Patent ID: 11861629
Assignee: ACXIOM LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions to perform computerized method for standardizing urbanicity for a region of different countries on a curved surface, when executed by a computer, cause it to:
a. construct a plurality of trapezoidal shapes on the curved surface, wherein the trapezoidal shapes are defined by latitude and longitude boundaries;
b. adjust a count associated with each of the plurality of trapezoidal shapes to compensate for the latitude of the shape to produce an adjusted count;
c. calibrate census data from a country and apply the calibrated census data to the adjusted count;
d. apply an external population data set to the adjusted counts to sum up the adjusted counts;
e. roll up each of the adjusted counts into one of a plurality of urbanicity bands for each of the trapezoidal shapes; and
f. identify whether one of the plurality trapezoidal shapes contains a multi-unit dwelling, and if so split out address in the multi-unit dwelling to improve accuracy of the adjusted count of the trapezoidal shape that contains the multi-unit dwelling by reassigning urbanicity bands.