SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTERIZED ANALYSES OF SHOPPING BASKET PARAMETERS

• US 20100030619A1
• Filed: 03/11/2009
• Published: 02/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dolphin Software Pty Limited
• Original Assignee: Dolphin Software Pty Limited
• Inventors: OFER, Amir, BER, Ofer
• Application Number:
  US12/402,137
• Publication Number:
  US 20100030619A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/10
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0229 Multi-merchant loyalty card systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0605 Supply or demand aggregation

Abstract

There are provided a system and a method for computerized analyses of shopping basket parameters. The method comprises obtaining a specification of an initial shopping basket; generating a list of associated products available in the shops of interest; generating shopping basket corresponding to the shops of interest; calculating and comparing the prices of the respective baskets. The method may further comprise obtaining a plurality of previous order lists and a current order list corresponding to respective shops; identifying for one or more products in the current order list at least one previous order list comprising a product associated in the list of associated products to the product in the current order list as “replacing”; and calculating a replacing score. The method may also comprise generating an aggregated shopping basket corresponding to said shops of interest; analyzing the obtained computerized order lists together with the generated aggregated shopping basket, thereby calculating weights of the products comprised in the aggregated shopping basket; and calculating a weighted price of the aggregated shopping basket.

Claims

1. A method for computerized analyses of shopping basket parameters for at least a first shop of interest, the method comprising:

(a) obtaining a specification of an initial shopping basket;

(b) generating a list of associated products available in, at least, the first shop of interest;

(c) generating a first shopping basket corresponding to said first shop of interest.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

(d) calculating a price of the generated first shopping basket.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

(e) generating a second shopping basket corresponding to a second shop of interest;

(f) calculating a price of the generated second shopping basket,

(g) comparing the prices of the first and the second shopping baskets, wherein the list of associated products is generated in accordance with products available, at least, in the first and in the second shops of interest.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein generating the list of associated products comprises adjusting the list in accordance with at least one criterion selected from a group comprising specified preferences, product availability at a certain period of time, market segment, delivery-related characteristics, package-related characteristics.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein generating the shopping basket for the shop of interest includes matching the list of associated products to the products available in the shop in order to identify one or more products corresponding to a certain product specified in the initial basket, and selecting among the identified products one or more products to be included in the shopping basket generated for the shop.

6. The method of claim 3 wherein the specification of initial basket corresponds to the products of the second shop.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

(d) obtaining a plurality of order lists corresponding to, at least, said first shop of interest,

(e) updating the specification of the initial shopping basket in accordance with analyses of, at least, said shopping lists and the generated first shopping basket.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

(d) obtaining a plurality of previous order lists corresponding to, at least, said first shop of interest and arranged in accordance with dates of the orders,

(e) obtaining a current order list corresponding to, at least, said first shop of interest,

(f) identifying for one or more products in the current order list at least one said previous order list comprising a product associated in said list of associated products to the product in the current order list as “

replacing”

; and

(g) calculating a replacing score.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising obtaining an initial replacing score of said one or more products, and updating the replacing score of said products in accordance with replacing score calculated in accordance with the obtained current order list.

10. The method of claim 8 wherein the calculated replacing score is used for estimation of a loyalty to the product of one or more buyers.

11. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

(d) obtaining a plurality of previous order lists corresponding to, at least, said first shop of interest and arranged in accordance with dates of the orders,

(e) obtaining a current order list corresponding to, at least, said first shop of interest,

(f) identifying for one or more products in the current order list at least one said previous order list comprising a product associated in said list of associated products to the product in the current order list as “

bundled”

; and

(g) calculating a bundling score.

12. A method for computerized analyses of shopping basket parameters for a plurality of shops of interest, the method comprising:

(a) obtaining a specification of an initial shopping basket;

(b) generating a list of associated products available in said plurality of shops of interest;

(c) obtaining a plurality of computerized order lists corresponding to said plurality of shops of interest and to a certain period of time;

(d) generating an aggregated shopping basket corresponding to said plurality of shops of interest;

(e) analyzing the obtained plurality of the computerized order lists together with the generated aggregated shopping basket, thereby calculating weights of the products comprised in the aggregated shopping basket;

(f) calculating a weighted price of the aggregated shopping basket.

13. The method of claim 12 further comprising updating the specification of the initial shopping basket in accordance with the calculated weights of products.

14. The method of claim 12 wherein the calculated weighted price is used for monitoring a consumer-related index.

15. A system for computerized analyses of shopping basket parameters for at least a first shop of interest, the system comprising:

(a) means for obtaining a specification of an initial shopping basket;

(b) means for generating a list of associated products available in, at least, the first shop of interest;

(c) means for generating a first shopping basket corresponding to said first shop of interest.

16. A system for computerized analyses of shopping basket parameters for a plurality of shops of interest, the system comprising:

(a) means for obtaining a specification of an initial shopping basket;

(b) means for generating a list of associated products available in said plurality of shops of interest;

(c) means for obtaining a plurality of computerized order lists corresponding to said plurality of shops of interest and to a certain period of time;

(d) means for generating an aggregated shopping basket corresponding to said plurality of shops of interest;

(e) means for analyzing the obtained plurality of the computerized order lists together with the generated aggregated shopping basket, thereby calculating weights of the products comprised in the aggregated shopping basket;

(f) means for calculating a weighted price of the aggregated shopping basket.

17. A program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for computerized analyses of shopping basket parameters for at least a first shop of interest, the method comprising:

(a) obtaining a specification of an initial shopping basket;

(b) generating a list of associated products available in, at least, the first shop of interest;

(c) generating a first shopping basket corresponding to said first shop of interest.

18. A computer program product comprising a computer useable physical medium having computer readable program code embodied therein for computerized analyses of shopping basket parameters for at least a first shop of interest, the computer program product comprising:

(a) computer readable program code for causing the computer to obtain a specification of an initial shopping basket;

(b) computer readable program code for causing the computer to generate a list of associated products available in, at least, the first shop of interest;

(c) computer readable program code for causing the computer to generating a first shopping basket corresponding to said first shop of interest.