In-store media rating system and method
First Claim
1. A method of analyzing shopper data from a plurality of shopping environments, comprising:
- receiving data from a plurality of individual stores, each having an individual store floor plan including shopper accessible areas and shopper non-accessible areas;
providing a standard floor plan including a plurality of predefined sectors having respective relative locations and shopper accessible areas;
standardizing each respective individual store floor plan to produce a corresponding standardized individual store floor plan based on the standard floor plan, wherein each standardized individual store floor plan includes the same number of sectors as the standard floor plan, wherein the relative location and shopper accessible area of each of the sectors in each standardized individual store floor plan correspond to the location and shopper accessible area of a corresponding predefined sector of the standard floor plan; and
producing an output including the standardized individual store floor plan.
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Abstract
In-store media rating systems and methods are provided. A disclosed method includes receiving data from a plurality of individual stores, each having an individual store floor plan including shopper accessible areas and shopper non-accessible areas, and providing a standard floor plan including a plurality of predefined sectors. The method further includes standardizing each respective individual store floor plan to produce a corresponding standardized individual store floor plan based on the standard floor plan, wherein relative location and shopper accessible area of each of the sectors in the each standardized individual store floor plan correspond to the location and shopper accessible area of a corresponding predefined sector of the standard floor plan. The method further includes producing an output including the standardized individual store floor plan.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of analyzing shopper data from a plurality of shopping environments, comprising:
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receiving data from a plurality of individual stores, each having an individual store floor plan including shopper accessible areas and shopper non-accessible areas;
providing a standard floor plan including a plurality of predefined sectors having respective relative locations and shopper accessible areas;
standardizing each respective individual store floor plan to produce a corresponding standardized individual store floor plan based on the standard floor plan, wherein each standardized individual store floor plan includes the same number of sectors as the standard floor plan, wherein the relative location and shopper accessible area of each of the sectors in each standardized individual store floor plan correspond to the location and shopper accessible area of a corresponding predefined sector of the standard floor plan; and
producing an output including the standardized individual store floor plan. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A shopper data analysis system for analyzing shopper data from a plurality of shopping stores, comprising:
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a data generating device positioned in each store and configured to generate shopper data based on shopping activity of shoppers, the store having an associated individual floor plan; and
a data analysis device including a conversion program that is configured to receive the shopper data generated from the data generating device and the individual floor plans of each shopping store, and further to standardize each of the individual floor plans to thereby form a corresponding standardized individual floor plan for each store, the standardized individual floor plan for each store having sectors that correspond in location and ratio of shopper accessible area to sectors in a standard floor plan, to thereby enable a comparison of shopper data among the plurality of shopping stores. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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