Patents by Inventor Syd Weinstein

Syd Weinstein 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).

  • Method and computer program product for weather adapted, consumer event planning
    Patent number: 6584447
    Abstract: A system and method for forecasting future retail performance are described herein. The system includes a storage device that stores a sales history database, a weather history database, and a weather forecast database. An analyzer determines the extent to which past retail performance of a plurality of products at a plurality of locations was affected by weather using the sales history database and the weather history database. A configurator, coupled to the analyzer, estimates expected future retail performance of the products at the stores for a plurality of future time periods using the weather forecast database and results produced by the analyzer. A graphical user interface, coupled to the analyzer and the configurator, enables users to view and manipulate results produced by the analyzer and the configurator to thereby forecast future retail performance of the products at the locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Planalytics, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederic D. Fox, Douglas R. Pearson, Barb Frutchy Senst, Tim Brown, Syd Weinstein
  • Method and computer program product for weather adapted, consumer event planning
    Publication number: 20020133385
    Abstract: A system and method for forecasting future retail performance are described herein. The system includes a storage device that stores a sales history database, a weather history database, and a weather forecast database. An analyzer determines the extent to which past retail performance of a plurality of products at a plurality of locations was affected by weather using the sales history database and the weather history database. A configurator, coupled to the analyzer, estimates expected future retail performance of the products at the stores for a plurality of future time periods using the weather forecast database and results produced by the analyzer. A graphical user interface, coupled to the analyzer and the configurator, enables users to view and manipulate results produced by the analyzer and the configurator to thereby forecast future retail performance of the products at the locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2002
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventors: Frederic D. Fox, Douglas R. Pearson, Barbara F. Senst, Timothy M. Brown, Syd Weinstein