34 results about "Market area" patented technology

After defining a relevant market area around a selected geographical point, a map is generated using stored geographical map information around a selected geographical point and a geographical area is selected around that point. Multiple bands are formed on the map around the geographical point and market information is gathered from a database for the defined geographical area. The bands are weighted based according to empirical data drawn from within the market area, if available, or from data from a demographically matched location. A net demand model is constructed to perform point studies, comparison studies, area studies, and multi-unit simulations for the selected geographical area.

An on-line sports information entry and retrieval system employs a dynamic database of local sports web pages linked to a media partner allowing the partner to feature community teams and athletes and to display game scores and statistics as they are reported. The database may be organized on a geographic or dominant market area basis so that teams and individual athletes may be ranked on a regional or national basis.

A system and method for adapting program guides to meet subscriber criteria, and for providing program guide information to selected subscribers based upon subscriber criteria such as the subscriber's location within a market area is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method is applied to a system broadcasting a first signal having service channels, each of which service channels is uniquely described by a service channel identifier. The application of the method provides second program guide information describing a second set of programs only to a subset of the plurality of receiver stations that comply with at least one service criteria. The method comprises the steps of segmenting the programs into at least one service group according to the service criteria, wherein the service group comprises the second set of programs, assembling the second program guide information, and transmitting a first signal having first program guide information to the receiver stations on a first service channel and second program guide information describing the second set of programs to the receiver stations on a second service channel offset from the first service channel. Each of the receiver stations intended to receive the second program guide information stores information identifying the second service channel carrying the second program guide information. This information is used by the receiver station to receive and present the second program guide material to the subscriber.

A method for integrating television brand advertising with promotional marketing includes providing an image to be displayed in different television commercials for products from different advertisers, the image indicating a website; and providing at the website coupon offers for the products from the different advertisers. The image will alert a viewer of the television commercial that a special coupon offer is available at a website. The viewer will go to the website and be able to select from one or more coupon offers available to consumers in their market area. The consumer then prints the coupons, or adds credit to a coupon card, which is then redeemed at the retailer. The system allows for Point Of Sale (POS) redemption, or more traditional redemption through a coupon clearinghouse. The television commercials may be encoded with information to be used at a television signal processing location for selecting the images, and different images may be provided to television signal processing locations associated with different market areas.

Disclosed is a new methodology for defining fixed industry-specific market areas (ISMAs). A system implementing an ISMA construction algorithm may extract relevant primary geographic polygon (PGP) data and operate to optimize a predefined industry-specific objective function, given relevant constraints such as the spatial relationships between PGPs and their adjacencies, industry-specific constraints such as the number of sales, and non-industry-specific constraints such as median household income. A PGP represents an undividable geographic administrative unit such as counties, states, Census tracts, 5-digit or 3-digit ZIP Codes, etc. A set of ISMAs may be constructed using a hierarchical PGP merging process in which PGPs are merged iteratively until a stopping condition is met. An iterative PGP swapping process may be employed to adjust the outcome from the hierarchical PGP merging process to achieve the best possible outcome for the objective function.

Method of predicting capacity demands on a desired device used to support services for a number of subscribers within a market area having a number of devices. The method includes predicting the capacity demands as a function of historical capacity demands for the desired device and average subscriber capacity demands on the number of devices in the market area.

A method for integrating television brand advertising with promotional marketing includes providing an image to be displayed in different television commercials for products from different advertisers, the image indicating a website; and providing at the website coupon offers for the products from the different advertisers. The image will alert a viewer of the television commercial that a special coupon offer is available at a website. The viewer will go to the website and be able to select from one or more coupon offers available to consumers in their market area. The consumer then prints the coupons, or adds credit to a coupon card, which is then redeemed at the retailer. The system allows for Point Of Sale (POS) redemption, or more traditional redemption through a coupon clearinghouse. The television commercials may be encoded with information to be used at a television signal processing location for selecting the images, and different images may be provided to television signal processing locations associated with different market areas.

