System and methods for tracking consumers in a store environment
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1. A system for tracking a plurality of product containers in a store environment and generating a track through the store environment representative of a continuous path followed by each of the product containers to a point-of-sale location, the system comprising:
- the plurality of product containers;
a plurality of identification tags each of which is associated with and uniquely identifies one of the product containers;
a plurality of sensors in the store environment each of which has a region associated therewith within which the identification tags are detected, at least one of the plurality of sensors having within its associated region the point-of-sale location; and
a processor configured to receive location data from the plurality of sensors and generate the track therefrom.
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Abstract
A virtual store environment is provided.
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13 Claims
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1. A system for tracking a plurality of product containers in a store environment and generating a track through the store environment representative of a continuous path followed by each of the product containers to a point-of-sale location, the system comprising:
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the plurality of product containers;
a plurality of identification tags each of which is associated with and uniquely identifies one of the product containers;
a plurality of sensors in the store environment each of which has a region associated therewith within which the identification tags are detected, at least one of the plurality of sensors having within its associated region the point-of-sale location; and
a processor configured to receive location data from the plurality of sensors and generate the track therefrom. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer-implemented method for determining effects of changing parameters in a store environment, comprising:
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generating a first plurality of tracks through the store environment, each of the first plurality of tracks being representative of a continuous path followed by each of a first plurality of product containers to a point-of-sale location before one or more store environment parameters is changed;
generating a second plurality of tracks through the store environment, each of the second plurality of tracks being representative of a continuous path followed by each of a second plurality of product containers to a point-of-sale location after the one or more store environment parameters is changed; and
analyzing the first and second plurality of tracks to determine relationships between the one or more store environment parameters and one or more of the effects.
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13. A database comprising data corresponding to tracks through a store environment, each track being representative of a continuous path followed by each of a plurality product containers, the tracks being generated from location data for each of the plurality of product containers using a plurality of sensors, each track being generated from the location data only where the location data for the corresponding product container satisfies at least one validity criterion.
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