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

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a processor, an image of an item;
reading, by the processor, an item identifier included in the image;
recording, by the processor, data from which a location of where the image was scanned is determinable, wherein the data is recorded when the reading of the item identifier is processed at and within a defined retail space of a store and the data is recorded with a time of day and calendar date associated with the reading, 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;
transmitting, by the processor, data over a network to a database of a store management system, the data including the item identifier, location data, the time of day, the calendar date, and price data;
iterating, by the processor, back to the receiving for a plurality of checkouts and a plurality of purchased items by customers of the store;
providing a visualization from the database 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.