Patents by Inventor Alireza Louni

Alireza Louni 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).

  • Method and apparatus to identify the source of information or misinformation in large-scale social media networks
    Patent number: 9959365
    Abstract: A system and method of detecting a source of a rumor in a social media network is disclosed. The social media network includes a plurality of node clusters, each of the plurality of nodes therein having at least one edge connection to a corresponding number of different nodes in the same cluster. The system identifies a plurality of gateway nodes, each having at least one weak tie connection with a corresponding gateway node from a different node cluster; selects a subset of gateway nodes as sensors to measure arrival times of a rumor; and selects a candidate node cluster based on these arrival times. From there, the system selects a set of nodes in the candidate cluster to measure arrival times of a rumor from a source node, and selects a candidate node from the candidate cluster as having a high probability of being the source node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Alireza Louni, Koduvayur Parthasarathy Subbalakshmi
  • Method and Apparatus to Identify the Source of Information or Misinformation in Large-Scale Social Media Networks
    Publication number: 20160212163
    Abstract: A system and method of detecting a source of a rumor in a social media network is disclosed. The social media network includes a plurality of node clusters, each of the plurality of nodes therein having at least one edge connection to a corresponding number of different nodes in the same cluster. The system identifies a plurality of gateway nodes, each having at least one weak tie connection with a corresponding gateway node from a different node cluster; selects a subset of gateway nodes as sensors to measure arrival times of a rumor; and selects a candidate node cluster based on these arrival times. From there, the system selects a set of nodes in the candidate cluster to measure arrival times of a rumor from a source node, and selects a candidate node from the candidate cluster as having a high probability of being the source node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: The Trustees of The Stevens Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Alireza Louni, Koduvayur Parthasarathy Subbalakshmi