AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING AN OPTIMAL MARKETING STRATEGY FOR IMPROVING CROSS SALES AND UPSALES OF ITEMS
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method for generating an optimized marketing strategy for improving sales, the computer implemented method comprising:
- identifying an item in a plurality of items selected for purchase by each customer in a plurality of customers associated with a retail facility to form a selected item;
identifying at least one item in the plurality of items that is related to the selected item to form a set of related items;
parsing event data associated with the plurality of customers to identify patterns of events associated with a selection of the selected item by each customer in the plurality of customers, wherein the event data comprises metadata describing events associated with the plurality of customers and the plurality of items;
parsing the event data associated with the plurality of customers to identify patterns of events associated with a selection of at least one item in the set of related items by customers in the plurality of customers;
identifying events in the patterns of events that result in a purchase of at least one item in the set of related items by the customers to form optimized events, wherein the purchase of the at least one item in the set of related items by the customers results in an increase in profit or an increase in revenue; and
generating a marketing strategy using the optimized events, wherein the marketing strategy comprises a set of strategies for increasing purchases of items in the set of related items by the customers.
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Abstract
A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program product for generating an optimized marketing strategy for improving sales. The process parses event data to identify patterns of events associated with a selection of a selected item by each customer in a plurality of customers and selection of at least one item in a set of items related to the selected item. The process identifies events in the patterns of events that result in a purchase of at least one item in the set of related items by the customers to form optimized events. The process then generates a marketing strategy using the optimized events. The marketing strategy comprises a set of strategies for increasing purchases of items in the set of related items by the customers.
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25 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method for generating an optimized marketing strategy for improving sales, the computer implemented method comprising:
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identifying an item in a plurality of items selected for purchase by each customer in a plurality of customers associated with a retail facility to form a selected item; identifying at least one item in the plurality of items that is related to the selected item to form a set of related items; parsing event data associated with the plurality of customers to identify patterns of events associated with a selection of the selected item by each customer in the plurality of customers, wherein the event data comprises metadata describing events associated with the plurality of customers and the plurality of items; parsing the event data associated with the plurality of customers to identify patterns of events associated with a selection of at least one item in the set of related items by customers in the plurality of customers; identifying events in the patterns of events that result in a purchase of at least one item in the set of related items by the customers to form optimized events, wherein the purchase of the at least one item in the set of related items by the customers results in an increase in profit or an increase in revenue; and generating a marketing strategy using the optimized events, wherein the marketing strategy comprises a set of strategies for increasing purchases of items in the set of related items by the customers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer program product comprising:
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computer usable program code for generating an optimized marketing strategy for improving sales, the computer program product comprising; computer usable program code for identifying an item in a plurality of items selected for purchase by each customer in a plurality of customers associated with a retail facility to form a selected item; computer usable program code for identifying at least one item in the plurality of items that is related to the selected item to form a set of related items; computer usable program code for parsing event data associated with the plurality of customers to identify patterns of events associated with a selection of the selected item by each customer in the plurality of customers, wherein the event data comprises metadata describing events associated with the plurality of customers and the plurality of items; computer usable program code for parsing the event data associated with the plurality of customers to identify patterns of events associated with a selection of at least one item in the set of related items by customers in the plurality of customers; computer usable program code for identifying events in the patterns of events that result in a purchase of at least one item in the set of related items by the customers to form optimized events, wherein the purchase of the at least one item in the set of related items by the customers results in an increase in profit or an increase in revenue; and computer usable program code for generating a marketing strategy using the optimized events, wherein the marketing strategy comprises a set of strategies for increasing purchases of items in the set of related items by the customers. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A data processing system for generating an optimized marketing strategy for improving sales, the data processing system comprising:
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a bus system; a communications system connected to the bus system; a memory connected to the bus system, wherein the memory includes computer usable program code; and a processing unit connected to the bus system, wherein the processing unit executes the computer usable program code to identifying an item in a plurality of items selected for purchase by each customer in a plurality of customers associated with a retail facility to form a selected item;
identify at least one item in the plurality of items that is related to the selected item to form a set of related items;
parse event data associated with the plurality of customers to identify patterns of events associated with a selection of the selected item by each customer in the plurality of customers, wherein the event data comprises metadata describing events associated with the plurality of customers and the plurality of items;
parse the event data associated with the plurality of customers to identify patterns of events associated with a selection of at least one item in the set of related items by customers in the plurality of customers;
identify events in the patterns of events that result in a purchase of at least one item in the set of related items by the customers to form optimized events, wherein the purchase of the at least one item in the set of related items by the customers results in an increase in profit or an increase in revenue; and
generate a marketing strategy using the optimized events, wherein the marketing strategy comprises a set of strategies for increasing purchases of items in the set of related items by the customers.
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22. A system for generating an optimized marketing strategy for improving sales, the system comprising:
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an analysis server, wherein the analysis server identifies an item in a plurality of items selected for purchase by each customer in a plurality of customers associated with a retail facility to form a selected item and parses event data associated with the plurality of customers to identify patterns of events associated with a selection of the selected item by each customer in the plurality of customers, wherein the event data comprises metadata describing events associated with the plurality of customers and the plurality of items, wherein the analysis server further comprises; a correlation engine, wherein the correlation engine identifies at least one item in the plurality of items that is related to the selected item to form a set of related items, wherein the analysis server further parses the event data associated with the plurality of customers to identify patterns of events associated with a selection of at least one item in the set of related items by customers in the plurality of customers; and a unifying data model, wherein the patterns of events are processes in the unifying data model to identify events in the patterns of events that result in a purchase of at least one item in the set of related items by the customers to form optimized events, wherein the purchase of the at least one item in the set of related items by the customers results in an increase in profit or an increase in revenue and generates a marketing strategy using the optimized events, and wherein the marketing strategy comprises a set of strategies for increasing purchases of items in the set of related items by the customers. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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