Some people have suggested that this application is intended to patent tracking of logged out users. There are other things mentioned in the patent application and, for many of those, it’s important to understand how companies use patents.
RightDot Awarded US Patent for Web site Verification ProcessThe new technology could allow search engines to clearly distinguish between official and non-official Web sites through visual, audio or embedded identification on Internet search page...
US Patent Application 20060173820 US Patent Application 20060173806 US Patent Application 20060173556 US Patent Application 20060173817 US Patent Application 20060173828 US Patent Application 20060173819
The strong showing from the two companies is joined by a Yahoo patent on pay-for-placement bidding, a Doubleclick patent on media ads, a patent application from Harris Corporation on reranking results based upon vocabulary words, patent...
Gary also linked to a patent application named Accelerating user interfaces by predicting user actions which he believes this is associated with Google. This patent application seems to be very A.I.related, "anticipating user" activity and...
Patent Watch: Yahoo Awarded Patent, Microsoft Has Patent Application Published - Here's info about a one patent recently awarded to Yahoo on determining similarity between documents along with recently published patent application by Microsoft...
Patent Watch: Yahoo Awarded Patent, Microsoft Has Patent Application Published - Here's info about a one patent recently awarded to Yahoo on determining similarity between documents along with recently published patent application by Microsoft...
Here's info about a one patent recently awarded to Yahoo on determing similarity between documents along with recently published patent application by Microsoft dealing with browsing info on the mobile web.
Search Engine Roundtable points to a just published patent application (not an awarded patent) from Google (congrats to Matt Cutts who is listed as a co-inventor) that's titled: Information retrieval based on historical data.
Patent and Trademark Office) today that Google has been awarded a new patent in the wireless arena. From the way the patent reads (I'm far from an expert), it seems that Google has developed technology to make more data accessible at faster speeds...
It's understandable with Google just being Google, that every patent application they have published or every patent they're awarded gets big attention. However, it's still important to look at what other players are doing in developing in the...
It's understandable with Google just being Google, that every patent application they have published or every patent they're awarded gets big attention. Yahoo Files For Several Patents a9 Has Patent Application Published
The patent application was filed for in September 2003.MORE” Google Awarded Geocoding Patent - Since patents are all the rage these days I thought I would toss out the following: Google was awarded a patent today.
The patent application was filed for in September 2003.MORE” Patent and Trademark Office today that Google was awarded a patent today that involves technology allowing the searcher to conduct a more comprehensive search by automatically determining...
The patent application was filed for in September 2003. Since patents are all the rage these days I thought I would toss out the following: Google was awarded a patent today. Unlike patent applications (which are what usually get people talking...
If you have an interest in social networking, search and IR, you might want to take a look at a patent application from Yahoo that was published (not awarded) by the USPTO last week. Again, this is just a patent application.
I also posted a few weeks ago that Yahoo recently had a VoIP patent application published by the USPTO. Yahoo also has also been awarded a few VoIP-related patents. Both of these patents were awarded 2003.
They don't guarantee that the company/person who will submitted the application will be awarded the patent. For example, the current Google patent application making news was submitted in December 2003.
Barry Fox's article, Google searches for quality not quantity, at New Scientist discusses a recently published Google patent application (not an awarded patent, yet) about concepts that Google News is possibly using in its algorithm.
From this page, you can search for patent applications and grants using quick search, advanced search, or search by application or patent number. Here's a selected list of recently awarded search-related patents and recently published patent...
