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Scott Gaffney
Also filed as: GAFFNEY SCOTT · GAFFNEY SCOTT J
37 granted patents·4 pending applications·228 citations·filing 2006–2023
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41 records- 0195US7921069B2Granular data for behavioral targeting using predictive modelsYAHOO INC·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 5, 2011·81 cites·20 claims
- 0291US9706008B2Method and system for efficient matching of user profiles with audience segmentsYAHOO INC·Filed 2013·Granted Jul 11, 2017·20 cites·19 claims
- 0391US7577652B1Measuring topical coherence of keyword setsYAHOO INC·Filed 2008·Granted Aug 18, 2009·23 cites·5 claims
- 0490US10491694B2Method and system for measuring user engagement using click/skip in content stream using a probability modelYAHOO HOLDINGS INC·Filed 2013·Granted Nov 26, 2019·9 cites·12 claims
- 0590US9703783B2Customized news stream utilizing dwelltime-based machine learningYAHOO INC·Filed 2013·Granted Jul 11, 2017·12 cites·15 claims
- 0689US8364627B2Method and system for generating a linear machine learning model for predicting online user input actionsYAHOO INC·Filed 2011·Granted Jan 29, 2013·12 cites·20 claims
- 0788US11206311B2Method and system for measuring user engagement using click/skip in content streamOATH INC·Filed 2019·Granted Dec 21, 2021·3 cites·20 claims
- 0886US8788338B1Unified marketplace for advertisements and content in an online systemYAHOO INC·Filed 2013·Granted Jul 22, 2014·12 cites·18 claims
- 0984US10102307B2Method and system for multi-phase ranking for content personalizationYAHOO HOLDINGS INC·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 16, 2018·9 cites·18 claims
- 1083US10110544B2Method and system for classifying a questionYAHOO HOLDINGS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Oct 23, 2018·4 cites·20 claims
- 1183US9355078B2Display time of a web pageYAHOO INC·Filed 2013·Granted May 31, 2016·5 cites·10 claims
- 1282US9270767B2Method and system for discovery of user unknown interests based on supplemental contentYAHOO INC·Filed 2013·Granted Feb 23, 2016·7 cites·20 claims
- 1381US11297150B2Method and system for measuring user engagement using click/skip in content streamOATH INC·Filed 2019·Granted Apr 5, 2022·1 cites·18 claims
- 1480US10540666B2Method and system for updating an intent space and estimating intent based on an intent spaceYAHOO HOLDINGS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 21, 2020·2 cites·11 claims
- 1579US12001497B2Prioritizing items from different categories in a news streamYAHOO ASSETS LLC·Filed 2023·Granted Jun 4, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 1679US9594730B2Annotating HTML segments with functional labelsRAJAN SUJU·Filed 2010·Granted Mar 14, 2017·7 cites·20 claims
- 1778US10366119B2Customized content stream utilizing dwelltime-based machine learningYAHOO HOLDINGS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Jul 30, 2019·2 cites·20 claims
- 1877US10025861B2Prioritizing items from different categories in a news streamYAHOO INC·Filed 2013·Granted Jul 17, 2018·3 cites·14 claims
- 1971US10599659B2Method and system for evaluating user satisfaction with respect to a user sessionYAHOO HOLDINGS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Mar 24, 2020·3 cites·20 claims
- 2069US8712832B2Bid optimization in search engine marketingBERKHIN PAVEL·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 29, 2014·1 cites·23 claims
- 2168US9633017B2Dwell-time based generation of a user interest profileYAHOO INC·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 25, 2017·3 cites·20 claims
- 2267US11698939B2Prioritizing items from different categories in a news streamOATH INC·Filed 2019·Granted Jul 11, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 2366US10387432B2Methods, systems and techniques for ranking blended content retrieved from multiple disparate content sourcesYAHOO HOLDINGS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 20, 2019·1 cites·16 claims
- 2466US8589231B2Sensitivity categorization of web pagesYANKOV DRAGOMIR·Filed 2010·Granted Nov 19, 2013·1 cites·20 claims
- 2565US8577930B2Measuring topical coherence of keyword setsRAJAN SUJU·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 5, 2013·3 cites·20 claims
- 2665US2014249914A1Bid optimization in search engine marketingYAHOO INC·Filed 2014·Application pending·0 cites
- 2762US10515130B2Prioritizing items from different categories in a news streamOATH INC·Filed 2018·Granted Dec 24, 2019·0 cites·18 claims
- 2861US11836169B2Methods, systems and techniques for providing search query suggestions based on non-personal data and user personal data according to availability of user personal dataYAHOO ASSETS LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Dec 5, 2023·1 cites·20 claims
- 2960US9760907B2Granular data for behavioral targetingEXCALIBUR IP LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 12, 2017·3 cites·20 claims
- 3058US11080287B2Methods, systems and techniques for ranking blended content retrieved from multiple disparate content sourcesVERIZON MEDIA INC·Filed 2019·Granted Aug 3, 2021·0 cites·20 claims
- 3156US10728203B2Method and system for classifying a questionOATH INC·Filed 2018·Granted Jul 28, 2020·0 cites·17 claims
- 3251US9767400B2Method and system for generating a card based on intentYAHOO INC·Filed 2015·Granted Sep 19, 2017·0 cites·20 claims
- 3348US10929905B2Method, system and machine-readable medium for online task exchangeYAHOO HOLDINGS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Feb 23, 2021·0 cites·21 claims
- 3448US10216844B2Graphical interface presentation of search resultsEXCALIBUR IP LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 26, 2019·0 cites·20 claims
- 3546US11232522B2Methods, systems and techniques for blending online content from multiple disparate content sources including a personal content source or a semi-personal content sourceVERIZON MEDIA INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 25, 2022·0 cites·25 claims
- 3645US2009274376A1Method for efficiently building compact models for large multi-class text classificationYAHOO INC·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 3744US2017098180A1Method and system for automatically generating and completing a taskYAHOO INC·Filed 2015·Application pending·0 cites
- 3844US2014279043A1Page personalization based on article display timeYI XING·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 3942US11216735B2Method and system for providing synthetic answers to a personal questionVERIZON MEDIA INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 4, 2022·0 cites·21 claims
- 4040US11042590B2Methods, systems and techniques for personalized search query suggestionsYAHOO HOLDINGS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jun 22, 2021·0 cites·22 claims
- 4135US11899728B2Methods, systems and techniques for ranking personalized and generic search query suggestionsYAHOO ASSETS LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Feb 13, 2024·0 cites·22 claims
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