Patents by Inventor SENTHILKUMAR KRISHNAMOORTHY

SENTHILKUMAR KRISHNAMOORTHY 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).

  • ESTIMATING VALUE OF USER'S SOCIAL INFLUENCE ON OTHER USERS OF COMPUTER NETWORK SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120158455
    Abstract: The social influence that each person in a computer network system exercises over others in the system may be valued by aggregating the differences in value of each of the others to the network both with and without the person being present. This calculated influence may be used as a basis for charging advertisers for advertisements to the users, as well as for providing preferential treatment to users that exert the greatest influence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicants: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Nishith Pathak, SENTHILKUMAR KRISHNAMOORTHY, JAIDEEP SRIVASTAVA, DMITRI WILLIAMS