Patents by Inventor Dennis J. Seitz

Dennis J. Seitz 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).

  • Automated monitoring of activity of shoppers in a market
    Patent number: 6659344
    Abstract: A system for gathering data on behavior of shoppers in a retail market. A scanner is attached to a shopping basket, and detects (1) removal of an item from a shelf, (2) the identity of the removed item, (3) insertion of an item into a shopping basket, which may be the identical item removed from the shelf, and (4) the identity of the inserted item. Repeated detection of this type of data for numerous items, and numerous shoppers, allows one to draw valuable inferences about the shoppers, such as how often comparison shopping occurs. This type of detection also allows one to take specific responses to the actions of the shoppers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Jerome A. Otto, Dennis J. Seitz
  • Automated monitoring of activity of shoppers in a market
    Publication number: 20020113123
    Abstract: A system for gathering data on behavior of shoppers in a retail market. A scanner is attached to a shopping basket, and detects (1) removal of an item from a shelf, (2) the identity of the removed item, (3) insertion of an item into a shopping basket, which may be the identical item removed from the shelf, and (4) the identity of the inserted item. Repeated detection of this type of data for numerous items, and numerous shoppers, allows one to draw valuable inferences about the shoppers, such as how often comparison shopping occurs. This type of detection also allows one to take specific responses to the actions of the shoppers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2000
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Applicant: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Jerome A. Otto, Dennis J. Seitz