US Patent Issued on May 19 for "Systems and methods for deriving leading indicators of economic activity using predictive analytics applied to pedestrian attributes to predict behaviors and influence business outcomes" (Arizona Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,632,495, issued on May 19.

"Systems and methods for deriving leading indicators of economic activity using predictive analytics applied to pedestrian attributes to predict behaviors and influence business outcomes" was invented by Brian McCarson (Chandler, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Predictive analytics techniques are provided for produce leading indicators of economic activity based on observed pedestrian attributes-e.g., appearance and behavior-and other factors determined from a range of available data sources. A consistent, semantic metadata structure is described as well as a hypothesis generating and testing system capable...