Patents by Inventor Sev Keil

Sev Keil 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).

  • Publication number: 20080033787
    Abstract: A system to determine metrics based on preference information. The metrics may be presented to a client in several forms and may include at least one of: impact of change in attribute on change in share; impact of change in attribute on share; impact of change in attribute on change in normalized utility; willingness to pay; relation of price and share, given a change in an attribute; gap analysis; gap with competition; unacceptable attribute levels; vulnerability; clout; brand favorability; brand vulnerability; and change in margin due to acceptable change in comparison product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Inventors: Sev Keil, Dick Wittink, Hiek van der Scheer, Andrew Golden
  • Publication number: 20060218162
    Abstract: Provided in some aspects are reception of an indication of one or more acceptable product attribute levels of a first product attribute, and determination of one or more product attribute levels of a second product attribute based on the one or more attribute levels of the first attribute and on an association between at least a first attribute level of the first attribute and a second attribute level of a second attribute. Further to the above aspect, some aspects provide presentation, prior to the reception step, of a plurality of attribute levels of the first attribute, and presentation of the one or more attribute levels of the second attribute, wherein attribute levels of only one attribute are simultaneously presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2005
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Inventors: Sev Keil, Dick Wittink, Hiek Van der Scheer
  • Publication number: 20060026081
    Abstract: A user interface includes a plurality of selectable graphical elements, each of the graphical elements representing a respective attribute level of a product attribute, a first area for presenting at least one of the plurality of selectable graphical elements that has been designated by a respondent as representing an unacceptable attribute level, a second area for presenting one of the plurality of selectable graphical elements that has been designated by the respondent as representing a least-preferred attribute level, and a third area for presenting one of the plurality of selectable graphical elements that has been designated by the respondent as representing a most-preferred attribute level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2003
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Inventors: Sev Keil, Dick Wittink, Hiek Scheer
  • Publication number: 20020087388
    Abstract: A system to determine preference information of part worth values associated with a consumer and a product includes determination of a plurality of attributes of the product, each of the plurality of attributes associated with a plurality of attribute levels, determination of a plurality of piles of attributes based on a first indication of the consumer, each of the plurality of piles comprising one or more of the plurality of attributes, determination of a ranked order of a plurality of attributes of one of the plurality of piles, determination of a relative importance of one or more of the plurality of attributes of the one of the plurality of piles based on a second indication of the consumer, determination of a scale value of one or more attribute levels of the one or more of the plurality of attributes of the one of the plurality of piles based on a third indication of the consumer, and determination of a part worth value associated with an attribute level of one of the plurality of attributes of the one
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventors: Sev Keil, Dick R. Wittink