Methods, systems, and apparatus for predicting characteristics of a user
AssigneeQuova, Inc.
InventorsArmand Erik Prieditis, Wonhong Lee
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus for predicting the characteristics of a user are described. A model based on a conditional multivariate normal distribution and social relationship information between the selected user and each of one or more other users are obtained. One or more characteristics of the selected user are determined based on the model and the social relationship information. The user characteristics may be determined by adjusting the characteristics of a typical source user according to the model and the social relationship information of the selected user.
Claims25
A method for predicting one or more characteristics of a selected user, comprising:
- obtaining a model based on a conditional multivariate normal distribution;
- obtaining social relationship information relating the selected user and each of one or more other users;
- and
- determining, using a hardware device, one or more characteristics of the selected user based on the model and the social relationship information.
An apparatus for predicting one or more characteristics of a selected user, the apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- memory to store instructions that, when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
- obtain a model based on a conditional multivariate normal distribution;
- obtain social relationship information relating the selected user and each of one or more other users;
- and
- determine one or more characteristics of the selected user based on the model and the social relationship information.
An article of manufacture comprising a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having machine executable instructions embedded thereon, which when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:
- obtain a model based on a conditional multivariate normal distribution;
- obtain social relationship information relating the selected user and each of one or more other users;
- and
- determine one or more characteristics of the selected user based on the model and the social relationship information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.