Method and apparatus for product selection
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsJulie Drew, Qi Feng, Bin Zhang
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Abstract
A method for determining a total benefit derived from a subset of products in a product portfolio includes identifying a set of customer orders having a set of ordered products from the product portfolio and an order benefit and selecting the subset of products from the product portfolio. The method also totals the order benefits from the set of customer orders whose set of ordered products are included within the subset of products from the product portfolio. An apparatus for use in determining a total benefit derived from a subset of products in a product portfolio is also described.
Claims30
A method for determining a total benefit derived from a subset of products in a product portfolio, comprising:
- identifying a set of customer orders, having a set of ordered products from the product portfolio and an order benefit;
- selecting the subset of products from the product portfolio;
- and
- totaling the order benefits from the set of customer orders whose set of ordered products are included within the subset of products from the product portfolio.
A method for selecting products in a product portfolio, comprising:
- identifying a set of customer orders, having a set of ordered products from the product portfolio and an order benefit;
- calculating a first total order benefit attributed to a first subset of products selected from the product portfolio;
- calculating a second total order benefit attributed to a second subset of products selected from the product portfolio;
- and
- selecting the first subset of products if the first total order benefit is greater than the second total order benefit.
Application instructions on a computer-usable medium where the instructions, when executed, effect selection of products for a product portfolio, comprising:
- identifying a set of customer orders, having a set of ordered products from the product portfolio and an order benefit;
- calculating a first total order benefit attributed to a first subset of products selected from the product portfolio;
- calculating a second total order benefit attributed to a second subset of products selected from the product portfolio;
- and
- selecting the first subset of products if the first total order benefit is greater than the second total order benefit.
A computer for use in determining a total benefit derived from a subset of products in a product portfolio, comprising:
- means for identifying a set of customer orders, having a set of ordered products from product portfolio and an order benefit;
- means for selecting the subset of products from the product portfolio;
- and
- means for totaling the order benefits from the set of customer orders whose set of ordered products are included within the subset of products fro the product portfolio.
A method for selecting products, comprising:
- analyzing order data that includes a set of customer orders including a set of ordered products;
- and
- choosing from among the ordered products, a subset of products that increases the number of orders covered by the product subset while reducing a characteristic of the subset.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.