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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8171010 | Method and system for indexing information and providing results for a search including objects having predetermined attributes A system and method for providing at least one search result responsive to receiving a search query comprising at least one search query term, includes receiving the search query; locating at least one record containing at least one search query term; displaying a t... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8151282 | System and method for pipelet processing of data sets The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for decomposing a complex problem or task into one or more constituent components, operating in parallel over a plurality of computing devices in communication over a network. A system according to the pr... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150849 | System and method for extrapolating data from a sample set Embodiments of the present invention are directed to identifying a source of bias in a sample set and using statistical techniques to overcome the bias, thereby producing extrapolated data that accurately represents a population including the sample set. The method ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8140518 | System and method for optimizing search results ranking through collaborative gaming The present invention provides a method and system for optimizing search result rankings through use of a game interface. The method and system includes providing a game interface to at least two users, the game interface comprising at least one search query and at ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140508 | System and method for contextual commands in a search results page The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for acting upon one or more items in a search results page. The method of the present invention comprises displaying a search engine results page (SERP), said SERP comprising a plurality of search result ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135707 | Using embedded metadata to improve search result presentation The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for using metadata to improve search result presentation. The method according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises receiving a search query from a user and parsing the search query and re... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135629 | List-based selection system and methods for using the same A system and methods for enabling a user to create a list of items on a portable computing device, to communicate with external devices to locate each of the items available on the list within a geographically limited area, to provide users with visual or aural cues... | 03/13/2012 |
| D654274 | Frame | 02/21/2012 |
| D654273 | Frame | 02/21/2012 |
| 8108416 | System and method for updating a search results page in response to a user map interaction The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for updating a search results page in response to user interaction with a map resource. The method of the present invention comprises receiving a first search results page in response to a search query co... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107886 | Method and apparatus for user quality management for wireless networks The present invention provides for monitoring quality of service on a receiver unit in a wireless communication system by configuring one or more monitors on the receiver unit according to a configuration file and using the monitors to collect event data relating to... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8095487 | System and method for biasing search results based on topic familiarity A familiarity level classifier comprises a stopwords engine for conducting a stopwords analysis of stopwords, e.g., introductory level stopwords and advanced level stopwords, in a document, e.g., a website; and a familiarity level classifier module for generating a ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095419 | Search score for the determination of search quality The present invention relates to systems and methods for the generation and presentation of a search score for a given user on the basis of searches that the user performs over a corpus of documents. The method of present invention comprises selecting a given user a... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8086727 | Method and system for monitoring the status of an online transaction The invention includes methods and software for presenting a user with a set of interfaces that reveal what events are to occur, or are likely to occur, in a transaction, and provide the ability to program the automatic monitoring of these anticipated events with a ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8086605 | Search engine with augmented relevance ranking by community participation Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for ranking a result set. The method according to one embodiment comprises selecting an item from the result set, selecting a user profile from one or more user profiles and selecting one or more items... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8060509 | Technique for processing data in a network A technique for processing data in a network is disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the technique may be realized as a method for processing data in a network having a plurality of network stations. The method comprises receiving a first representatio... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8060491 | Automatic extraction of semantics from text information The present invention provides systems, methods and computer program products for extracting semantic information from text data having metadata associated therewith. A method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes selecting an ordered set of s... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055670 | System and method for the generation of replacement titles for content items Systems, methods and computer program products for generating substitute titles for a content item in response to a user submitted title for the content item. A method receives a user generated title and generates a plurality of candidate substitute titles. A first ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8055634 | User interface for navigating a keyword space The present invention relates to systems, methods, and user interfaces for browsing a collection of content items saved by a user or by one or more buddies associated with a given user. The method of the present invention comprises saving one or more content items a... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8051072 | Learning ranking functions incorporating boosted ranking in a regression framework for information retrieval and ranking Embodiments of the present invention provide for methods, systems and computer program products for learning ranking functions to determine the ranking of one or more content items that are responsive to a query. The present invention includes generating one or more... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8051065 | System and method for adding identity to web rank Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods and computer program products for generating search results comprising web documents with associated expert information. One embodiment of a method for generating such search results includes receiving on... