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Yahoo patent applications published on 20 November 2008

Administrator — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:22:35 +0000

13 US patent applications published on 20 November 2008 and assigned to Yahoo

1	20080288865	APPLICATION WITH IN-CONTEXT VIDEO ASSISTANCE
2	20080288640	AUTOMATED TAGGING OF SYNDICATION DATA FEEDS
3	20080288527	User interface for graphically representing groups of data
4	20080288480	EFFICIENT ONLINE COMPUTATION OF DIVERSE QUERY RESULTS
5	20080288467	INTEGRATION OF INSTANT MESSAGING WITH INTERNET SEARCHING
6	20080288454	Context-directed search
7	20080288452	SERVICE USING REFERRER STRINGS TO IMPROVE ADVERTISEMENT TARGETING
8	20080288445	Interactive aggregation of data on a scatter plot
9	20080288355	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATION BASED MATCHING AND PROMOTION
10	20080288344	SYSTEM FOR TIERED BIDDING IN AN ONLINE INFORMATION SYSTEM BASED ON THE INTEGRITY OF NETWORK INTERACTIONS
11	20080288342	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING ADVERTISEMENTS USING A TOOLBAR
12	20080288325	System and Method for Providing Information Regarding a Redirection of an Internet User to a Webpage
13	20080287107	System and Method for Providing Advertisements Over a Communication Network Utilizing Shared-Revenue Incentives

Yahoo patents granted on 18 November 2008

Administrator — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:17:40 +0000

2 US patents granted on 18 November 2008 and assigned to Yahoo

1	7,454,509	Online playback system with community bias
2	7,454,472	Determining a manner in which user interface commands are processed in an instant messaging environment

Yahoo patent applications published on 13 November 2008

Administrator — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:12:32 +0000

8 US patent applications published on 13 November 2008 and assigned to Yahoo

1	20080282312	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALLOCATING TUNER AND/OR RECORDING RESOURCES
2	20080282169	Multi-user interactive web-based searches
3	20080282020	DETERMINATION OF SAMPLING CHARACTERISTICS BASED ON AVAILABLE MEMORY
4	20080281921	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTER-DOMAIN MESSAGING
5	20080281815	OPTIMAL STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL OF XML DATA
6	20080281757	TRUSTED PRIVACY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
7	20080281700	Use of natural query events to improve online advertising campaigns
8	20080281689	EMBEDDED VIDEO PLAYER ADVERTISEMENT DISPLAY

Yahoo patents granted on 11 November 2008

Administrator — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:48:29 +0000

3 US patents granted on 11 November 2008 and assigned to Yahoo

1	7,451,190	Associating multiple visibility profiles with a user of a real-time communication system
2	7,451,152	Systems and methods for contextual transaction proposals
3	7,450,003	User-defined private maps

Yahoo patent applications published on 06 November 2008

Administrator — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:41:01 +0000

7 US patent applications published on 06 November 2008 and assigned to Yahoo

1	20080276193	Smart fields
2	20080276002	Traffic routing based on client intelligence
3	20080275901	System and method for detecting a web page
4	20080275890	System and method for smoothing hierarchical data using isotonic regression
5	20080275882	SEARCH POGOSTICKING BENCHMARKS
6	20080275864	ENABLING CLUSTERED SEARCH PROCESSING VIA TEXT MESSAGING
7	20080275775	System and method for using sampling for scheduling advertisements in an online auction

Yahoo patents granted on 04 November 2008

Administrator — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:13:19 +0000

2 US patents granted on 04 November 2008 and assigned to Yahoo

1	7,447,865	System and method for compression in a distributed column chunk data store
2	7,447,839	System for a distributed column chunk data store

Yahoo patent applications published on 30 October 2008

Administrator — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:40:00 +0000

13 US patent applications published on 30 October 2008 and assigned to Yahoo

1	20080271098	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIDEO CONVERSATIONS
2	20080271095	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREVIEWING MEDIA OVER A NETWORK
3	20080270921	PROVIDING REAL TIME INFORMATION IN A VISUAL INFORMATION UNIT
4	20080270894	Space-Optimizing Content Display
5	20080270629	Data snychronization and device handling using sequence numbers
6	20080270591	Event Notification
7	20080270586	ASSOCIATION TO COMMUNITIES
8	20080270359	System for serving data that matches content related to a search results page
9	20080270333	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING SEMANTICALLY RELATED TERMS USING AN ACTIVE LEARNING FRAMEWORK
10	20080270315	MICROCURRENCY EXCHANGE SYSTEM
11	20080270228	SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING ADVERTISEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH SEARCH RESULTS
12	20080270223	System and Method for Creating and Providing a User Interface for Displaying Advertiser Defined Groups of Advertisement Campaign Information
13	20080267207	CONTEXT-SENSITIVE, SELF-ADJUSTING TARGETING MODELS

