Abstract: An enriched Mobile Advertisement ID (MAID) database is built based on collected indoor positioning location detail records (LDRs). Indoor context is added into columns of each MAID entry in the enriched MAID database, providing enrichment and added value to the MAID database. An enrichment platform groups MAID entries with varying levels of location fidelity for sale by participants who have a vested interest in the creation of the enriched MAID database. An enrichment platform includes an enriched MAID database, which is built by an enrichment service. The enriched MAID database takes in location detail records, typically in a large batch, with mobile device location and timestamp associated with a given MAID. Each MAID row entry in the MAID database is annotated in additional database columns with indoor context, e.g., retail places or items that the mobile device dwelled on, and places that the mobile device walked past but didn't dwell.

Abstract: A transaction based location assignment system creates a complete and more accurate location assignment database for all products available in a store. Transaction data from checkout stands (point of sale terminals) spread around a department store, and the location of each of those checkout stands during POS transactions, is used to create a most probable location of items available in the store. Memory matrixes are built comprising product purchase or transaction information from the checkout stands, and the location of each of the checkout stands, and weighting based on other factors, provide for a best fit match to determine the most probable location within the store of all items within the store. The transaction based location system has the capability to work both for items having a single location in the store, as well as for items available from multiple physical locations in the store.

Abstract: A computer system and set of routines with access to venue maps, merchandizing plans, and store catalogs for a merchant attempts to assign locations to items in the store catalog based on the merchandizing plan and map; when a location cannot be assigned to an item in a venue, a proxy location is determined based on categories associated with the item, a number of merchandising plans across the venues in which the item occurs, and/or clusters of items. An error is also determined in relation to the assigned location. The assigned location and error are output, for example, to guide people to the items.

Abstract: A location assignment system and method assigns and stores a location to each item in a retail system product line, across one or more store venues, that otherwise do not include location information, e.g., is not included in planogram data. Specific rules and algorithms assign a location for each product by inferring a location of each product lacking location information from other items that do have a location, and assigning the location of a most popularly sold item in a weighted grouping of given attributes of the item. Thus, given a complete catalog of every product sold in a given retail store system (which often runs in the tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of individual products—up to 40% of more of which have no location information within a planogram), the location assignment system assigns a location to every product sold.

Abstract: Shopper traffic flow is determined based on a filtered set of point of sale (POS) transaction data. A location analytics system determines a presumed best route taken by a customer upon entrance to the store, in walking between each item purchased, and then to the checkout stand. A determination is generated based on filtered parameters to provide visualization of shopper traffic flow in a retail location. Filtered parameters include shoppers for a specific item, or specific brand, to generate a determination as to where those particular shoppers dwelled and experienced impressions. The location analytics server generates visibility into spatial product relationships based on real, POS purchase data, and based on spatial layout data for a given store.

Abstract: Indoor positioning information provide location detail records (LDRs), which are visualized on a map to show a shopper's path through a given store. However, LDR often provides an incomplete picture of a shopper's true journey through a store. Thus, gaps in LDR data are augmented, or filled in, using a routing engine based on point of sale (POS) transaction data to connect the last known position from the first event to first known position from second event, and so on for all the LDR records. If the last LDR doesn't end at the checkout or exit, a final route to a checkout stand used is appended to the last LDR sequence signifying the end of the shopping journey. Dwells are determined based on position data from the LDRs of selected shoppers over a selected period of time. There might not be POS data, but if there is, the LDR data is augmented with positions as determined by the location of each product purchased—filling in all gaps with a routing service.

Abstract: A transaction based location assignment system creates a complete and more accurate location assignment database for all products available in a store. Transaction data from checkout stands (point of sale terminals) spread around a department store, and the location of each of those checkout stands during POS transactions, is used to create a most probable location of items available in the store. Memory matrixes are built comprising product purchase or transaction information from the checkout stands, and the location of each of the checkout stands, and weighting based on other factors, provide for a best fit match to determine the most probable location within the store of all items within the store. The transaction based location system has the capability to work both for items having a single location in the store, as well as for items available from multiple physical locations in the store.

Abstract: A computer system and set of routines with access to venue maps, merchandizing plans, and store catalogs for a merchant attempts to assign locations to items in the store catalog based on the merchandizing plan and map; when a location cannot be assigned to an item in a venue, a proxy location is determined based on categories associated with the item, a number of merchandising plans across the venues in which the item occurs, and/or clusters of items. An error is also determined in relation to the assigned location. The assigned location and error are output, for example, to guide people to the items.

Abstract: A location assignment system and method assigns and stores a location to each item in a retail system product line, across one or more store venues, that otherwise do not include location information, e.g., is not included in planogram data. Specific rules and algorithms assign a location for each product by inferring a location of each product lacking location information from other items that do have a location, and assigning the location of a most popularly sold item in a weighted grouping of given attributes of the item. Thus, given a complete catalog of every product sold in a given retail store system (which often runs in the tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of individual products—up to 40% of more of which have no location information within a planogram), the location assignment system assigns a location to every product sold.

Abstract: A computer system and set of routines with access to venue maps, merchandizing plans, and store catalogs for a merchant attempts to assign locations to items in the store catalog based on the merchandizing plan and map; when a location cannot be assigned to an item in a venue, a proxy location is determined based on categories associated with the item, a number of merchandising plans across the venues in which the item occurs, and/or clusters of items. An error is also determined in relation to the assigned location. The assigned location and error are output, for example, to guide people to the items.

Abstract: A computer system and set of routines with access to a map, a merchandizing plan, and a store catalog performs spatial matching of items to assign locations to the items; when spatial matching cannot be performed, group matching is attempted based on categories associated with the items. If group matching cannot be performed, the location of a department or of a store is assigned to the corresponding item. An error is also determined in relation to the assigned location. The assigned location and error are output, for example, to guide people to the items.

Abstract: A computer system and set of routines with access to venue maps, merchandizing plans, and store catalogs for a merchant attempts to assign locations to items in the store catalog based on the merchandizing plan and map; when a location cannot be assigned to an item in a venue, a proxy location is determined based on categories associated with the item, a number of merchandising plans across the venues in which the item occurs, and/or clusters of items. An error is also determined in relation to the assigned location. The assigned location and error are output, for example, to guide people to the items.

Abstract: A computer system and set of routines with access to a map, a merchandizing plan, and a store catalog performs spatial matching of items to assign locations to the items; when spatial matching cannot be performed, group matching is attempted based on categories associated with the items. If group matching cannot be performed, the location of a department or of a store is assigned to the corresponding item. An error is also determined in relation to the assigned location. The assigned location and error are output, for example, to guide people to the items.

Abstract: A real-time call blocking system based on Session Internet Protocol (SIP), e.g., Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) over both wireline and/or wireless systems using relevant Internet Protocol (IP) based systems. This also includes communications originating on traditional legacy or other non-SIP protocols that are converted to SIP somewhere during the call processing (e.g., using a media gateway to terminate a non-SIP device). A Session Internet Protocol (SIP)-based real time communication blocker comprises a do not call database, and a communication blocking proxy to intercept a communication from a commercial source. An intended recipient's identity is compared to entries in the do not call database. The intercepted communication (e.g., phone call, email, short message, etc. is blocked from being routed to an intended recipient if the intended recipient is listed in the do not call database.