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8046675 | Method of creating graph structure from time-series of attention data Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods and computer program products for generating search results comprising web documents with associated expert information. One embodiment of a method for generating such search results includes receiving on... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8041723 | Systems and methods for identifying premium content items in a result set The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for identifying premium content items (such as video content items) that are responsive to a query. According to one embodiment, a method for identifying one or more items of video content responsive to a... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8037079 | System and method for accelerating editorial processes for unsafe content labeling using CBIR The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for filtering unsafe content items within a multimedia repository. The method of the present invention comprises automatically identifying a first plurality of unsafe content items from the content items ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032471 | System and method for annotating and analyzing reviews with inferred analytics The present invention is directed towards methods and computer readable media for annotating and analyzing user reviews on social review systems with inferred analytics. A reference framework is provided by creating context according to previous activity, bias, or b... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8024342 | Systems and methods for determining a tag match ratio The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for determining a tag match ratio. The method according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises selecting a content item, identifying one or more tags that are associated with the content ite... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8020106 | Integration of personalized portals with web content syndication Personal portal pages for individual users are integrated with web content syndication. For example, when a search query is received from the user, a list of hits is generated. For each hit, it is determined whether there is an associated syndication feed, such as a... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8015502 | Dynamic layout for a search engine results page on implicit user feedback The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for providing dynamic search results based upon historical data through the use of one or more widgets. The method of the present invention comprises receiving a request for content from a client and gene... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8015184 | Method and apparatus for a search-enabled remote control device A search-enabled remote control device to facilitate viewers' ability to search through programming and/or content options and view results. In one embodiment, a viewer is able to use a traditional remote control interface to navigate through menus or selections and... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8015065 | Systems and methods for assigning monetary values to search terms Methods and systems for associating an unbidded term with a bidded term and for pricing search terms. The method for associating an unbidded term with a bidded term comprises selecting a first set of search engine results for the unbidded term, selecting a second se... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8010537 | System and method for assisting search requests with vertical suggestions Systems, methods and computer program products are disclosed for assisting search request by presenting suggestion of one or more vertical segments to produce a more focused result. A vertical segment may be selected by the user, the selected vertical segment being ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8010532 | System and method for automatically organizing bookmarks through the use of tag data The present invention is directed towards systems and method for organization of bookmarks. The method according to one embodiment comprises retrieving one or more bookmarks associated with one or more content items, a given bookmark generated by a user of a client ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8010529 | System and method for determining a relationship between available content and current interests to identify a need for content A system and method for comparing search queries provided by a user with content items available in an index. Search queries are received and stored in a database query log. Content items are located on a network and stored in an index. A value is generated for conc... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005850 | Search systems and methods with integration of user annotations Computer systems and methods allow users to annotate content items found in a corpus such as the World Wide Web. Annotations, which can include any descriptive and/or evaluative metadata related to a document, are collected from a user and stored in association with... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8005835 | Search systems and methods with integration of aggregate user annotations Computer systems and methods allow users to annotate content items found in a corpus such as the World Wide Web. Annotations, which can include any descriptive and/or evaluative metadata related to a document, are collected from a user and stored in association with... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8005827 | System and method for accessing preferred provider of audio content The present invention provides systems, methods and computer-readable media comprising program code for affording access to a preferred provider of audio content. A method according to one embodiment of the present invention for presenting a control to navigate to a... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8005775 | System and method for detecting human judgment drift and variation control The present invention relates to methods, systems, and computer readable media comprising instructions for rescaling human judgment data for one or more items of content. The method of the present invention comprises generating one or more test sets comprising one o... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8002001 | Refilling device and method of filling A product dispenser refillable from a donor container via a spray nozzle comprising a hollow body for receiving and storing said product, a dispensing mechanism for dispensing said product, an open aperture through which product is filled into said body, capping mea... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8001113 | Query string matching method and apparatus In one implementation, a method is provided for increasing relevance of database search results. The method includes receiving a subject query string and determining a trained edit distance between the subject query string and a candidate string using trained cost f... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7984472 | System and method for enhancing recorded radio or television programs with information on the world wide web The present invention is directed to a system, method and computer program for enabling a user (an auditor or a viewer) to access complementary information related to one or a plurality of sequences or topics of interest in a recorded program previously broadcast on... | 07/19/2011 |