Yahoo patents granted on 28 October 2008

Administrator — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:11:35 +0000

No US patents granted on 28 October 2008 and assigned to Yahoo

Yahoo patent applications published on 23 October 2008

Administrator — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:31:03 +0000

5 US patent applications published on 23 October 2008 and assigned to Yahoo

1	20080262952	DISPLAYING FINANCIAL INFORMATION BASED ON LOCATION
2	20080262908	METHODS FOR PROMOTING BRAND-CENTRIC ADVERTISING AND MANAGING THE SAME
3	20080262907	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING A BRAND UNIVERSE FOR USER INFORMATION, BRAND RELATED MARKETING AND USER INTERACTIVITY
4	20080262859	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A VIDEO RESUME
5	20080262858	Methods for Establishing Brand-Centric Websites From Bi-Directionally Linked Content

Yahoo patents granted on 21 October 2008

Administrator — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:14:07 +0000

1 US patent granted on 21 October 2008 and assigned to Yahoo

7,440,941

Suggesting an alternative to the spelling of a search query

Yahoo patent applications published on 16 October 2008

Administrator — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:57:30 +0000

13 US patent applications published on 16 October 2008 and assigned to Yahoo

1	20080256441	Flash rich textfields
2	20080256298	Intelligent caching of user data for real time communications
3	20080256170	SOCIAL NETWORKING FOR MOBILE DEVICES
4	20080256079	LOAD-BASED TECHNIQUE TO BALANCE DATA SOURCES TO DATA CONSUMERS
5	20080256061	SYSTEM FOR GENERATING QUERY SUGGESTIONS BY INTEGRATING VALUABLE QUERY SUGGESTIONS WITH EXPERIMENTAL QUERY SUGGESTIONS USING A NETWORK OF USERS AND ADVERTISERS
6	20080256060	SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE QUALITY OF QUERY SUGGESTIONS USING A NETWORK OF USERS AND ADVERTISERS
7	20080256059	SYSTEM FOR GENERATING QUERY SUGGESTIONS USING A NETWORK OF USERS AND ADVERTISERS
8	20080256056	System for building a data structure representing a network of users and advertisers
9	20080256039	SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE QUALITY OF QUERY SUGGESTION SYSTEMS USING A NETWORK OF USERS AND ADVERTISERS
10	20080255937	SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING THE PERFORMANCE OF ONLINE ADVERTISEMENTS USING A NETWORK OF USERS AND ADVERTISERS
11	20080255936	System and method for balancing goal guarantees and optimization of revenue in advertisement delivery under uneven, volatile traffic conditions
12	20080255935	Temporal targeting of advertisements
13	20080255915	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADVERTISEMENT MANAGEMENT

Yahoo patents granted on 14 October 2008

Administrator — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:01:42 +0000

No US patents granted on 14 October 2008 and assigned to Yahoo

Yahoo patent applications published on 09 October 2008

Administrator — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:25:15 +0000

10 US patent applications published on 09 October 2008 and assigned to Yahoo

1	20080250326	User-defined visual indicators on dynamic charts
2	20080250320	User-defined media annotations on dynamic charts
3	20080250136	ACCELERATED AND REPRODUCIBLE DOMAIN VISITOR TARGETING
4	20080250031	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SYNDICATED CONTENT
5	20080249991	Dynamic bid pricing for sponsored search
6	20080249986	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING CONTEXTUAL ADVERTISEMENTS WITH MEDIA
7	20080249885	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AN INTERNET ASSET MARKETPLACE
8	20080249855	System for generating advertising creatives
9	20080249854	MONETIZING LOW VALUE CLICKERS
10	20080249852	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING ADVERTISEMENTS

