Patents by Inventor Reza Zafarani

Reza Zafarani 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).

  • User identification across social media
    Patent number: 9544381
    Abstract: Users may be identified across websites, such as social media websites. Prior user information data and candidate user information data may be received. An algorithm may identify a first plurality of behavioral patterns in the prior user information data and a second plurality of behavioral patterns in the candidate user information datum. The algorithm may determine whether the candidate user information datum and the prior user information data correspond to the same user based, at least in part, on the first and second pluralities of behavioral patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Reza Zafarani, Huan Liu
  • USER IDENTIFICATION ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA
    Publication number: 20140280592
    Abstract: Users may be identified across websites, such as social media websites. Prior user information data and candidate user information data may be received. An algorithm may identify a first plurality of behavioral patterns in the prior user information data and a second plurality of behavioral patterns in the candidate user information datum. The algorithm may determine whether the candidate user information datum and the prior user information data correspond to the same user based, at least in part, on the first and second pluralities of behavioral patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona, acting for and on behalf of Ariz
    Inventors: Reza Zafarani, Huan Liu