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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2009
Piew Datta-read, Carlsbad, CA (US);
James Howard Drew, Boxborough, MA (US);
Piew Datta-Read, Carlsbad, CA (US);
James Howard Drew, Boxborough, MA (US);
Verizon Laboratories Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
A method for generating business targets includes accessing data () corresponding to a number of customers. The data includes variables (-) associated with each of the customers and an observed value for each of the customers. The observed value for a customer may represent revenue associated with that particular customer. The method also includes identifying a neighborhood that includes a first customer and a number of the other customers. The method further includes calculating a target for each of the customers in the neighborhood, where the target may represent the potential revenue from each of the customers.