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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2011
Nishith Pathak, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Senthilkumar Krishnamoorthy, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Jaideep Srivastava, Plymouth, MN (US);
Dmitri Williams, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Nishith Pathak, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Senthilkumar Krishnamoorthy, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Jaideep Srivastava, Plymouth, MN (US);
Dmitri Williams, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
The social influence that each person in a computer network system exercises over others in the system may be valued by aggregating the differences in value of each of the others to the network both with and without the person being present. This calculated influence may be used as a basis for charging advertisers for advertisements to the users, as well as for providing preferential treatment to users that exert the greatest influence.