Patents by Inventor Kyle Gerhart

Kyle Gerhart 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).

  • Patent number: 11210681
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed to forecast new product launch sourcing. An example method includes identifying shared attributes between the new product and a plurality of existing products in the target market, calculating theoretical co-penetration values between the attributes shared between the new product and at least one of the plurality of existing products, calculating actual co-penetration values between the attributes shared between the new product and at least one of the plurality of existing products, calculating an attribute distance value between corresponding ones of the theoretical and actual co-penetration values, and calculating a percent volume of the new product expected to be sourced from one of the plurality of existing products based on the attribute distance value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: NIELSEN CONSUMER LLC
    Inventors: Yue Xiao, Kyle A. Gerhart
  • Publication number: 20180260826
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed to forecast new product launch sourcing. An example method includes identifying shared attributes between the new product and a plurality of existing products in the target market, calculating theoretical co-penetration values between the attributes shared between the new product and at least one of the plurality of existing products, calculating actual co-penetration values between the attributes shared between the new product and at least one of the plurality of existing products, calculating an attribute distance value between corresponding ones of the theoretical and actual co-penetration values, and calculating a percent volume of the new product expected to be sourced from one of the plurality of existing products based on the attribute distance value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Yue Xiao, Kyle A. Gerhart
  • Publication number: 20140278795
    Abstract: Example methods, systems, and computer readable storage media to predict purchasing behavior are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes creating a model based on first purchase data and demographic information. The first purchase data and demographic information is associated with panelists. The first purchase data is collected via both a home scanning system and via a frequent shopper system. The example method includes applying the model to consumer data to predict second purchase data. The consumer data corresponds to consumers participating in the frequent shopper system who are not panelists of the home scanning system. The example method includes creating a report based on the second purchase data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Subramaniam Satyamoorthy, Stephen P. Mooney, William McGivern.Smith, Kyle Gerhart
  • Publication number: 20140067466
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed to forecast new product launch sourcing. An example method includes identifying shared attributes between the new product and a plurality of existing products in the target market, calculating theoretical co-penetration values between the attributes shared between the new product and at least one of the plurality of existing products, calculating actual co-penetration values between the attributes shared between the new product and at least one of the plurality of existing products, calculating an attribute distance value between corresponding ones of the theoretical and actual co-penetration values, and calculating a percent volume of the new product expected to be sourced from one of the plurality of existing products based on the attribute distance value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: Yue Xiao, Kyle A. Gerhart