Samuel M Epstein

US Patent:

8150725, Apr 3, 2012

Filed:

Oct 31, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/262703

Inventors:

Ganesh Subramaniam - Bridgewater NJ, US
Samuel Epstein - Madison NJ, US

Assignee:

AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP - Atlanta GA

International Classification:

G06Q 10/00
G06Q 20/00
G06Q 30/00

US Classification:

705 735, 705 729, 705 63

Abstract:

Embodiments are directed to a method, medium, and system for generating a distribution attribution value to analyze distribution of telecommunications services. The method including compiling values for at least three variable elements associated with the distribution of telecommunication services. A first total value being defined as a product of first element values associated with the at least three variable elements. A second total value being defined as a product of second element values associated with the at least three variable elements. The method also including generating an attribution value representing an amount of influence at least one of the at least three variable elements has on a difference between the first and the second total values. The attribution value being calculated using the first and second total values. Also, the attribution value being adapted to at least one of verify and adjust the distribution of telecommunication services.

US Patent:

20210240749, Aug 5, 2021

Filed:

Apr 21, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/236550

Inventors:

Samuel S. Epstein - NEW YORK NY, US

International Classification:

G06F 16/335
G06F 16/242
G06F 16/332
G06F 16/9535
G06F 16/33

Abstract:

Method, storage medium and apparatus associated with content preparation and/or selection are disclosed herewith. In embodiments, an apparatus may include a content preparation or selection module to receive, as part of a content preparation or selection, a representation of a concept; and determine, for the content preparation or selection, topical relevance of a content item (N) of a content hierarchy to the concept. The content hierarchy may include a plurality of content items, including N, and determining the topical relevance of N to the concept includes determination of propagation of influence among content items of the content hierarchy subject to constraints that bound the number of operations performed by the computing system to determine the propagation of influence among content items of the content hierarchy with a chosen constant. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.