Patent ID: 8594623
Filing Date: 2013-11-26
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method, performed by a network operator analysis station, of creating a subscriber portfolio model of subscribers of a mobile communication network operator, the subscriber portfolio model comprising a plurality of mutually exclusive and completely exhaustive groups of subscribers, the groups exhibiting high intra-group similarity and inter-group differences with respect to a target attribute, and wherein each group is self-descriptive by the attributes used to create the groups, comprising: obtaining a subscriber profile record associated with each subscriber from at least one network node, the subscriber profile record comprising a plurality of pairs, each pair comprising an attribute and a value; selecting a target attribute from the attributes common to all subscriber profile records; initializing the subscriber portfolio model to include a subscriber group comprising all subscribers; and iteratively performing the steps of until the subscriber portfolio model meets predetermined stop criteria.