A communication system for supporting communications with a target market area. The system includes one or more solar-powered aircraft maintained in, or successively passing through, flight stations or flight patterns around the market area. Each of the aircraft targets limited beamwidth communication antennas on a substantial portion of the target market area. The control system is configured to fly selective flight patterns depending on the aircraft characteristics and the flight conditions. The flight patterns may emphasize high-power-generation patterns such as flying away from the sun for aircraft with wing-mounted solar cells.

The security reversible key with an assigned cylinder (Z) has a blocking groove (BN) with a coded blocking depth (B1, B2, B3), which runs parallel to the axis of the key (x) from the tip of the key to at least the first position (P1) of a row of tumbler pins (A2) on the key. In the assigned cylinder, at least at the rearmost coding position (P1), a pair of tumbler pins corresponding to the blocking groove (BN) with a blocking tumbler pin (BZ) and an extended blocking counter pin (BG) are foreseen, whereby the blocking counter pin (BG) impinges on the cylinder housing (10), if the blocking groove is insufficiently deep and, with this, the complete insertion of a key with an insufficiently deep blocking groove is blocked by the pair of blocking tumbler pins. Simultaneously, the blocking tumbler pin (BZ) with the counter pin (BG) at the position (P1) also serves as coding tumbler pin. In the case of the locking system with security reversible keys for locking installations at least two areas are defined, In a first area (G1) several additional security elements and a blocking code function are provided while, in the second area (G2), a more simple basic coding are foreseen. With the first area (G1), an unequivocal segmentation into independent market areas (M1, M2, M3) is defined and, with this, a world-wide unique locking system with enhanced security and applicability is created.

A market analysis system uses travel time to define a relevant market area. A map is generated using stored geographical map information around a selected geographical point or area, and a travel time around the geographical point or area is selected. A trace is formed on the map around the geographical point within the travel time using travel time data, and market information is gathered from a database for the defined geographical area.

After defining a relevant market area around a selected geographical point, a map is generated using stored geographical map information around a selected geographical point and a geographical area is selected around that point. Multiple bands are formed on the map around the geographical point and market information is gathered from a database for the defined geographical area. The bands are weighted based according to empirical data drawn from within the market area, if available, or from data from a demographically matched location. A net demand model is constructed to perform point studies, comparison studies, area studies, and multi-unit simulations for the selected geographical area.

The method discloses a rule-based decision process which formulates an investment strategy in terms of short term debt, long term debt, short term equity, and / or long term equity for a variety of property types and geographic markets. The first phase of the method achieves a visual representation of the condition of each of a selected territory's major markets, showing market direction and volatility determined on the basis of commercially available market research data which has been adjusted by the investing entity in light of actual local experience in the market. The second phase deals with the implications of the first phase results on four possible alternative investment types, namely, short term debt, long term debt, short term equity, and / or long term equity. This is accomplished by formulating a set of decision rules which enable the individual investors of the investing entity to uniformly evaluate specific types of investment for each property type in a respective market area. The result is again graphically portrayed so that the investing entity can easily formulate an actionable real estate investment strategy expressed in terms of investment types (namely, short term debt, long term debt, short term equity, and / or long term equity), for each market / property pair.

The invention discloses a novel remote monitoring doorbell. The novel remote monitoring doorbell comprises as a power supply, a switch, a main board, an SIM / USIM (Subscriber Identity Module / Universal Subscriber Identity Module) card, a camera, a display screen, a memory card, a buzzer, a doorbell and the like, wherein the power supply is connected with the switch; the switch is connected with the main board; the SIM / USIM card, the camera, the display screen, the memory card, the buzzer and the doorbell are connected with the main board; and the main board and a mobile phone are in two-way communication through a network system. At present, doorbells supplied in markets are ordinary doorbells through which the switches are pressed outdoors, and bells ring indoors. The novel remote monitoring doorbell not only has the functions of the ordinary doorbells, but also can remotely monitor. When the doorbell is normally used, owners can remotely monitor visitors in dual modes of multimedia messages and short messages, so that the safety protection function of the doorbell is added. The doorbell is a product in information era, is novel and fashional, confirms to the consumer demands of modern household security, is wide in market area and has a wide industrial development prospect.

