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Market research database having historical control designator
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Inventors: Johnson, Barbara Elizabeth; Martin, James Charles; Rabolt, Kenneth Francis; Healy, Keri Anderson; Byron, Danielle Anne; Berzkalns, Ilga Anita;
Assignee: A. C. Nielson Company (Schaumburg, IL)
Primary Examiner: Black; Thomas G.
Assistant Examiner: Corrielus; Jean M.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Marshall, O'Toole, Gerstein, Murray & Borun
A market research database contains a plurality of sets of product related information. Each set of product related information relates to a corresponding market aspect of products. For example, a set may relate to packages in which products are contained, another set may relate to brand names of products, still another set may relate to business enterprises which package, distribute, or market products, and so on. Each set includes a current layer of product related information, wherein the current layer of product related information is in current time. The product related information in the current layer of each set of product related information includes a control designator. The control designator permits direct access to the current layer of product related information substantially exclusive of other product related information. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, a market research database comprises current and previous information.
The current information relates to a market aspect of products, the current information is current in time, and the current information includes a first historical control designator identifying the current information as being current in time.
The previous information relates to the market aspect of products, the previous information is previous in time to the current information, and the previous information includes a second historical control designator identifying the previous information as being previous in time to the current information.
One of the first and second historical control designators is unique.
In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, a market research database comprises a layer of product information related to a market aspect of a product, and other product information related to the market aspect of a product.
The layer of product information includes effective date information for the layer of product information, an identification code for the layer of product information, and a first control designator associated with the layer of product information.
The other product information are in layers substantially exclusive of the layer of product information, and the other information include effective date information for the other product information, identification codes for the other product information, and second control designators associated with the other product information.
The first control designator permits access to the layer of product information substantially exclusively of the other product information.
In accordance with yet another aspect of the present invention, a market research database comprises a plurality of sets of product related information.
Each set of product related information includes a current layer of product related information.
The current layer of product related information is in current time, and other product related information in each set of product related information is previous in time to the current layer of product related information
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