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US 8,788,384 B2Granted
Compensation based on entity groups
AssigneeSolavei, LLC
InventorsAllyn P. Hebner, Robert A. McFadden, Ryan K. Wuerch, James P. Ryan
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Abstract
Various implementations for providing compensation based at least in part on a number of entity groups are described. A relationship network associated with an entity includes a plurality of network entities. The relationship network is determined, and a number of entity groups within the relationship network are counted. The entity groups have a predetermined number of network entities. An entity is caused to be provided with compensation that is based at least in part on the number of entity groups in the relationship network.
Claims19
A method, comprising:
- determining, by a computing system from correlation data that describes connections between subscribers to a telephony service, a plurality of the subscribers that are within a relationship network of a particular subscriber, the plurality of the subscribers having direct connections to the particular subscriber or direct connections to other subscribers within the relationship network;
- determining, by the computing system, one or more subscriber groups within the relationship network, individual ones of the subscriber groups having a predetermined number of subscribers with direct connections to common ones of the plurality of the subscribers;
- determining a number of subscriber groups within the relationship network;
- determining a level of compensation to be provided to the particular subscriber, the determining including
- referencing a tiered compensation structure in which compensation tiers are based at least on numbers of subscriber groups within the relationship network, and
- identifying a compensation tier for the particular subscriber based on the number of subscriber groups within the relationship network;
- and
- causing, by the computing system, the particular subscriber to be provided with compensation that is based at least in part on the identified compensation tier.
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A computing system, comprising:
- memory;
- one or more processors;
- one or more program modules stored on the memory and executable by the one or more processors to cause the computing system to:
- determine from correlation data that describes connections between subscribers to a telephony service, a plurality of the subscribers that are within a relationship network associated with a particular subscriber, the plurality of subscribers having direct connections to the particular subscriber or direct connections to other subscribers within the relationship network;
- determine one or more subscriber groups within the relationship network, the subscriber groups each having a predetermined number of subscribers with direct connections to common ones of the plurality of subscribers;
- determine a number of subscriber groups within the relationship network;
- determine a level of compensation to be provided to the particular subscriber, including:
- referencing of a tiered compensation scheme in which compensation tiers are based at least on numbers of subscriber groups within the relationship network;
- identification of a compensation tier for the particular subscriber based on the number of subscriber groups within the relationship network;
- and
- cause the particular subscriber to be provided with compensation based at least in part on the number of subscriber groups within the relationship network.
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One or more computer-readable storage media comprising a plurality of instructions executable by one or more processors of a computing system to cause the computing system to:
- determine, from correlation data that describes connections between subscribers to a telephony service, a plurality of the subscribers that are within a relationship network associated with a particular subscriber, the plurality of the subscribers having direct connections to the particular subscriber or direct connections to other subscribers within the relationship network;
- determine one or more subscriber groups within the relationship network, individual ones of the subscriber groups having a predetermined number of subscribers with direct connections to common ones of the plurality of subscribers;
- determine a number of subscriber groups within the relationship network;
- determine a compensation level to be provided to the particular subscriber, including:
- a look up to a compensation table in which compensation tiers are based on at least numbers of subscriber groups within the relationship network;
- and
- identification of a compensation tier for the particular subscriber based on the number of subscriber groups within the relationship network;
- and
- cause the particular subscriber to be provided with the determined compensation level that is based at least in part on the identified compensation tier.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.