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YAHOO INC
US·1,379 granted patents·1,208 pending applications·52,526 citations·filing 1997–2019
Top patents by PatentIndex Score
2,587 records- 0199US7188143B2Messenger-controlled applications in an instant messaging environmentYAHOO INC·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 6, 2007·512 cites·14 claims
- 0299US7133900B1Sharing and implementing instant messaging environmentsYAHOO INC·Filed 2001·Granted Nov 7, 2006·322 cites·26 claims
- 0398USD760791SAnimated graphical user interface for a display screen or portion thereofYAHOO INC·Filed 2014·Granted Jul 5, 2016·153 cites·1 claims
- 0498USD760792SAnimated graphical user interface for a display screen or portion thereofYAHOO INC·Filed 2014·Granted Jul 5, 2016·139 cites·1 claims
- 0598US9104497B2Method and system for work load balancingYAHOO INC·Filed 2012·Granted Aug 11, 2015·84 cites·18 claims
- 0698US8364969B2Protecting privacy of shared personal informationYAHOO INC·Filed 2009·Granted Jan 29, 2013·97 cites·24 claims
- 0798US8032508B2System and method for URL based query for retrieving data related to a contextYAHOO INC·Filed 2008·Granted Oct 4, 2011·108 cites·30 claims
- 0898US7865308B2User-generated activity mapsYAHOO INC·Filed 2007·Granted Jan 4, 2011·113 cites·33 claims
- 0998US7856441B1Search systems and methods using enhanced contextual queriesYAHOO INC·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 21, 2010·145 cites·20 claims
- 1098US7827523B2Query serving infrastructure providing flexible and expandable support and compiling instructionsYAHOO INC·Filed 2006·Granted Nov 2, 2010·352 cites·43 claims
- 1198US7809740B2Model for generating user profiles in a behavioral targeting systemYAHOO INC·Filed 2006·Granted Oct 5, 2010·156 cites·18 claims
- 1298US7769740B2Systems and methods of ranking attentionYAHOO INC·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 3, 2010·135 cites·19 claims
- 1398US7747620B2Method and system for generating affinity based playlistsYAHOO INC·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 29, 2010·67 cites·42 claims
- 1498US7725533B2System and method for enhanced messaging including a displayable status indicator relating to another user and an associated playlist or webpageYAHOO INC·Filed 2007·Granted May 25, 2010·191 cites·3 claims
- 1598US7711838B1Internet radio and broadcast methodYAHOO INC·Filed 2000·Granted May 4, 2010·254 cites·36 claims
- 1698US7634466B2Realtime indexing and search in large, rapidly changing document collectionsYAHOO INC·Filed 2006·Granted Dec 15, 2009·84 cites·12 claims
- 1798US7620628B2Search processing with automatic categorization of queriesYAHOO INC·Filed 2004·Granted Nov 17, 2009·314 cites·5 claims
- 1898US7603349B1User interfaces for search systems using in-line contextual queriesYAHOO INC·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 13, 2009·440 cites·25 claims
- 1998US7599950B2Systems and methods for collecting user annotationsYAHOO INC·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 6, 2009·121 cites·21 claims
- 2098US7447839B2System for a distributed column chunk data storeYAHOO INC·Filed 2005·Granted Nov 4, 2008·162 cites·20 claims
- 2198US7430118B1Cold row encapsulation for server farm cooling systemYAHOO INC·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 30, 2008·287 cites·25 claims
- 2298US7406501B2System and method for instant messaging using an e-mail protocolYAHOO INC·Filed 2003·Granted Jul 29, 2008·733 cites·63 claims
- 2398US7269590B2Method and system for customizing views of information associated with a social network userYAHOO INC·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 11, 2007·1.1k cites·30 claims
- 2498US7240049B2Systems and methods for search query processing using trend analysisYAHOO INC·Filed 2003·Granted Jul 3, 2007·212 cites·22 claims
