Patents by Inventor Brian Robert Smith, II

Brian Robert Smith, II 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: 20110071874
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed to perform choice modeling with substitutability data. An example method includes receiving base choice probability values for a respondent, wherein the base choice probability value is associated with a product, receiving a respondent substitutability factor associated with the product, identifying, with a cluster analysis engine, a primary product and a secondary product and generating a subrespondent associated with the secondary product, and calculating, with a cross sourcing engine, a modified choice probability for the subrespondent for the secondary product based on the respondent substitutability factor and the base choice probability values associated with the secondary product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Inventors: Noemie Schneersohn, Brian Robert Smith, II, John G. Wagner
  • Publication number: 20100205034
    Abstract: Example methods and apparatus to model consumer awareness for changing products in a consumer purchase model are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes receiving utility values associated with at least one of a product or a product attribute, and identifying an agent awareness state associated with the restage product and the original product. The example method also includes calculating a choice probability for the restage product based on the estimated utility values associated with the identified awareness state, and outputting the choice probability for use in a simulation of consumer purchase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: William Kelly Zimmerman, Brian Robert Smith, II, John P. Fix, Steven S. Noble