Patents by Inventor Rida E. Moustafa

Rida E. Moustafa 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).

  • Systems and methods for generating optimized market plans
    Patent number: 11361329
    Abstract: Systems and methods for ranking or optimizing market configurations are disclosed. Optimized configurations of stores and formats in a market bounded within a geographic area are produced. The geographic area is divided into cells, and the cell attributes are used to determine which store formats can be present. Market configurations for each cell are provided to forecasters for determining of a first fitness criteria. Market configurations are filtered based on the first fitness criteria. Impacts between market configurations are calculated. A genetic algorithm produces a plurality of market solutions. In embodiments, optimization tasks are performed in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Rida E. Moustafa, Justin Michael Higham, Lloyd Andrew Lancelot
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTILEVEL ANONYMOUS TRANSACTION COMPLIANCE EVALUATION
    Publication number: 20190066120
    Abstract: Systems and methods for transaction compliance evaluation are disclosed. Embodiments can provide rating based on the likelihood of non-compliant transactions at store sites and markets. Embodiments can gather transaction data from retail sites across a region and provide ratings based on a ratio of untraceable transactions above a value threshold. A scaled value is calculated for each transaction based on received market weighting factors and the monetary value of the transaction. The value threshold is selected based on a received cutoff percentage parameter. Site and market ratings are determined based on the number of transactions at each site above or below the value threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Rida E. Moustafa, Kishore P. Sasthiri, Jeffrey B. Layton
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING OPTIMIZED MARKET PLANS
    Publication number: 20180349925
    Abstract: Systems and methods for ranking or optimizing market configurations are disclosed. Optimized configurations of stores and formats in a market bounded within a geographic area are produced. The geographic area is divided into cells, and the cell attributes are used to determine which store formats can be present. Market configurations for each cell are provided to forecasters for determining of a first fitness criteria. Market configurations are filtered based on the first fitness criteria. Impacts between market configurations are calculated. A genetic algorithm produces a plurality of market solutions. In embodiments, optimization tasks are performed in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Rida E. Moustafa, Justin Michael Higham, Lloyd Andrew Lancelot