Patents Assigned to Northern Light Web Search LLC
  • Patent number: 7672974
    Abstract: A method and system to facilitate sharing of information amongst users comprises assessing a degree of commonality between each of the users. Once a degree of commonality between the users is assessed, information is shared amongst the users having an assessed degree of commonality greater than a predetermined degree of commonality. In this way, the information being shared is most likely to be useful because it is being shared by users having common traits and characteristics. The degree of commonality can be assessed by comparing areas of interest of the users. The information on the areas of interest may comprise search criteria independently developed by each user to search for information or utilize resources in a network. The degree of commonality may also be assessed by recording each occurrence when a user accepted or did not accept information obtained from each other user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Northern Light Web Search LLC
    Inventors: Cory Efram Doctorow, Wilson Grad Conn, John Douglas Henson, Erik Viljo Stewart