Crowd level detection for in-store shopping

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10902453
APP PUB NO 20170039587A1
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14819505

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Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, computer program product, and computer system for predicting store busy times. The method includes gathering data associated with the active carts in the store. The method may also predict the number of active carts within the store based on historical data indicating the crowd level on a particular date. A discount offer is determined and offered to users for visiting the store at a specific time slot.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Dey, Kuntal New Delhi, IN 249 953
Ekambaram, Vijay Tamilnadu, IN 335 1010
Nagar, Seema Bangalore, IN 187 832
Rallapalli, Swati Ossining, US 29 500

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