Patents by Inventor Joseph Stuart Bottom

Joseph Stuart Bottom 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).

  • Product assortment planning system and method utilizing scaled performance metric values
    Patent number: 8321260
    Abstract: A product assortment planning system determines scaled performance metric values for an assortment of products. The system includes a data store storing performance metric values for an assortment of products including a target assortment of products and a source assortment of products, an equivalization unit and a scaling unit. The equivalization unit equivalizes the performance metric values for the source assortment of products. The scaling unit determines incrementality assumptions. The incrementality assumptions are an estimation of an amount of cannibalization that occurs for the target assortment of products as a result of combining the source assortment of products with the target assortment of products. Scaled performance metric values are calculated for each product in the assortment of products based on the equivalized performance metric values and the incrementality assumptions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventor: Joseph Stuart Bottom
  • PRODUCT ASSORTMENT PLANNING SYSTEM AND METHOD UTILIZING SCALED PERFORMANCE METRIC VALUES
    Publication number: 20120123814
    Abstract: A product assortment planning system determines scaled performance metric values for an assortment of products. The system includes a data store storing performance metric values for an assortment of products including a target assortment of products and a source assortment of products, an equivalization unit and a scaling unit. The equivalization unit equivalizes the performance metric values for the source assortment of products. The scaling unit determines incrementality assumptions. The incrementality assumptions are an estimation of an amount of cannibalization that occurs for the target assortment of products as a result of combining the source assortment of products with the target assortment of products. Scaled performance metric values are calculated for each product in the assortment of products based on the equivalized performance metric values and the incrementality assumptions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventor: Joseph Stuart Bottom