IDENTIFYING ADVOCATES AND DETRACTORS IN A SOCIAL CONNECTIONS MAP

Patent №

US 8,738,544

Granted

2014-05-27

Filed 2011

Owner

SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P.

Lab

AI components

2

kr · planning

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

13331323

An embodiment of the invention is directed toward identifying a number of advocates. A social-connection map for users of a wireless communications network is determined. A number of heavy users is determined based on the number of connections in a social-connection map. Advocate criteria are evaluated and used to identify a number of advocates.

AI classification

Planning0.98
Knowledge representation0.91
Evolutionary computation0.19
AI hardware0.02
Machine learning0.01
Natural language0.00
Speech0.00
Vision0.00

Ownership

SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P.

assignment · 274190618

Assignors

MIRZA, NASIR MAHMOOD, HOWLE, JEFF, FAGAN, RYAN, FAIRCHILD, DAVID, POWELL, MICHAEL, LEE, ROBERT EARL, II

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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