Patents by Inventor Craig Doud

Craig Doud has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and system for generating quantitative indicators
    Patent number: 8370191
    Abstract: A method of generating a quantitative indicator of sales for a market segment for a predetermined time period is disclosed. The market segment represents a plurality of members with one or more products. The method includes receiving sales data from the plurality of members of the market segment, calculating the quantitative indicator for each member of the market segment, calculating the quantitative indicator for the market segment by creating a composite of the quantitative indicator for each member representing the market segment, and either calculating the quantitative indicator for the member with missing data using a estimated value of units of the product sold by the member or modifying the baseline benchmark by removing the data of the member with missing data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Zyme Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Chandran Sankaran, Chad Gray, Craig Doud
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING QUANTITATIVE INDICATORS
    Publication number: 20100318408
    Abstract: A method of generating a quantitative indicator of sales for a market segment for a predetermined time period is disclosed. The market segment represents a plurality of members with one or more products. The method includes receiving sales data from the plurality of members of the market segment, calculating the quantitative indicator for each member of the market segment, calculating the quantitative indicator for the market segment by creating a composite of the quantitative indicator for each member representing the market segment, and either calculating the quantitative indicator for the member with missing data using a estimated value of units of the product sold by the member or modifying the baseline benchmark by removing the data of the member with missing data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Chandran Sankaran, Chad Gray, Craig Doud