Methods, systems, articles of manufacture, and apparatus to monitor the availability of products for purchase
US11341455B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 24, 2020 |
| Grant date | May 24, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 24, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/0227
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods, systems, articles of manufacture, and apparatus to monitor the availability of products for purchase are disclosed. An apparatus includes a communications interface to receive market data from data collectors, the market data including stock status data indicative of different stock statuses for a product in different retail establishments. The apparatus further includes a reward profile analyzer reduce error in collection of the stock status data by: generating a reward profile for the market data, the reward profile to define different reward levels for different types of the stock statuses indicated by the stock status data; determining a distribution of rewards among the different data collectors based on the reward profile and different portions of the market data provided by corresponding ones of the different data collectors; and providing the rewards to the different data collectors based on the distribution.
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