Patents by Inventor Edward E. Cullen

Edward E. Cullen 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).

  • Patent number: 8180694
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for incorporating qualitative factors into an econometric model. Time series data describing the financial performance generated by corresponding marketing investments that are made as a function of time is provided to configure an econometric model. The econometric model includes linear coefficients that define a linear relationship between the financial performance and the corresponding marketing investments. The linear coefficients are adjusted in accordance with the qualitative factors received as inputs from experts, thereby enabling the qualitative factors to be quantified into the econometric model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Choudur Lakshminarayan, Edward E. Cullen
  • Patent number: 8180693
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for quantifying financial impact of marketing investments. Time series data describing the financial performance generated by corresponding marketing investments that are made as a function of time is provided to configure an econometric model. The econometric model, which describes a linear relationship between the financial performance and the corresponding marketing investments, is transformed into an aggregated non-linear econometric model that includes non-linear factors causing the financial performance to change at a varying rate as a function of the marketing investments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Choudur Lakshminarayan, Edward E. Cullen
  • Patent number: 8027897
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for optimizing financial performance. Time series data describing the financial performance generated by corresponding marketing investments is provided to configure an econometric model. Linear coefficients of the econometric model are adjusted in accordance with the qualitative factors received as inputs from experts. The econometric model is transformed into an aggregated non-linear econometric model that includes non-linear factors that cause the financial performance to change at a varying rate as a function of the marketing investments. An allocation of the marketing investments generated by the aggregated non-linear econometric model is adjusted by applying an optimization algorithm to provide an optimized financial performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Choudur Lakshminarayan, Edward E. Cullen
  • Publication number: 20100114648
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for incorporating qualitative factors into an econometric model. Time series data describing the financial performance generated by corresponding marketing investments that are made as a function of time is provided to configure an econometric model. The econometric model includes linear coefficients that define a linear relationship between the financial performance and the corresponding marketing investments. The linear coefficients are adjusted in accordance with the qualitative factors received as inputs from experts, thereby enabling the qualitative factors to be quantified into the econometric model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Choudur Lakshminarayan, Edward E. Cullen
  • Publication number: 20100114794
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for quantifying financial impact of marketing investments. Time series data describing the financial performance generated by corresponding marketing investments that are made as a function of time is provided to configure an econometric model. The econometric model, which describes a linear relationship between the financial performance and the corresponding marketing investments, is transformed into an aggregated non-linear econometric model that includes non-linear factors causing the financial performance to change at a varying rate as a function of the marketing investments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Choudur Lakshminarayan, Edward E. Cullen
  • Publication number: 20100114624
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for optimizing financial performance. Time series data describing the financial performance generated by corresponding marketing investments is provided to configure an econometric model. Linear coefficients of the econometric model are adjusted in accordance with the qualitative factors received as inputs from experts. The econometric model is transformed into an aggregated non-linear econometric model that includes non-linear factors that cause the financial performance to change at a varying rate as a function of the marketing investments. An allocation of the marketing investments generated by the aggregated non-linear econometric model is adjusted by applying an optimization algorithm to provide an optimized financial performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Choudur Lakshminarayan, Edward E. Cullen