Patents by Inventor Robert Crites

Robert Crites 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: 10706428
    Abstract: Techniques for determining a prioritized listing of offers for use to contact potential customers are described. The technique includes generating an ordered listing of offers from a set of offers, by which to contact a potential customer from a group of potential customers by considering the potential customer independently from others of the potential customers in the group, during generating of the ordered listing of offers for the potential customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Robert Crites
  • Patent number: 8862498
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is described for determining a response attribution value that represents a credit assignment to a communication, for an associated response received from a recipient during a marketing campaign.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Crites, Ruby Kennedy
  • Patent number: 8738440
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is described for determining a response attribution value that represents a credit assignment to a communication, for an associated response received from a recipient during a marketing campaign.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Crites, Ruby Kennedy
  • Patent number: 8676647
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is described for determining a response attribution value that represents a credit assignment to a communication, for an associated response received from a recipient during a marketing campaign.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Crites, Ruby Kennedy
  • Patent number: 8676646
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is described for determining a response attribution value that represents a credit assignment to a communication, for an associated response received from a recipient during a marketing campaign.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Crites, Ruby Kennedy
  • Publication number: 20120290371
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is described for determining a response attribution value that represents a credit assignment to a communication, for an associated response received from a recipient during a marketing campaign.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: ROBERT CRITES, RUBY KENNEDY
  • Publication number: 20120290385
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is described for determining a response attribution value that represents a credit assignment to a communication, for an associated response received from a recipient during a marketing campaign.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: ROBERT CRITES, RUBY KENNEDY
  • Patent number: 8285583
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and software for conducting a marketing campaign are described. One or more scores associated with sending offers to proposed contacts are received; and an overall campaign score corresponding to a sum of the scores is optimized to generate optimal assignments of offers to customers. The optimal assignments are included in the marketing campaign.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Francisco Jauffred, Mukul Goyal, Glen Osterhout, Ruby Kennedy, Robert Crites
  • Publication number: 20120185326
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and software for conducting a marketing campaign are described. One or more scores associated with sending offers to proposed contacts are received; and an overall campaign score corresponding to a sum of the scores is optimized to generate optimal assignments of offers to customers. The optimal assignments are included in the marketing campaign.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: FRANCISCO JAUFFRED, MUKUL GOYAL, GLEN OSTERHOUT, RUBY KENNEDY, ROBERT CRITES
  • Publication number: 20120116787
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is described for determining a response attribution value that represents a credit assignment to a communication, for an associated response received from a recipient during a marketing campaign.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Robert Crites, Ruby Kennedy
  • Patent number: 8135608
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and software for conducting a marketing campaign are described. One or more scores associated with sending offers to proposed contacts are received; and an overall campaign score corresponding to a sum of the scores is optimized to generate optimal assignments of offers to customers. The optimal assignments are included in the marketing campaign.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Francisco Jauffred, Mukul Goyal, Glen Osterhout, Ruby Kennedy, Robert Crites
  • Publication number: 20110307328
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is described for determining a response attribution value that represents a credit assignment to a communication, for an associated response received from a recipient during a marketing campaign.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Inventors: Robert Crites, Ruby Kennedy
  • Publication number: 20090177522
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and software for conducting a marketing campaign are described. One or more scores associated with sending offers to proposed contacts are received; and an overall campaign score corresponding to a sum of the scores is optimized to generate optimal assignments of offers to customers. The optimal assignments are included in the marketing campaign.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Inventors: Francisco Jauffred, Mukul Goyal, Glen Osterhout, Ruby Kennedy, Robert Crites
  • Publication number: 20080300981
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and software for combinatorial optimization are described. A first combination of offers are selected from a list of combinations of offers that pass a first set of rules belonging to a first category of rules, and it is determined whether the first combination of offers passes a second set of rules belonging to a second, different category of rules. If the first combination passes the second set of rules, the first combination is returned as a solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Robert Crites, Mukul Goyal, Glen Osterhout, Ruby Kennedy, Francisco Jauffred
  • Publication number: 20050289000
    Abstract: A method for optimizing transactions to customers from a list of transactions is described. The method includes generating a frequency distribution of scores for each offer based on at least one constraint, determining a score threshold based on the frequency distribution of scores, and adding or removing transactions from the list of transactions based on the score threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2004
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Inventors: Eric Chiang, Robert Crites, Ruby Kennedy, Brett Knowlton, Patrick Martin, Glen Osterhout, Yuchun Lee
  • Patent number: 6782390
    Abstract: A method executed on a computer for modeling expected behavior is described. The method includes scoring records of a dataset that is segmented into a plurality of data segments using a plurality of models and converting scores of the records into probability estimates. Two of the techniques described for converting scores into probability estimates are a technique that transforms scores into the probabilities estimates based on an equation and a binning technique that establishes a plurality of bins and maps records based on a score for the record to one of the plurality of bins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Unica Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuchun Lee, Ruby Kennedy, Robert Crites
  • Publication number: 20030187717
    Abstract: Marketing strategy optimization includes organizing a marketing strategy by plans and programs with each of plans and programs having input metrics having a causal relationship to output measurements that describe the outcome of the strategy. Optimization includes determining input measurements that optimize a given output for the strategy. Also described are graphical user interfaces for the optimization view that depicts a hierarchical organization of plans and programs associated with the market strategy, a region having target roll up values that are calculated by a marketing strategy optimization and a region having edit window to enter values for metrics associated with the plans and programs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2002
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventors: Robert Crites, Yuchun Lee, Andre Black, Ramprasad Badvelu, Shiao-Bin Soong, John Wells, Julie Chapman
  • Publication number: 20030187767
    Abstract: Techniques for optimizing budget allocations among a plurality of marketing campaigns are described. The techniques include providing an expected return on investment (ROI) for potential contacts in target populations for each of a plurality of marketing campaigns and ordering the potential contacts by ROI for the marketing campaigns. The techniques also include determining a threshold ROI satisfying an overall budget, where potential contacts with ROI greater than the threshold level are recommended for actual contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2002
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventors: Robert Crites, Yuchun Lee, Ruby L. Kennedy
  • Publication number: 20030110119
    Abstract: Techniques for determining a prioritized listing of offers for use to contact potential customers are described. The technique includes generating an ordered listing of offers from a set of offers, by which to contact a potential customer from a group of potential customers by considering the potential customer independently from others of the potential customers in the group, during generating of the ordered listing of offers for the potential customer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Inventor: Robert Crites
  • Patent number: 6542894
    Abstract: A method executed on a computer for modeling expected behavior is described. The method includes scoring records of a dataset that is segmented into a plurality of data segments using a plurality of models and converting scores of the records into probability estimates. Two of the techniques described for converting scores into probability estimates are a technique that transforms scores into the probabilities estimates based on an equation and a binning technique that establishes a plurality of bins and maps records based on a score for the record to one of the plurality of bins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Unica Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuchun Lee, Ruby Kennedy, Robert Crites