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

Claim 0:
1. A computerized method for standardizing urbanicity for a region of different countries on a curved surface, the method comprising the steps of:
a. receiving from a computer-readable medium in communication with the one or more processors a set of map information, and constructing a plurality of shapes defined by latitude and longitude boundaries from the map information;
b. adjusting a count associated with each of the plurality of shapes to compensate for the latitude of the shape to produce an adjusted count;
c. calibrating census data from a country and applying the calibrated census data to the adjusted count;
d. applying an external population data set to the adjusted counts to sum up the adjusted counts;
e. rolling up each of the adjusted counts into one of a plurality of urbanicity bands, and applying one of the plurality of urbanicity bands to each of the plurality of shapes defined by latitude and longitude boundaries; and
f. identifying whether one of the plurality 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 shape that contains the multi-unit dwelling by reassigning urbanicity bands.