Patent ID: 11948184
Assignee: NCR VOYIX CORPORATION
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 11:
12. A system comprising:
a network interface device;
a computer processor; and
a memory storing instructions executable by the computer processor to perform data processing activities comprising:
receiving, via the network interface device, sale data including an item identifier and data identifying a location of where the item identifier was scanned at or within a retail space of a store and a time of day and calendar date that the item identifier was scanned, wherein the data from which the location is determinable is at least in part data received in a radio signal from at least one beacon device that has a location represented in data stored by the store management system, wherein the data from which the location is determinable is at least in part data received from an indoor positioning system wherein the position system includes a plurality of radio devices and visible light communication devices;
storing the item identifier, data identifying the location, the time of day, the calendar date, and pricing data to a database;
iterating to the receiving for a plurality of sale data of a store and a plurality of purchased items associated with the store;
generating a visualization from the stored data for a period including a representation of at least a factor of the pricing data for each of a plurality of areas associated with location identifiers including one of which the data identifying the location is associated;
outputting the visualization as a heat map of a shopping area within the store depicting when and where item sales occurred within the shopping area and changes to the heat map over time, wherein the visualization includes predefined colors or shadings for sales revenue, profit, sales volume by unit, and sales per hour; and
providing animations for the heat map within the visualization that show the heat map changing over time from period to period.