Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110282729 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PRODUCE AND CONTROL SUBSIDIZATION OF TARGETED MATERIALS AT POINT OF SALE - Disclosed is a system and method to produce and control subsidization of targeted advertising materials. According to one exemplary method, customized printer material and targeted advertising material is provided to a consumer, where the price of the customized printed material is subsidized in exchange for the consumer agreeing to receive the targeted advertising material. | 11-17-2011 |
20110282736 | METHOD OF PROVIDING TARGETED COMMUNICATIONS TO A USER OF A PRINTING SYSTEM - According to one aspect of the disclosure, provided are methods of providing user requested printed material, including one or more targeted communications to the user. According to one exemplary embodiment, the targeted communications are associated with an auction, whereby an optimal reserve price is determined to maximize profits. | 11-17-2011 |
20120084143 | OPTIMAL LIST-PRICE MECHANISM DESIGN FOR MULTI-LEVEL DEVICE CLICK-THROUGH IN TARGETED PRINT OR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION - A method for optimizing a price for delivering at least one communication from an advertiser to a consumer, the method including (a) defining an advertisement product with at least one parameter, (b) obtaining a demand curve for the advertisement product, (c) calculating a first profit function as a function of the demand curve, (d) determining a first price at a maximum of the first profit function, (e) determining a second price at a point on the first demand curve corresponding to a capacity of communications that can be delivered to the consumer, and (f) determining a greater of the first and second prices as an optimal price. | 04-05-2012 |
20120323760 | DYNAMIC LOAN SERVICE MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - The disclosure describes a method and system monitoring a set of loans and identifying loans in the set that that are likely to default before an upcoming date. The system uses a set of data about loans that are in a default status and loans that are in a non-default status to train a set of loan models. The loan models include at least one model for a defaulted loan and at least one model for a non-defaulted loan. After the loan models are created, the system monitors active loans and classifies each active loan in accordance with one of the loan models. Based on the loan model to which the active loan is classified, the processor will determine a probability of default over a prospective time period for the active loan and issue an alert when a loan's probability of default exceeds a threshold. | 12-20-2012 |
20130185168 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATED POST-AUCTION CHANGE ORDER OPTIMIZATION IN AUCTIONS - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for providing an optimized change order during the post-auction period of a completed auction. After the completion of an initial auction, one or more parties to the initial auction may request a change to the terms of the initial auction agreement in the form of a change order comprising a change price and a change quantity. Prior to committing to the change order the parties may subject the terms of the change order to a change auction having a reserve price equal to the change price. If the change auction concludes with a bid that is better than the reserve price, the change order may be canceled and the original winning bidder may receive a portion of the winning bid associated with the change auction. | 07-18-2013 |
20140052506 | ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS IN CLOUD-BASED ENVIRONMENTS - An energy efficient cloud-based environment includes multiple users requesting delivery of cloud-based services from a cloud service provider. Each user provides inputs for the delivery of one or more specific cloud based services. The inputs include the type of service, time frame for using the service, and either an energy efficiency level or a performance level pertaining to the service's delivery. The service provider allocates different resources to the users for delivering the requested services, and calculates an actual price and an operating energy cost for delivering the requested services to each of the users. The profit of the service provider due to users is calculated. An overall profit of the service provider associated with delivering the cloud-based services is calculated, and a fraction of the overall profit is distributed as an incentive among the users. The incentive of each user is proportional to the profit contribution of that user. | 02-20-2014 |
20140089082 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ONLINE ADVERTISING - A computer implementable online advertising method is provided. A basic price for publishing an advertisement for a pre-specified duration is determined. A score indicative of the performance of the advertisement during the pre-specified duration is determined. Whether the score satisfies a pre-determined criterion is determined. An incentive associated with publishing the advertisement is provided to an advertiser associated with the advertisement based on the pre-determined criterion being satisfied. | 03-27-2014 |
20140279133 | FAULT TOLERANT COMBINATORIAL AUCTIONS FOR TASKS HAVING TIME AND PRECEDENCE CONSTRAINTS WITH BONUSES AND PENALTIES - There is disclosed a method of conducting an auction under execution uncertainty to satisfy incentive compatibility, individual rationality, and efficiency by leveraging bonuses and penalties. A buyer posts a task including multiple sub-tasks. The buyer specifies temporal and precedence relationships among the sub-tasks. The buyer also specifies the time interval for the sub-tasks. Suppliers submit bids including their interested sub-tasks, prices, and proposed schedules. A winner determination problem is formulated based on bid prices, suppliers' success probabilities in delivering the sub-tasks, and the suppliers' schedules of undertaking sub-tasks. Having decided the winners, suppliers who delivered with success will be granted bonuses and those who were not able to deliver will be imposed penalties. The bonuses and penalties are formulated under a verification assumption. The combinatorial mechanism using the formulated winner determination rule and payment rule including bonuses and penalties satisfy economic properties such as incentive compatibility, individual rationality, and efficiency. | 09-18-2014 |
20140280150 | Multi-source contextual information item grouping for document analysis - A method and system for processing informational items originating from a plurality of information sources into a derived document for topical analysis thereof. Informational items are collated from a one of the sources in accordance with a predetermined plurality of relevant attributes and a key property value of common to select ones of the relevant attributes. Informational items are then grouped from the plurality of sources associated with the key common property value to form a document, wherein the informational items therein are marked on the informational source thereof. The document is then analyzed for topical identification. | 09-18-2014 |