Patents by Inventor Shahriyar Sufi

Shahriyar Sufi 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: 20160125454
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing advertisement campaign are provided. The system includes one or more devices having a processor and a non-transitory storage medium accessible to the hardware processor. The system includes a memory storing a database including campaign data. The system also includes a server computer in communication with the database. The server computer is programmed to receive a budget to be spent on a plurality of websites. The server computer is programmed to estimate a parameter for a non-linear model based on the campaign data. The server computer is programmed to estimate an expected number of conversions for each of the plurality of websites using the non-linear model with the estimated parameter. The server computer is programmed to determine an allocation of impressions for the plurality of websites that maximizes an estimated total number of conversions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: YAHOO! INC.
    Inventors: Howard Karloff, Yifan Hu, Jeremy Kanterman, Pengyuan WANG, Shahriyar Sufi