In-store media rating system and method
First Claim
1. A method for analyzing shopper data from a plurality of shopping environments at a shopper data analysis system, 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 by a data analysis device wherein the data are received from one or more data collection and transfer devices;
providing a standard floor plan including a plurality of predefined sectors having respective relative locations and shopper accessible areas where the standard floor plan is stored in memory of the data analysis device;
standardizing each respective individual store floor plan by a conversion program executable by the data analysis device to produce a corresponding standardized individual store floor plan based on the standard floor plan, each standardized individual store floor plan including the same number of sectors as the standard floor plan, the relative location and shopper accessible area of each of the sectors in each standardized individual store floor plan corresponding to the location and shopper accessible area of a corresponding predefined sector of the standard floor plan, the conversion program further executable by the data analysis device to standardize the individual store floor plan by dividing each individual floor plan into a plurality of grid areas to represent traffic points of each store, creating the same number of grid areas in the standard floor plan, mapping each grid area in the individual floor plan to each corresponding grid area in the standard floor plan so that a weighted grid area in the individual floor plan is created, the weighted grid area having an equivalent geographic location and shopper accessible area to each corresponding grid area in the standard floor plan, and defining boundary lines of each predefined sector of the individual store floor plan based on the weighted grid areas for each predefined sector; and
producing an output by the data analysis device, the 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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1. A method for analyzing shopper data from a plurality of shopping environments at a shopper data analysis system, 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 by a data analysis device wherein the data are received from one or more data collection and transfer devices; providing a standard floor plan including a plurality of predefined sectors having respective relative locations and shopper accessible areas where the standard floor plan is stored in memory of the data analysis device; standardizing each respective individual store floor plan by a conversion program executable by the data analysis device to produce a corresponding standardized individual store floor plan based on the standard floor plan, each standardized individual store floor plan including the same number of sectors as the standard floor plan, the relative location and shopper accessible area of each of the sectors in each standardized individual store floor plan corresponding to the location and shopper accessible area of a corresponding predefined sector of the standard floor plan, the conversion program further executable by the data analysis device to standardize the individual store floor plan by dividing each individual floor plan into a plurality of grid areas to represent traffic points of each store, creating the same number of grid areas in the standard floor plan, mapping each grid area in the individual floor plan to each corresponding grid area in the standard floor plan so that a weighted grid area in the individual floor plan is created, the weighted grid area having an equivalent geographic location and shopper accessible area to each corresponding grid area in the standard floor plan, and defining boundary lines of each predefined sector of the individual store floor plan based on the weighted grid areas for each predefined sector; and producing an output by the data analysis device, the output including the standardized individual store floor plan. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A shopper data analysis system for analyzing shopper data from a plurality of shopping stores, comprising:
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for each of the plurality of shopping stores, each of the plurality of shopping stores having an associated individual floor plan, a data generating device configured to generate shopper data based on shopping activity of shoppers; and a data analysis device including a conversion program stored in memory of and executable by the data analysis device, the conversion program being configured to; receive the shopper data generated from the data generating device and the associated individual floor plan of each of the plurality of shopping stores, and standardize each of the associated individual floor plans to form a corresponding standardized individual floor plan for each of the plurality of shopping stores, the standardized individual floor plan for each of the plurality of shopping stores having a predefined number of equally-sized sectors corresponding in physical location and ratio of shopper accessible area to sectors in a standard floor plan, enabling a comparison of shopper data among the plurality of shopping stores by, for each of the associated individual floor plans, dividing the associated individual floor plan into a plurality of grid areas representing traffic points of each store, creating an identical number of grid areas in the standardized individual floor plan, mapping each grid area in the associated individual floor plan to each corresponding grid area in the standardized individual floor plan such that a weighted grid area in the standardized individual floor plan is created, the weighted grid area having an equivalent geographic location and shopper accessible area to a corresponding grid area in the standardized individual floor plan, and defining boundary lines of each sector of the associated individual store floor plan based on the weighted grid areas in each sector. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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