Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method, apparatus, and computer program product for predicting web browsing behaviors of consumers
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Application No.: US15280738Application Date: 2016-09-29
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Publication No.: US10740793B1Publication Date: 2020-08-11
- Inventor: Michael Sussman , Jesse Pinho , Michael Hines , Jim Challenger , David Hanley , Isaac Sanders , Dean Marano
- Applicant: Groupon, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: Groupon, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Groupon, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Alston & Bird LLP
- Main IPC: G06Q30/00
- IPC: G06Q30/00 ; G06Q30/02

Abstract:
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products for predicting consumer behavior. In one embodiment a method is provided comprising automatically creating a link graph comprising nodes representing webpages, links representing hyperlinks, and weights for each link representing a number of times a hyperlink associated with the respective link redirected the a user devices from a webpage associated with a first node connected to the link to a webpage associated with a second node connected to the link; and determining based on the link graph a programmatically expected path for a particular user, wherein the programmatically expected path identifies, at least, two or more webpages that the particular user is programmatically expected to visit and specifying a programmatically expected order at which the particular user will visit the webpages.
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