Method And Apparatus For Scheduling Broadcasts In Social Networks
AssigneeKing Abdullah University of Science and Technology
InventorsEmaad Ahmed Manzoor, Panos Kalnis
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Loading patent…
AssigneeKing Abdullah University of Science and Technology
InventorsEmaad Ahmed Manzoor, Panos Kalnis
Estimating the term…
A method, apparatus, and computer readable medium are provided for maximizing consumption of broadcasts by a producer. An example method includes receiving selection of a total number of time slots to use for scheduling broadcasts, and receiving information regarding the producer's followers. The example method further 5 includes identifying, by a processor and based on the received information, discount factors associated with the producer's followers, and calculating, by the processor and based on the received information, a predicted number of competitor broadcasts during each time slot of the total number of time slots. Finally, the example method includes determining, by the processor and based on the discount factors and the predicted 10 number of competitor broadcasts during each time slot, a number of broadcasts for the producer to transmit in each time slot of the total number of time slots.
A method for maximizing consumption of broadcasts by a producer, the method comprising:
An apparatus for maximizing consumption of broadcasts by a producer, the apparatus comprising a processor and a memory storing program code instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to:
(canceled)
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium for maximizing consumption of broadcasts by a producer, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing program code instructions that, when executed by an apparatus, cause the apparatus to:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.