US 10,484,246 B1Granted

Dynamic clustering of network nodes for mobile communications

AssigneeIbotta, Inc.

InventorsBryan Leach, Luke Swanson, Garrick Wager

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Abstract

Provided are systems and methods for segmenting and grouping a plurality of network nodes into one or more clusters. Content may be delivered from a transmitting user node to a receiving user node based on which cluster the receiving user node resides. The grouping of the clusters may be dynamically updated in real-time based on user activity data. Such user activity data may be collected from both a transmitting user node (e.g., server) and a receiving user node (e.g., user device) to map the delivery of a relevant communication. Advantageously, a transmitting user may deliver content to other relevant users and a receiving user may receive content from other relevant users.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method for delivering content to a given cluster of receiving nodes in a computer network, comprising:

(a) receiving, by one or more network adaptors, over the computer network, a first set of user data from a transmitting node associated with a transmitting user, the first set of user data comprising user activity data of each of a plurality of users with respect to the transmitting user;
(b) receiving, by the one or more network adaptors, over the computer network, a second set of user data from each node associated with each of the plurality of users, the second set of user data comprising user activity data of each of the plurality of users stored by each node;
(c) segmenting, by one or more processors, a plurality of receiving nodes, in the computer network, into a plurality of clusters of nodes based at least in part on the first set of user data and the second set of user data, wherein the plurality of receiving nodes comprises the each node associated with each of the plurality of users;
(d) receiving, by the one or more network adaptors, over the computer network, a communication content from the transmitting node, wherein the communication content is associated with a rule data, wherein the rule data comprises one or more identifiers for one or more clusters of receiving nodes;
(e) mapping, by the one or more processors, based on the one or more identifiers in the rule data, the communication content to the one or more clusters of receiving nodes;
and
(f) delivering, by the one or more network adaptors, over the computer network, the communication content to a plurality of receiving nodes belonging to the one or more clusters.

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A computer system for delivering content to a given cluster of receiving nodes in a computer network, comprising:

a network adaptor in communication with the computer network, wherein the network is in communication with a plurality of nodes including a transmitting node and a plurality of receiving nodes;
one or more databases comprising a first set of user data received from the transmitting node, a second set of user data received from each of the plurality of receiving nodes, a communication content associated with a rule data, wherein the first set of user data comprises user activity data of each of a plurality of users associated with each of the plurality of receiving nodes, respectively, with respect to a transmitting user associated with the transmitting node, wherein the second set of user data comprises user activity data of the each of the plurality of users stored at each of the plurality of receiving nodes, respectively, and wherein the rule data comprises one or more identifiers for one or more clusters of receiving nodes;
and
one or more processors, individually or collectively, configured to:
segment the plurality of receiving nodes, in the computer network, into a plurality of clusters of nodes based at least in part on the first set of user data and the second set of user data;
and
use the network adaptor to map and deliver the communication content to each receiving node belonging to the one or more clusters of receiving nodes.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/847,368Filed 19 Dec 2017 · us provisional application
Priority: 19 Dec 2016
Granted: 19 Nov 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

H04L 47/828
Miscellaneous aspects: allocation of resources per group of connections, e.g. per group of users
H04L 41/0893
Configuration management of networks or network elements: assignment of logical groups to network elements
H04W 84/18
Network topologies: self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
H04W 92/02
Interfaces specially adapted for wireless communication networks: inter-networking arrangements

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Application62/436,343Us provisional application · filed 19 Dec 2016
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