Systems and methods for automatic planogram generation

A system for reading wireless transmitting tags in an establishment containing a plurality of wirelessly tagged products, and for automatically generating a product distribution planogram, the system comprising:

• at least one processor configured to:
• receive from a plurality of receivers in the establishment, wireless signals from the plurality of the wirelessly tagged products, wherein the wireless signals include an identifier (ID) uniquely associated with each of the plurality of wirelessly tagged products, whereby one wireless transmitting tag is paired with one product to uniquely identify the one product;
• access a data structure stored separate from the wireless transmitting tag, the data structure associating each ID of each wirelessly tagged product with classification information;
• determine from the wireless signals, locations in the establishment of each of the wirelessly tagged products;
• perform a lookup in the data structure of each ID of each of the wirelessly tagged products to determine the product classification information associated with each of the wirelessly tagged products;
• generate a planogram for the establishment using the determined locations of each wirelessly tagged product and the determined product classification information, wherein generating the planogram includes indicating on a map of the establishment locations of groups of the wirelessly tagged products sharing common classification information;
• and
• track the planogram over time, wherein tracking the planogram includes:
• comparing current common locations in the establishment of at least one group of products to a history of common locations in the establishment of the at least one group of products,
• determining whether the current common locations diverge from the history of common locations, and
• updating the planogram to indicate the new common location if the divergence is greater than a predefined threshold.

A non-transitory computer readable medium containing instructions that when executed by at least one processor cause the at least one processor to perform operations for generating a planogram based on information collected from wireless tags, the operations comprising:

• receiving from a plurality of receivers in the establishment, wireless signals from the plurality of the wirelessly tagged products, wherein the wireless signals include an identifier (ID) uniquely associated with each of the plurality of wirelessly tagged products, whereby one wireless transmitting tag is paired with one product to uniquely identify the one product;
• accessing a data structure stored separate from the wireless transmitting tag, the data structure associating each ID of each wirelessly tagged product with classification information, wherein the classification information includes data that allows for arranging each wirelessly tagged product in a hierarchy;
• determining from the wireless signals, locations in the establishment of each of the wirelessly tagged products;
• performing a lookup in the data structure of each ID of each of the wirelessly tagged products to determine the product classification information associated with each of the wirelessly tagged products;
• and
• generating the planogram for the establishment using the determined locations of each wirelessly tagged product and the determined product classification information,
• wherein generating the planogram includes indicating on a map of the establishment locations of groups of the wirelessly tagged products sharing common classification information,
• wherein the map of the establishment includes areas designated for storage and areas designated for display, wherein areas designated for storage include areas of the establishment where products are not on display, and
• wherein the planogram includes, for each group of products sharing classification information, at least one common location in a storage area and at least one common location in a display area.

A method for generating a planogram based on information collected from wireless tags, the method comprising:

• receiving from a plurality of receivers in the establishment, wireless signals from the plurality of the wirelessly tagged products, wherein the wireless signals include an identifier (ID) uniquely associated with each of the plurality of wirelessly tagged products, whereby one wireless transmitting tag is paired with one product to uniquely identify the one product;
• accessing a data structure stored separate from the wireless transmitting tag, the data structure associating each ID of each wirelessly tagged product with classification information;
• determining from the wireless signals, locations in the establishment of each of the wirelessly tagged products;
• performing a lookup in the data structure of each ID of each of the wirelessly tagged products to determine the product classification information associated with each of the wirelessly tagged products;
• and
• generating the planogram for the establishment using the determined locations of each wirelessly tagged product and the determined product classification information,
• wherein generating the planogram includes indicating on a map of the establishment locations of groups of the wirelessly tagged products sharing common classification information,
• wherein the map of the establishment includes areas designated for storage and areas designated for display, and
• wherein the planogram includes, for each group of products sharing classification information, at least one common location in a storage area and at least one common location in a display area.