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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2007
John Redford, Chicago, IL (US);
Claudio Taglienti, Barrington Hills, IL (US);
Michael Irizarry, Algonquin, IL (US);
Narothum Saxena, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
John Redford, Chicago, IL (US);
Claudio Taglienti, Barrington Hills, IL (US);
Michael Irizarry, Algonquin, IL (US);
Narothum Saxena, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
United States Cellular Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Subscriber travel behavior is defined using cellular call location data. The defined travel behavior is used to segment the customer population. In a further aspect of the disclosed principles, a method to consolidate numerous of price plans is disclosed wherein price plans are grouped using cluster analysis. In the context of this disclosure, the term 'cluster analysis' encompasses a number of different algorithms and methods for grouping objects of similar kind into respective categories to thus organize observed data into meaningful structures. In this context, cluster analysis is a data analysis process for sorting different objects into groups in a way that the degree of association between two objects is maximal if they belong to the same group and minimal otherwise.