Segment migration
CA 2312302 A1 · Owner: International Business Machines Corporation · Inventors: Mcardle, James M.; Schall, Matthew
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A system, program, and method which makes segment migration the movement of, individuals between segments over time easily trackable, and provides a , visualization that makes the results of the analyses useful. The preferred embodiment tracks which people are in which, segment at each time period then builds a file that gives, by person a , description of which, segment(s) each person belonged to during each time period. From this table a , display is drawn, which indicates in an intuitive manner the migration of members of different segments over time. These enhanced segmentation analyses allow the user to easily study and predict customer behaviors.
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- Filed June 20, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended June 20, 2020.
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