Patent ID: 8744897
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, from a group of sample pharmaceutical outlets, data representing sales of at least one pharmaceutical product from the group of sample pharmaceutical outlets over a first period of time; calculating, by one or more processors and at a product-level, a number of sales of the at least one pharmaceutical product from the group of sample outlets; determining, based on the number of sales of the at least one pharmaceutical product from a subset of one or more sample outlets included within the group of sample outlets, a product-level projection factor for the at least one pharmaceutical product; projecting, using the determined product-level projection factor and for a second period of time, a predicted number of sales of the at least one pharmaceutical product for the group of sample pharmaceutical outlets, and a predicted number of sales of the at least one pharmaceutical product for a group of non-sample pharmaceutical outlets; receiving, from the group of sample pharmaceutical outlets, additional data representing sales of the at least one pharmaceutical product from the group of sample pharmaceutical outlets over a third period of time; comparing the additional data with the predicted number of sales of the at least one pharmaceutical product for the group of sample pharmaceutical outlets; and determining, based on the comparison of the additional data with the predicted number of sales of the at least one pharmaceutical product for the group of sample pharmaceutical outlets, an adjustment factor.