JAMES R., ESTORNELL, DAVID G., WALSH, PAUL E.
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