Patents Assigned to Macy's Department Stores, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20140040013
    Abstract: A method including the steps of generating, using one or more processors, a first statistical model fitted to first data related to in-store purchases resulting from economic browses made by known visitors to an online website, generating, using one or more processors, a bias correction to the first statistical model based on comparison between observed behavior of all unknown visitors to the online website and observed behavior of all known visitors to the online website, applying, using one or more processors, the generated bias correction to the first statistical model so as to obtain a second statistical model fitted to second data related to in-store purchases resulting from economic browses made by unknown visitors to the online website, and calculating, using one or more processors, a total monetary amount resulting from the in-store purchases made by the known and unknown visitors based on the first and second data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: MACY'S DEPARTMENT STORE, INC.
    Inventors: Albert ZHAI, Ruxi ZHANG, Kerem TOMAK
  • Publication number: 20080282587
    Abstract: A display system utilizing a graphics box as a primary component is disclosed. The graphics box greatly increases the flexibility and aesthetic appeal of displayed graphics cards. The ability to mass produce the graphics box, use multiple graphics boxes to deliver displays of different size and information content and, especially, the ability to reuse the graphics boxes, means that costs of the disclosed display system are relatively low and are achievable without a decrease in the aesthetic appeal of the entire display. Structures for supporting the graphics box to further increase the flexibility of the display system are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: Macy's Department Stores, Inc.
    Inventors: Randy Pender, Erik Van Stry