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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Adam N. Elmachtoub, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Roger D. Lederman, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for controlling the timing of customer interactions (e.g., targeted product or service offerings to customers) in order to determine optimally efficient usage of a seller's available inventory are disclosed. A customer selection problem (CSP) may be formulated and solved to implement a customer selection policy for controlling the timing with which customers from a customer pool will be targeted with offerings. The customer selection policy may include dynamic optimization to account for intertemporal effects of customer decisions.