Patents by Inventor Chung-Ting John Chao

Chung-Ting John Chao 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).

  • RULE-BASED OPTIMIZATION OF TERRITORY PLANNING
    Publication number: 20170308840
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide a system for processing data. During operation, the system obtains a first set of rules for assigning a first set of sales professionals to a first set of accounts, wherein the first set of rules comprises a representative load rule, a matching rule, and a balancing rule. Next, the system applies an optimization technique to the first set of rules and a first set of parameters associated with the first set of sales professionals and the first set of accounts to produce a first set of assignments of the first set of sales professionals to the first set of accounts. The system then outputs the first set of assignments for using in managing sales activity of the first set of sales professionals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: LinkedIn Corporation
    Inventors: Huan V. Hoang, Juan Wang, Zhaoying Han, Chung-Ting John Chao, Wei Di, Qiang Zhu, Sui Yan, Xing Zhou
  • VARIABLE GROUPING FOR ENTITY ANALYSIS
    Publication number: 20170262766
    Abstract: Techniques and a system are provided for a variable analysis system that learns from input variables. The variable analysis system may be used to determine how variables relate to other variables, to develop a tool used to predict outcomes for an entity based on other entities. The variable analysis system may employ grouping, so that multiple variables are considered as one input in a given model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Chung-Ting John Chao, Wei Di, Michael A. Davis, Xing Zhou, Yan Liu