- 2598US7051023B2Systems and methods for generating concept units from search queriesYAHOO INC·Filed 2003·Granted May 23, 2006·351 cites·34 claims
- 2698US6651086B1Systems and methods for matching participants to a conversationYAHOO INC·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 18, 2003·268 cites·23 claims
- 2798US5991756AInformation retrieval from hierarchical compound documentsYAHOO INC·Filed 1997·Granted Nov 23, 1999·433 cites·7 claims
- 2898US5983227ADynamic page generatorYAHOO INC·Filed 1997·Granted Nov 9, 1999·1.5k cites·9 claims
- 2997US9105048B2Behavioral targeting system that generates user profiles for target objectivesYAHOO INC·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 11, 2015·49 cites·18 claims
- 3097US9058366B2Indexing and searching content behind links presented in a communicationYAHOO INC·Filed 2014·Granted Jun 16, 2015·46 cites·20 claims
- 3197US8054625B2Cold row encapsulation for server farm cooling systemYAHOO INC·Filed 2009·Granted Nov 8, 2011·45 cites·16 claims
- 3297US8055675B2System and method for context based query augmentationYAHOO INC·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 8, 2011·115 cites·89 claims
- 3397US8046411B2Multimedia sharing in social networks for mobile devicesYAHOO INC·Filed 2006·Granted Oct 25, 2011·261 cites·17 claims
- 3497US8037097B2Universal device identifier for globally identifying and binding disparate device identifiers to the same mobile deviceYAHOO INC·Filed 2008·Granted Oct 11, 2011·204 cites·20 claims
- 3597US8019692B2System and method for location based social networkingYAHOO INC·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 13, 2011·124 cites·38 claims
- 3697US8015184B2Method and apparatus for a search-enabled remote control deviceYAHOO INC·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 6, 2011·93 cites·24 claims
- 3797US7957142B2Cold row encapsulation for server farm cooling systemYAHOO INC·Filed 2009·Granted Jun 7, 2011·63 cites·15 claims
- 3897US7954058B2Sharing of content and hop distance over a social networkYAHOO INC·Filed 2007·Granted May 31, 2011·78 cites·20 claims
- 3997US7925708B2System and method for delivery of augmented messagesYAHOO INC·Filed 2008·Granted Apr 12, 2011·125 cites·17 claims
- 4097US7800900B1Cold row encapsulation for server farm cooling systemYAHOO INC·Filed 2009·Granted Sep 21, 2010·107 cites·10 claims
- 4197US7792040B2Bandwidth and cost management for ad hoc networksYAHOO INC·Filed 2008·Granted Sep 7, 2010·67 cites·49 claims
- 4297US7761436B2Apparatus and method for controlling content access based on shared annotations for annotated users in a folksonomy schemeYAHOO INC·Filed 2006·Granted Jul 20, 2010·141 cites·19 claims
- 4397USD619612SDisplay screen with video search graphical interfaceYAHOO INC·Filed 2009·Granted Jul 13, 2010·155 cites·1 claims
- 4497US7739596B2Method and system for displaying contextual advertisements with mediaYAHOO INC·Filed 2007·Granted Jun 15, 2010·288 cites·22 claims
- 4597US7725551B2System and method for enhanced messaging including a displayable status indicator relating to another user and an associated playlist or webpageYAHOO INC·Filed 2007·Granted May 25, 2010·191 cites·3 claims
- 4697US7685209B1Apparatus and method for normalizing user-selected keywords in a folksonomyYAHOO INC·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 23, 2010·193 cites·13 claims
- 4797US7647306B2Using community annotations as anchortextYAHOO INC·Filed 2006·Granted Jan 12, 2010·59 cites·11 claims
- 4897USD603418SGraphical user interface for a display screenYAHOO INC·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 3, 2009·173 cites·1 claims
- 4997USD598929SComputer user interface for a display screenYAHOO INC·Filed 2008·Granted Aug 25, 2009·106 cites·1 claims
- 5097US7562076B2Systems and methods for search query processing using trend analysisYAHOO INC·Filed 2007·Granted Jul 14, 2009·86 cites·34 claims
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