Patents by Inventor Alfred SH Tzao

Alfred SH Tzao has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • INFLUENCE-BASED SOCIAL MEDIA INTERVENTIONS IN HEALTHCARE
    Publication number: 20140185954
    Abstract: A method for matching social network participants includes receiving activity data pertaining to a plurality of participants in a social network. The activity data is parsed to generate activity pattern summaries for each of the participants. The participants are clustered into a plurality of groups according to the activity pattern summaries. At least one participant of influence is determined within at least one group according to the activity data. A social connection is established within the social network between the determined participant of influence and at least one other participant clustered into the same group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicants: Industrial Technology Research Institute, International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark JH Hsiao, Yue-Min Jiang, June-Ray Lin, Alfred SH Tzao, Xinxin Zhu