Google has filed for a patent, which, if developed, could bring a wearable smartwatch device to its hardware lines. The patent application, filed with the US PTO, describes a device that would be placed on a wristband and would include one or more...
Another patent trial is set for this summer. Apple did not violate Google patent, trade panel rules – ReutersWith victory, iPhones, iPads, and iPod touches won't face a U.S.import ban. Microsoft beats Google in patent ruling over Xbox technology...
SEO by the SeaGoogle has been granted a new patent, "Determining relevance scores for locations. Prepare for Product Ads Coming in Q3 2013 – Bing Ads Developer Blog and ForumProduct Ads are in testing now and, when rolled out this summer to U.S...
Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) as an invention. The applicants are listed as Jack Dorsey and Christopher Isaac, alias Biz Stone, and the patent application now approved pretty much describes Twitter, though not in a nutshell:
A recent ComputerWorld article has revealed new insights into Google’s news-ranking algorithm, based on information from a patent filed by Google in February 2012. The patent reveals the following potential factors considered by Google’s ranking...
In 2012, Apple unveiled its new iPhone with strong sales, saw its iPad dominate the tablet market, and won major court battles against its patent rivals. Also, by helping businesses successfully gain control of their Google+ information, Google is...
One of the more notable places you can find direct similarities between the NSTIC system and Google is in the Google patent applications. But again we have the same issues as in privacy, that which is tracked is not private or anonymous and there...
Interestingly, the company was granted a patent for a “Computer-implemented method and system for conducting a search of electronically stored information,” in July this year. The patent describes an “interactive targeting rule editor,” which...
This notion is the subject of a Google patent on the concept of the Reasonable Surfer. The patent talks about the likelihood of a link getting clicked based on its placement on the page. If you're using Internet Explorer, you can get this...
Bill Slawski wrote an excellent post on a patent for a method of detecting commercial queries, secured by Google in October 2011. The patent application describes the exact match domain problem: a company may attempt to “trick” the search engine...
KikScore CEO and co-founder Rajeev Malik recently described his company in an interview as: a patent-pending online reputation score and interactive report card for small businesses around the world. KikScore enables online small businesses to take...
It wouldn't hurt to keep a tinfoil hat handy as well… Look no further than this Microsoft patent that talks about spying on SEO forums. Detecting spam documents in a phrase based information retrieval system
Note: there have been some updates to the original PageRank patent, which Bill Slawski covers in detail here. They were like any other citations, methods of getting additional information by going somewhere else.
Google noted in the patent that “it is important to respect the privacy of the users,” and explained that users would have the option of “enabling or disabling some or all of the sensors for the purpose of gathering information to support...
From patent analysis to viewing "what may be", Bill Slawski does a bang-up job of summarizing the areas many of us get glassy-eyed thinking about. When on a site, more information is available such as quick links to diagnose issues, a link through...
Search over structured data (patent) Schema provides the vocabulary and microdata format (open data format standards), to add an extra layer of information to your HTML content consisting of a set of tags introduced with HTML5.
Apple has won a major patent victory over HTC and Android as the U.S. FTC affirmed the July patent ruling in Apple's favor. Meanwhile, UK telecommunications company BT has opened another patent case that targets a wide array of Google services and...
Bill Slawski found a patent granted last week that explores a few different ways Google might use human raters to evaluate which algorithmic changes might produce the best results. Does the searcher have a specific intent (Do), are they looking for...
This would be less concerning if Facebook didn't have a patent on using the tracked data for just such a purpose. While Facebook corporate spokesperson Barry Schnitt stated, "We patent lots of things, and future products should not be inferred from...
Originally there was a single patent. And everyone's favorite (search) patent uber-geek Bill Slawski also found this one: Document Scoring Based on Document Content Update. Domain-related information; registrar and NS changes