Yahoo patents granted on 07 October 2008

Administrator — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:23:51 +0000

No US patents granted on 07 October 2008 and assigned to Yahoo

Yahoo patent applications published on 02 October 2008

Administrator — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:48:32 +0000

16 US patent applications published on 02 October 2008 and assigned to Yahoo

1	20080244428	Visually Emphasizing Query Results Based on Relevance Feedback
2	20080244414	ON-WIDGET DATA CONTROL
3	20080244413	CENTRALIZED REGISTRATION FOR DISTRIBUTED SOCIAL CONTENT SERVICES
4	20080244053	GEOGRAPHIC READER DISPLAY DATA
5	20080244038	Point of Presence Distribution Mechanism for Digital Content Objects
6	20080243949	DIVIDED BACKUP OF DATA WAREHOUSE
7	20080243826	System and method for determining semantically related terms
8	20080243821	System for providing geographically relevant content to a search query with local intent
9	20080243810	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LAUNCHING A BROWSER
10	20080243783	System for determining the geographic range of local intent in a search query
11	20080243612	System and method for using a browser extension to detect events related to digital advertisements
12	20080243611	System for determining local intent in a search query
13	20080243531	System and method for predictive targeting in online advertising using life stage profiling
14	20080243480	System and method for determining semantically related terms
15	20080242323	EMPLOYING THE SMS PROTOCOL AS A TRANSPORT LAYER PROTOCOL
16	20080242281	MOBILE ADDRESSABILITY WITH MAPPING OF PHONE NUMBERS TO DYNAMIC IP ADDRESSES

Yahoo patents granted on 30 September 2008

Administrator — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:21:41 +0000

1 US patent granted on 30 September 2008 and assigned to Yahoo

7,430,118

Cold row encapsulation for server farm cooling system

Yahoo patent applications published on 25 September 2008

Administrator — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:52:05 +0000

10 US patent applications published on 25 September 2008 and assigned to Yahoo

1	20080235680	In-Page Installer
2	20080235622	TRAFFIC PRODUCTION INDEX AND RELATED METRICS FOR ANALYSIS OF A NETWORK OF RELATED WEB SITES
3	20080235589	IDENTIFYING POPULAR SEGMENTS OF MEDIA OBJECTS
4	20080235588	MEDIA PLAYER PLAYLIST CREATION AND EDITING WITHIN A BROWSER INTERPRETABLE DOCUMENT
5	20080235580	BROWSER INTERPRETABLE DOCUMENT FOR CONTROLLING A PLURALITY OF MEDIA PLAYERS AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATED THERETO
6	20080235142	SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR OBTAINING RIGHTS IN PLAYLIST ENTRIES
7	20080235089	SYSTEM FOR SERVING ADVERTISEMENTS BASED ON OFFLINE ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS
8	20080235088	System for measuring web traffic related to an offline advertising campaign
9	20080235084	EMPLOYING MATCHING OF EVENT CHARACTERISTICS TO SUGGEST ANOTHER CHARACTERISTIC OF AN EVENT
10	20080232564	Call hunt and ringback on the phone through messenger

Yahoo patents granted on 23 September 2008

Administrator — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:01:34 +0000

3 US patents granted on 23 September 2008 and assigned to Yahoo

1	7,428,579	Method and system for segmentation of a message inbox
2	7,428,533	Automatic generation of taxonomies for categorizing queries and search query processing using taxonomies
3	7,428,522	Real-time search term popularity determination, by search origin geographic location

Yahoo patent applications published on 18 September 2008

Administrator — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:30:17 +0000

8 US patent applications published on 18 September 2008 and assigned to Yahoo

1	20080229251	System and method for providing web system services for storing data and context of client applications on the web
2	20080229241	System and method of providing a user interface for client applications to store data and context information on the web
3	20080228906	MANAGING LIST TAILORING FOR A MOBILE DEVICE
4	20080228903	System and method of serving advertisements for web applications
5	20080228837	System and method of restoring data and context of client applications stored on the web
6	20080228807	System and method of storing data and context of client application on the web
7	20080228806	System and method of providing context information for client application data stored on the web
8	20080228720	Implicit name searching

Yahoo patents granted on 16 September 2008

Administrator — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:55:54 +0000

No US patents granted on 16 September 2008 and assigned to Yahoo