USING WEB-MINING TO ENRICH DIRECTORY SERVICE DATABASES AND SOLICITING SERVICE SUBSCRIPTIONS

Patent №

US 8,930,237

Granted

2015-01-06

Filed 2012

Owner

AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II (VIA TRANSFER FROM AT&T CORP.)

+4 more

AI components

3

ml · nlp · planning

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

13543846

A system and method are provided for augmenting information on business directory databases and communicating with businesses is disclosed. Using the enriched business directory database and Web mining technology, customized email message are sent inviting businesses to enter their enriched business information into the directory or even subscribe to other paid services provided by the directory service.

AI classification

Natural language1.00
Machine learning0.64
Planning0.63
AI hardware0.02
Knowledge representation0.00
Vision0.00
Speech0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00

Ownership

AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II (VIA TRANSFER FROM AT&T CORP.)

assignment · 285070555

AT&T PROPERTIES, LLC

assignment · 321620748

AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P.

assignment · 321620754

FACEBOOK, INC.

assignment · 321620818

AT&T CORP.

correct · 321670005

Assignors

GUPTA, NARENDRA, GILBERT, MAZIN, STERN, BENJAMIN J.

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

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