Patent ID: 9413557
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04L

Claim Text:
1. One or more computer-readable memory devices or storage devices comprising hardware, the one or more computer-readable memory devices or storage devices encoding computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processing devices, cause the one or more processing devices to perform acts comprising: using a trackable recommendation identifier that identifies a recommended network resource, tracking a recommendation flow among multiple computers connected by a computer network, the tracking comprising using the trackable recommendation identifier to detect sharing of one or more recommendations shared among the multiple computers across the computer network; generating a graph based on the tracking, the graph comprising multiple paths representing the recommendation flow among the multiple computers across the computer network, the graph including a representation of a trigger action associated with the recommended network resource and associated with a triggering user; in response to the trigger action, identifying a winning coalition within the graph, the winning coalition comprising winning users including a first critical user and a second critical user, the winning users associated with individual computers of the multiple computers; generating an induced graph of the winning coalition, the induced graph including multiple different paths from the first critical user through the second critical user to the triggering user across the computer network; determining power indices associated with the winning users, wherein the first critical user and the second critical user receive higher power indices than non-critical users of the winning users; ranking the power indices of the winning users; and allocating one or more incentives among the winning users in the induced graph based on the ranking of the power indices.