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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2006
Wai Wu, Massapequa, NY (US);
Toby Heller, Roslyn Heights, NY (US);
Steven M. Hoffberg, West Harrison, NY (US);
Wai Wu, Massapequa, NY (US);
Toby Heller, Roslyn Heights, NY (US);
Steven M. Hoffberg, West Harrison, NY (US);
Other;
Abstract
A communications system and method, wherein a plurality of communications are received, each having associated classification information, information representing characteristics of at least three potential targets are stored; and an optimum target for each communication based on the communication classification, and target characteristics is determined in a combinatorial optimization. The optimization preferably comprises a cost benefit optimization. Predicted availability of a target may be another optimization factor.