Systems and methods for managing a hierarchical structure

• US 20060265275A1
• Filed: 04/28/2006
• Published: 11/23/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mercatus Technologies Inc.
• Original Assignee: SPRN Licensing SRL
• Inventors: Springer, Harold, Harrison, Robin, Segal, Robert, Montuzenko, Denys, Perrier, R. Sylvain, Fedorov, Michael, List, Jeremy, List, Lucy, Zhao, Jiang, Harper, Russell
• Application Number:
  US11/413,005
• Publication Number:
  US 20060265275A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/10
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/284 Relational databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/203 Inventory monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0204 Market segmentation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0255 based on user history
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0281 Customer communication at a business location, e.g. providing product or service information, consulting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0603 Catalogue ordering
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0621 Item configuration or customization
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0631 Item recommendations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer-readable mediums, consistent with principles of some embodiments of the present invention provide for managing information including providing a location data table including information relating to a plurality of members, providing a grouping data table including information related to the location data table wherein the grouping data table groups one of a plurality of subsets of the plurality of members into one of a plurality of groups, and retrieving information regarding one of the plurality of subsets of the plurality of members based on information stored in the grouping table.

Claims

1. A method for managing information comprising:

providing a location data table including information relating to a plurality of members;

providing a grouping data table including information related to the location data table wherein the grouping data table groups one of a plurality of subsets of the plurality of members into one of a plurality of groups; and

retrieving information regarding one of the plurality of subsets of the plurality of members based on information stored in the grouping table.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the location data table may be updated by indicating a record of the location data table as inactive and creating a new record in the location data table.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein retrieving information regarding one of the plurality of subsets of the plurality of members includes accessing both active and inactive records in the group data table.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the retrieved information includes data relating to sales of products within a retail shopping establishment.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a customer data table including information relating to a plurality of customers;

providing a shopping transaction data table including information relating to the shopping experience of the plurality of customers included in the customer data table; and

retrieving information relating to the shopping experience of at least one of the plurality of customers based on the information stored in the grouping table.

6. An apparatus for managing information comprising:

memory storing a set of instructions; and

a processor for executing the stored set of instructions to perform a method for managing information, the method comprising;

providing a location data table including information relating to a plurality of members;

providing a grouping data table including information related to the location data table wherein the grouping data table groups one of a plurality of subsets of the plurality of members into one of a plurality of groups; and

retrieving information regarding one of the plurality of subsets of the plurality of members based on information stored in the grouping table.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the location data table may be updated by indicating a record of the location data table as inactive and creating a new record in the location data table.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein retrieving information regarding one of the plurality of subsets of the plurality of members includes accessing both active and inactive records in the group data table.

9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the retrieved information includes data relating to sales of products within a retail shopping establishment.

10. The apparatus of claim 6, further comprising:

providing a customer data table including information relating to a plurality of customers;

providing a shopping transaction data table including information relating to the shopping experience of the plurality of customers included in the customer data table; and

retrieving information relating to the shopping experience of at least one of the plurality of customers based on the information stored in the grouping table.

11. A computer-readable medium, storing instructions, executed by a processor, for performing a method for managing information, the method comprising comprising:

providing a location data table including information relating to a plurality of members;

providing a grouping data table including information related to the location data table wherein the grouping data table groups one of a plurality of subsets of the plurality of members into one of a plurality of groups; and

retrieving information regarding one of the plurality of subsets of the plurality of members based on information stored in the grouping table.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the location data table may be updated by indicating a record of the location data table as inactive and creating a new record in the location data table.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein retrieving information regarding one of the plurality of subsets of the plurality of members includes accessing both active and inactive records in the group data table.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the retrieved information includes data relating to sales of products within a retail shopping establishment.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, the method further comprising:

providing a customer data table including information relating to a plurality of customers;

providing a shopping transaction data table including information relating to the shopping experience of the plurality of customers included in the customer data table; and

retrieving information relating to the shopping experience of at least one of the plurality of customers based on the information stored in the grouping table.