Patents by Inventor Guang-Qin Ma

Guang-Qin Ma 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).

  • Publication number: 20220353374
    Abstract: A processing system deployed in a telecommunication network may obtain data records including data associated with subscribers, cluster the subscribers into a plurality of clusters in accordance with the data, identify a first set of subscribers enrolled in automated clearing house (ACH) payment agreements, and identify a second set of subscribers not enrolled in ACH payment agreements, calculate distance measures for the second set of subscribers, where for each respective subscriber of the second set of subscribers, the distance measures include a respective distance measure of the respective subscriber to a feature centroid for a subset of the first set of subscribers in a same cluster as the respective subscriber, select a subset of the second set of subscribers based upon the plurality of distance measures for receiving an offer in an ACH payment agreement, and present communications to the subset of the second set of subscribers with the offer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Craig Auer, Wen-Ling Hsu, Guang-Qin Ma, Clayton Moore, Edabeth Brown, Robert Robertson, JR., Kevin McDorman, Brian Economaki
  • Patent number: 11394833
    Abstract: A processing system deployed in a telecommunication network may obtain data records including data associated with subscribers, cluster the subscribers into a plurality of clusters in accordance with the data, identify a first set of subscribers enrolled in automated clearing house (ACH) payment agreements, and identify a second set of subscribers not enrolled in ACH payment agreements, calculate distance measures for the second set of subscribers, where for each respective subscriber of the second set of subscribers, the distance measures include a respective distance measure of the respective subscriber to a feature centroid for a subset of the first set of subscribers in a same cluster as the respective subscriber, select a subset of the second set of subscribers based upon the plurality of distance measures for receiving an offer in an ACH payment agreement, and present communications to the subset of the second set of subscribers with the offer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Craig Auer, Wen-Ling Hsu, Guang-Qin Ma, Clayton Moore, Edabeth Brown, Robert Robertson, Jr., Kevin McDorman, Brian Economaki
  • Publication number: 20220172219
    Abstract: A method, computer-readable medium, and apparatus for providing customer care for customers are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Wen-Ling Hsu, Guang-Qin Ma, Guy Jacobson, Jenq-Chyuan Wang, Tan Xu, Kevin McDorman, Brian Economaki, Shuai Zhao
  • Publication number: 20210352179
    Abstract: A processing system deployed in a telecommunication network may obtain data records including data associated with subscribers, cluster the subscribers into a plurality of clusters in accordance with the data, identify a first set of subscribers enrolled in automated clearing house (ACH) payment agreements, and identify a second set of subscribers not enrolled in ACH payment agreements, calculate distance measures for the second set of subscribers, where for each respective subscriber of the second set of subscribers, the distance measures include a respective distance measure of the respective subscriber to a feature centroid for a subset of the first set of subscribers in a same cluster as the respective subscriber, select a subset of the second set of subscribers based upon the plurality of distance measures for receiving an offer in an ACH payment agreement, and present communications to the subset of the second set of subscribers with the offer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Craig Auer, Wen-Ling Hsu, Guang-Qin Ma, Clayton Moore, Edabeth Brown, Robert Robertson, JR., Kevin McDorman, Brian Economaki
  • Patent number: 9747610
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, determining a first linear model and a first log-linear model according to first explanatory variables and a first plurality of occupancy estimates, determining a second linear model and a second log-linear model according to second explanatory variables and a second plurality of occupancy estimates, evaluating, according to a location of a building, the first linear model, the first log-linear model, the second linear model, and the second log-linear model according to first values of the first explanatory variables and second values of the second explanatory variables, and combining results from the evaluating to generate a mixed occupancy estimate. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
    Inventors: Rong Duan, Guang-Qin Ma, Olivia Hong
  • Patent number: 9544785
    Abstract: A method collects data and subjects it to statistical analysis to detect localized events, which assists in network provisioning. Illustratively, the data employed is hourly network traffic counts that are collected at cell sites. By taking advantage of the additive property of a Poisson process, the method integrates spatial neighbor information by aggregating temporal data in various areas, and iteratively estimating the event location and the radius of event impact by examining the posterior probability based on the aggregated data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Rong Duan, Siu-Tong Au, Heeyoung Kim, Guang-Qin Ma
  • Publication number: 20150149245
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, determining a first linear model and a first log-linear model according to first explanatory variables and a first plurality of occupancy estimates, determining a second linear model and a second log-linear model according to second explanatory variables and a second plurality of occupancy estimates, evaluating, according to a location of a building, the first linear model, the first log-linear model, the second linear model, and the second log-linear model according to first values of the first explanatory variables and second values of the second explanatory variables, and combining results from the evaluating to generate a mixed occupancy estimate. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
    Inventors: Rong Duan, Guang-Qin Ma, Olivia Hong
  • Publication number: 20150024768
    Abstract: A method that collects data and subjects it to statistical analysis to detect localized events, which assists in network provisioning. illustratively, the data employed is hourly network traffic count that is collected at cell sites. By taking the advantage of additive property of Poisson process, the method integrates spatial neighbor information by aggregating temporal data in various areas, and iteratively estimating the event location and the radius of event impact by examining the posterior probability base on the aggregated data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Rong Duan, Siu-Tong Au, Heeyoung Kim, Guang-Qin Ma
  • Patent number: 8861353
    Abstract: A method that collects data and subjects it to statistical analysis to detect localized events, which assists in network provisioning. Illustratively, the data employed is hourly network traffic count that is collected at cell sites. By taking the advantage of additive property of Poisson process, the method integrates spatial neighbor information by aggregating temporal data in various areas, and iteratively estimating the event location and the radius of event impact by examining the posterior probability base on the aggregated data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Rong Duan, Siu-Tong Au, Heeyoung Kim, Guang-Qin Ma
  • Publication number: 20120147760
    Abstract: A method that collects data and subjects it to statistical analysis to detect localized events, which assists in network provisioning. Illustratively, the data employed is hourly network traffic count that is collected at cell sites. By taking the advantage of additive property of Poisson process, the method integrates spatial neighbor information by aggregating temporal data in various areas, and iteratively estimating the event location and the radius of event impact by examining the posterior probability base on the aggregated data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventors: Rong Duan, Siu-Tong Au, Heeyoung Kim, Guang-Qin Ma