Patents by Inventor Maxime C. Cohen

Maxime C. Cohen 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).

  • DESIGNING PRICE INCENTIVES IN A NETWORK WITH SOCIAL INTERACTIONS
    Publication number: 20150006268
    Abstract: Providing prices and incentives, in one aspect, may comprise estimating a first agent's own willingness to pay for a product, for each of multiple first agents; estimating the first agent's influence on one or more of multiple second agents' willingness for purchasing the product, for each of the multiple first agents; estimating an effort to influence the first agent to take an action that would influence the one or more second agents in purchasing the product, for each of the multiple first agents; and based on at least the first agent's willingness to pay for the product, the first agent's influence, and the effort to influence the first agent, identifying simultaneously a price of the product for the first agent and an incentive for the first agent to take the action, that maximizes a profit of a seller of the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Maxime C. Cohen, Markus R. Ettl, Pavithra Harsha
  • DESIGNING PRICE INCENTIVES IN A NETWORK WITH SOCIAL INTERACTIONS
    Publication number: 20150006267
    Abstract: Providing prices and incentives, in one aspect, may comprise estimating a first agent's own willingness to pay for a product, for each of multiple first agents; estimating the first agent's influence on one or more of multiple second agents' willingness for purchasing the product, for each of the multiple first agents; estimating an effort to influence the first agent to take an action that would influence the one or more second agents in purchasing the product, for each of the multiple first agents; and based on at least the first agent's willingness to pay for the product, the first agent's influence, and the effort to influence the first agent, identifying simultaneously a price of the product for the first agent and an incentive for the first agent to take the action, that maximizes a profit of a seller of the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maxime C. Cohen, Markus R. Ettl, Pavithra Harsha