Method of predicting capacity demands on a desired device used to support services for a number of subscribers within a market area having a number of devices. The method includes predicting the capacity demands as a function of historical capacity demands for the desired device and average subscriber capacity demands on the number of devices in the market area.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a same-city distribution freight calculation method and system and an electronic device. The method comprises: acquiring a business mode and a vehicle type selected by a user; wherein the business mode comprises special vehicle delivery, carpooling delivery and small piece delivery; acquiring delivery data of a user; wherein the delivery data comprises a starting price, a total mileage, a starting mileage, an over-mileage unit price, a waiting fee and a night service fee; And calling a freight calculation formula and delivery data corresponding to thebusiness mode, and calculating the freight. According to the embodiment of the invention, a plurality of factors influencing the transportation cost, such as the starting price, the total mileage, thefree starting mileage, the overmileage fee, the waiting fee, the night service fee, the market area distribution and the like, are utilized according to different vehicle types and the distribution of business modes, and then a large amount of data is calculated and compared to obtain the final reasonable transportation cost. Therefore, compared with the prior art, the freight calculation of same-city distribution is more reasonable and transparent, the cost is reduced to the maximum extent, and the efficiency is improved.

The invention relates to a Ag alloy heat-insulating film and a preparation method thereof. The heat-insulating film comprises a base material PET (Polyethylene Glycol Terephthalate), a first NiCr film coating layer, a second Ag alloy film coating layer, and a third NiCr film coating layer. The preparation method for the heat-insulating film comprises the following steps: on a reel-to-reel flexible magnetron sputtering coating machine, when the base material PET is rotated along with a film coating roller, plating NiCr, Ag alloy and NiCr three film layers on the other side of the base material PET through film coating areas of different targets. The Ag alloy heat-insulating film disclosed by the invention has the advantages of being high in visible light transmission, high in infrared ray resistance, good in weather resistance, high in production efficiency, low in cost and the like, so that the application field of the heat-insulating film is widened, the market area is enlarged, and development of the heat insulating film towards energy conservation and environment protection direction is promoted.

Methods and systems are provided for determining and using market areas associated with one or more branches of a business. Market areas are determined using a combination of deterministic and probabilistic techniques. Distances are calculated between customers and associated branches and a convex hull formed containing the closest 60%. A block and a tightened block is formed of dissemination areas contained within the convex hull. Where blocks are shared between branches, dissemination areas are weighted according to the portion of customers associated with each branch.

The invention discloses an inter-provincial electric power spot market operation system and method supporting multi-market coordination. The system comprises a platform support layer which is used for providing basic platform services with functions of data storage and management, public service, communication bus, man-machine interaction and system monitoring and management for an application service layer; an application service layer which serves as a middle layer and is used for providing a model and data management service and a security check service for the application service layer; and an application business layer which is used for providing services for spot market operation. The method starts from the aspect of a market technical support system; in a three-level dispatching framework, beginning with a unified market and two-level operation, a system for effectively coordinating a cross-regional spot market, a regional auxiliary service market and a provincial spot market is comprehensively provided from the aspects of system architecture, function deployment, data interaction, a safety mechanism and a standby mechanism; and effective connection, high-efficiency, stable and safe operation of all levels of markets is ensured.

The invention discloses an optimal layout method for pedlars' market networks of villages and small towns, which comprises the following steps: calculating the node service areas of the pedlars' market networks according to the current market layout scheme by utilizing the traffic ability of highways of the villages and small towns as the dividing basis of the service areas; calculating the service areas of the pedlars' market networks according to the node service areas of the pedlars' market networks; calculating the evaluation index values of the service areas of the pedlars' market networks, wherein the evaluation index comprises network service coverage rate, service contact ratio, node service rate, network service degree of uniformity, node utilization ratio and capacity utilization uniformity; calculating the index values and the layout states of the local networks of target markets, which helps designers find optimal or satisfied layout scheme and increases the pedlars' market value deviation of the villages and small towns; if the deviation is overlarge, constructing an improved scheme; and proving the improved effect of the scheme. The invention can effectively judge the service functions and the resource utilization ratio of the pedlars' market networks of the villages and small towns.

