Purchase sequence browser
First Claim
1. A method for browsing a purchase sequence, the method being implemented by one or more data processors and comprising the steps of:
- generating, by at least one data processor, a purchase sequence analysis of a retailer'"'"'s transaction data relating to purchases by a plurality of consumers;
providing, by at least one data processor, a graphical user interface that uses said purchase sequence analysis to facilitate insight discovery and exploration of product affinities across time;
providing a purchase sequence browser, said purchase sequence browser, in conjunction with said graphical user interface, further performing at least one any of the steps of;
allowing a user to browse most significant product phrases discovered by an exhaustive search of product affinities across time;
exploring a retail grammar to create both forward and backward phrase trees or alternate purchase paths starting from, or ending in, a product;
generating consistent purchase sequences given constraints on products and their order; and
profiling a value of a product across time with regard to other products fixed in time.
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Abstract
The invention provides a purchase sequence browser (PuSB), i.e. a graphical user interface (GUI) that facilitates insight discovery and exploration of product affinities across time, generated by a purchase sequence analysis of a retailer'"'"'s transaction data. A purchase sequence browser allows the user to browse the most significant product phrases discovered by an exhaustive search of the product affinities across time; explore the retail grammar to create both forward and backward phrase trees or alternate purchase paths starting from, or ending in, a product; generate consistent purchase sequences given some constraints on the products and their order; and profile the value of a product across time with regard to other products fixed in time.
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1. A method for browsing a purchase sequence, the method being implemented by one or more data processors and comprising the steps of:
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generating, by at least one data processor, a purchase sequence analysis of a retailer'"'"'s transaction data relating to purchases by a plurality of consumers; providing, by at least one data processor, a graphical user interface that uses said purchase sequence analysis to facilitate insight discovery and exploration of product affinities across time; providing a purchase sequence browser, said purchase sequence browser, in conjunction with said graphical user interface, further performing at least one any of the steps of; allowing a user to browse most significant product phrases discovered by an exhaustive search of product affinities across time; exploring a retail grammar to create both forward and backward phrase trees or alternate purchase paths starting from, or ending in, a product; generating consistent purchase sequences given constraints on products and their order; and profiling a value of a product across time with regard to other products fixed in time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for browsing a purchase sequence, the method being implemented by one or more data processors and comprising:
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generating, by at least one data processor, a purchase sequence analysis of a retailer'"'"'s transaction data relating to purchases by a plurality of consumers; providing, by at least one data processor, a graphical user interface that uses the purchase sequence analysis to facilitate insight discovery and exploration of product affinities across time; wherein the graphical user interface enables; allowing a user to browse most significant product phrases discovered by an search of product affinities across time; exploring a retail grammar to create both forward and backward phrase trees or alternate purchase paths starting from, or ending in, a product; generating consistent purchase sequences given constraints on products and their order; and profiling a value of a product across time with regard to other products fixed in time.
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