Patents by Inventor Ben Schuster

Ben Schuster 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).

  • Patent number: 12198154
    Abstract: In one implementation, a method for determining accurate store traffic levels includes receiving, at a computer system, historical store data for a physical store that was generated by internal data sources located within the physical store; generating, by the computer system, a historical store model that correlates values from store data with guest traffic levels within the physical store; receiving, by the computer system, current store data from one or more of the internal data sources; determining, by the computer system, current guest traffic level in the physical store based on the current store data and the historical store model; and outputting, by the computer system, the current guest traffic level in the physical store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Ben Schuster, Susan Yang, Elizabeth Feist, Clayton Black, Matthew Fevold, Andrew Wipf
  • Publication number: 20230123686
    Abstract: In one implementation, a method for determining accurate store traffic levels includes receiving, at a computer system, historical store data for a physical store that was generated by internal data sources located within the physical store; generating, by the computer system, a historical store model that correlates values from store data with guest traffic levels within the physical store; receiving, by the computer system, current store data from one or more of the internal data sources; determining, by the computer system, current guest traffic level in the physical store based on the current store data and the historical store model; and outputting, by the computer system, the current guest traffic level in the physical store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Ben Schuster, Susan Yang, Elizabeth Feist, Clayton Black, Matthew Fevold, Andrew Wipf