Patents by Inventor Brent Joseph May

Brent Joseph May 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: 20130066678
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a system and method includes receiving historical data of promotional offers associated with a product or service, the promotional offers including at least one tactic effect; receiving a request to forecast a demand for the product or service, the request including an indication of a promotional offer tactic effect; generating a demand forecast including a tactic lift for the requested promotional offer tactic effect, the demand forecast based on the at least one tactic effect contributing to the demand for the product or service; and providing an output of the generated demand forecast
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Brent Joseph May, Gustavo Ayres de Castro, Yetkin Ileri, Mohamed Mneimneh, Kautilya Patel, Geoffrey Hutton
  • Publication number: 20120310705
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method and system provides separating demand models and forecasts into demand components thereof. The methods include receiving a demand model to forecast a demand for a product or service; decomposing the demand model into a plurality of distinct demand components, each of the demand components associated with a causal contribution to a demand for the product or service; and generating a demand forecast including an indication of the plurality of demand components associated with the causal contributions contributing to the demand forecast for the product or service. Some embodiments include a method to determine demand components of a demand model for a product or service based on historical data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Brent Joseph May, Gustavo Ayres de Castro, Yetkin Ileri, Mohamed Mneimneh, Kautilya Patel, Geoffrey Hutton