System for indexing pedestrian traffic

US7415510B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Shoppertrack RCT Corporation · US

Inventors

• George Kramerich · Morton Grove, US
• Barbara S. Johnson · Dallas, US
• Krista Diberardino · Lake Villa, US
• William Jackewicz · McHenry, US
• James Jay Martin · Spring, US
• Andrew H. Voss · Buffalo Grove, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 17, 2000
• Grant date: Aug 19, 2008
• Expiry date: Mar 17, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/02
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system and a method for indexing pedestrian traffic are disclosed. Traffic information is gathered from counter units (30, 31) placed at entrances in provider malls, retail stores, or other locations where pedestrians may be counted. The counters give daily reports to the traffic indexing system (40) of the amount of pedestrian traffic flowing through traffic monitoring points (30, 31). Traffic data are collected daily from providers and compiled into an index (40). These data may be integrated and indexed with other data such as sales data, labor data and promotion data. Providers (30, 31) and other users (45) may access the traffic index (40) along with other industry information to gauge their performance as compared to the performance of others in the industry or to make educated decisions on development and marketing issues.