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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2015
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Edmond J. Abrahamian, Richmond Heights, MO (US);
David E. Patterson, Los Altos, CA (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for identifying a plurality of users of a service of a network service provider as users known to each other are disclosed. For example, the method implemented via a processor obtains location information of a plurality of users of a service of a network service provider, selects a subset of users from the plurality of users that are deemed to be stationary, generates a score for each particular pair of users selected from the subset of users, determines for each particular pair of users, whether the score that is generated is greater than or equal to a threshold, identifies the pair of users as users who know each other, when the score for the particular pair of users is greater than or equal to the threshold, and performs an analysis to provide an offer to the pair of users, wherein the offer is based on the pair of users being identified as users who know each other.