Systems, methods, and receiver devices enable broadcasters with restricted content license areas (e.g., Designated Market Areas ("DMAs") to distribute content via Over the Top ("OTT") IP networks. Embodiments enable client reporting and authentication as well as broadcast content encryption. In an embodiment, information from the client may be reported back to the broadcasters, such as a view history / use report. In an embodiment, hand off between DMAs may be enabled. In an embodiment, local advertisement insertion in network content may be enabled. Embodiments may enable Multicast-Broadcast Single Frequency Network ("MBSFN") operation across DMA boundaries.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a carpooling distribution freight calculation method and system and electronic equipment, and the method comprises the steps: obtaining the weight and size ofcargos and judging the attributes of the cargos according to the weight and size of the cargos, wherein the attributes of the cargos comprise heavy cargos and light cargos; and calling a corresponding freight calculation formula according to the cargo attributes and the cargo weight or the cargo volume, and calculating freight fees. According to attributes of different cargos, a judgment is madeas to whether cargos are light or heavy. The cargos are distributed according to a businss mode. A large amount of data is calculated and compared by using several factors influencing transportation cost, such as starting price, total mileage, free starting mileage, over-mileage fees, waiting fees, night service fees and market area distribution. Finally, a set of method for meeting existing business requirements of all parties is provided. Operation cost is reduced to the maximum extent. Delivery efficiency is improved. Meanwhile, the service requirements of all parties can be met at the sametime.

A communication system for supporting communications with a target market area. The system includes one or more solar-powered aircraft maintained in, or successively passing through, flight stations or flight patterns around the market area. Each of the aircraft targets limited beamwidth communication antennas on a substantial portion of the target market area. The control system is configured to fly selective flight patterns depending on the aircraft characteristics and the flight conditions. The flight patterns may emphasize high-power-generation patterns such as flying away from the sun for aircraft with wing-mounted solar cells.

Method of predicting capacity demands on a desired device used to support services for a number of subscribers within a market area having a number of devices. The method includes predicting the capacity demands as a function of historical capacity demands for the desired device and average subscriber capacity demands on the number of devices in the market area.

The invention relates to an implementation method of pipeline pre-branching. According to the implementation method of pipeline pre-branching, for a processor core, the complexity of a pipeline usually determines the performance of a core instruction set architecture, and even determines a market area suitable for a processor. In fact, the implementation complexity of assembly line hardware is notdecided by an instruction set, but aiming at different market areas, kernel assembly lines with different complexity degrees are needed, and then a corresponding instruction set architecture is provided. Therefore, the viewpoint that any one of the RISC and the CISC can replace the other one is unscientific unless the related application market disappears. The circuit structure of the short assembly line is easier to obtain the low-end processor market, and the complex ultra-long assembly line is more suitable for the high-end processor market. However, the hardware structure of the ultra-long assembly line can bring a very troublesome pre-branching problem, and the technical scheme of the invention can better solve the pre-branching problem for the structure of the ultra-long assembly line, so that the structure of the ultra-long assembly line has higher efficiency.

Systems, methods, and receiver devices enable broadcasters with restricted content license areas (e.g., Designated Market Areas ("DMAs") to distribute content via Over the Top ("OTT") IP networks. Embodiments enable client reporting and authentication as well as broadcast content encryption. In an embodiment, information from the client may be reported back to the broadcasters, such as a view history / use report. In an embodiment, hand off between DMAs may be enabled. In an embodiment, local advertisement insertion in network content may be enabled. Embodiments may enable Multicast-Broadcast Single Frequency Network ("MBSFN") operation across DMA boundaries.

A system and method of determining at least one location for a retail outlet in a region are described. The system and method use clustering technology for partitioning the region into a fixed number of sub-regions. Then, the system and method compute marginal increments from input data for each sub-region. The system and method choose a sub-region having a maximal marginal increment for a location of a first retail outlet.

The invention discloses a personal brand management system and a management value assessment method, and especially relates to an assessment index system which is used for reflecting a market rule and quantifying a transaction value through the personal brand management and management value assessment technology, and a method which can assess the market transaction value through personal brand management and management value assessment indexes.