Patents by Inventor Sitaram Asur

Sitaram Asur 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).

  • TASK CROWDSOURCING WITHIN AN ENTERPRISE
    Publication number: 20140214467
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and machine-readable and executable instructions are provided for crowdsourcing a task within an enterprise. Crowdsourcing a task within an enterprise can include receiving features of a number of tasks, receiving features of a number of users, comparing a portion of the features of the number of tasks with a portion of the features of the number of users, and recommending tasks for particular users based on the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Sitaram Asur, Anupriya Ankolekar, Bernardo Huberman
  • Predicting sharing on a social network
    Patent number: 8793258
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage device includes instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to calculate a score for an article, from a source, using the average number of times other articles belonging to the source were shared on a social network (“t-density”). The processor are further caused to predict, using the score, a number of times the article will be shared on the social network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Sitaram Asur, Bernardo Huberman, Roja Bandari
  • PREDICTING SHARING ON A SOCIAL NETWORK
    Publication number: 20140040277
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage device includes instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to calculate a score for an article, from a source, using the average number of times other articles belonging to the source were shared on a social network (“t-density”). The processor are further caused to predict, using the score, a number of times the article will be shared on the social network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: Sitaram ASUR, Bernardo HUBERMAN, Roja BANDARI
  • Determining Characteristics of Participants in a Social Network
    Publication number: 20130311563
    Abstract: Implementations disclosed herein relate to determining the influence and/or passivity of participants in a social network. In one implementation, a processor 101 determines the relative influence of a first participant based on the passivity of participants influenced by the first participant. In one implementation, the processor 101 determines the relative passivity of a first participant based on the influence of other participants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Inventors: Bernardo Huberman, Sitaram Asur, Daniel Romero, Wojciech Galuba
  • PREDICTING FUTURE OUTCOMES
    Publication number: 20110258256
    Abstract: A model for predicting future outcomes related to individual entities within a class of related entities may be generated based on the determined rates at which the individual entities are referenced within electronic communications. Additionally or alternatively, a quantitative value of a predicted future outcome related to a particular cause may be calculated based on the frequency with which references to the particular cause appear in electronic messages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventors: Bernardo Huberman, Sitaram Asur