Patents by Inventor Darren J. Davis
Darren J. Davis has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240143350Abstract: A system for generating a user interface described herein can include a processor to detect a type of the system based on hardware components residing within the system or coupled to the system and determine a user interface manager to execute based on the type of the system. The processor can also execute the user interface manager to generate a user interface for the system, wherein the type of the user interface manager comprises a plurality of rules to indicate a layout of the user interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Ramrajprabu BALASUBRAMANIAN, Darren R. DAVIS, Kenton A. SHIPLEY, Nathan T. RADEBAUGH, Paul DYKSTRA, Jan Harold KARACHALE, Brian David CROSS, Patrick J. DERKS, William Scott STAUBER, Nishad MULYE
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Publication number: 20130346190Abstract: The present application is related to systems and methods for enabling information providers to influence a position for a search listing within a search result list generated by an Internet search engine. The systems and methods may provide accounts for the network information providers. Each account may contain a search listing having at least three components: a description, a search term comprising one or more keywords, and a bid amount. The network information provider may add, delete, or modify a search listing to influence the position for a search listing within a corresponding search result list. The systems and methods may send a notification to an external destination upon occurrence of a predetermined event, such as the change of position in the search listing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Darren J. DAVIS, Matthew Derer, Johann Garcia, Larry Greco, Tod E. Kurt, Thomas Kwong, Jonathan C. Lee, Ka Luk Lee, Preston Pfarner, Steve Skovran
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Patent number: 8527533Abstract: A system and method for enabling information providers using a computer network such as the Internet to influence a position for a search listing within a search result list generated by an Internet search engine. The system and method of the present invention provides a database having accounts for the network information providers. Each account contains at least one search listing having at least three components: a description, a search term comprising one or more keywords, and a bid amount. The network information provider may add, delete, or modify a search listing after logging into his or her account via an authentication process. The network information provider influences the position for a search listing through a continuous online competitive bidding process. The bidding process occurs when the network information provider enters a new bid amount, which is preferably a money amount, for a search listing.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2010Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Darren J. Davis, Matthew Derer, Johann Garcia, Larry Greco, Tod E. Kurt, Thomas Kwong, Jonathan C. Lee, Ka Luk Lee, Preston Pfarner, Steve Skovran
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Publication number: 20110022623Abstract: A system and method for enabling information providers using a computer network such as the Internet to influence a position for a search listing within a search result list generated by an Internet search engine. The system and method of the present invention provides a database having accounts for the network information providers. Each account contains at least one search listing having at least three components: a description, a search term comprising one or more keywords, and a bid amount. The network information provider may add, delete, or modify a search listing after logging into his or her account via an authentication process. The network information provider influences the position for a search listing through a continuous online competitive bidding process. The bidding process occurs when the network information provider enters a new bid amount, which is preferably a money amount, for a search listing.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2010Publication date: January 27, 2011Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Darren J. Davis, Matthew Derer, Johann Garcia, Larry Greco, Tod E. Kurt, Thomas Kwong, Jonathan C. Lee, Ka Luk Lee, Preston Pfarner, Steve Skovran
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Patent number: 7835943Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing search listings in a search database include storing one or more search listings for an advertiser. Each search listing includes an associated search term. The system receives from the advertiser identification information for a search listing and a desired rank for the identified search listing, a maximum cost per click for the search listing, or both. The system stores the desired rank and/or maximum cost per click for the search listing. The system then determines a cost per click for the identified search listing based on the desired rank and other search listings which include the search term associated with the identified search listing.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2001Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Dominic Dough-Ming Cheung, Narinder Pal Singh, Thomas A. Soulanille, Darren J. Davis
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Patent number: 7783540Abstract: A system and method for enabling information providers using a computer network such as the Internet to influence a position for a search listing within a search result list generated by an Internet search engine. The system and method of the present invention provides a database having accounts for the network information providers. Each account contains at least one search listing having at least three components: a description, a search term comprising one or more keywords, and a bid amount. The network information provider may add, delete, or modify a search listing after logging into his or her account via an authentication process. The network information provider influences the position for a search listing through a continuous online competitive bidding process. The bidding process occurs when the network information provider enters a new bid amount, which is preferably a money amount, for a search listing.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2006Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Darren J. Davis, Matthew Derer, Johann Garcia, Larry Greco, Tod E. Kurt, Thomas Kwong, Jonathan C. Lee, Ka Luk Lee, Preston Pfarner, Steve Skovran
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Patent number: 7603294Abstract: A notification method in a computer database system includes receiving a notification instruction from an owner associated with a search listing stored in the computer database system, monitoring conditions specified by the notification instruction for the search listing, and sending a notification to the owner upon detection of a changed condition of the search listing.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2006Date of Patent: October 13, 2009Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Narinder Pal Singh, Scott W. Snell, Douglas T. Huffman, Darren J. Davis, Thomas A. Soulanille, Dominic Dough-Ming Cheung
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Patent number: 7499874Abstract: A database search system includes a database of search terms, each search term associated with a bid amount payable by an advertiser of a plurality of advertisers and a search engine responsive to search queries from searchers for searching the database. A flight management agent is responsive to advertiser-specified parameters for adjusting bid amounts of search listings to manage expenditures over a time interval.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2005Date of Patent: March 3, 2009Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Narinder Pal Singh, Darren J. Davis
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Patent number: 7483886Abstract: A system and method of generating an ordered search list via a search engine by determining various account balances to determine where a search listing will appear, if at all, in a search results list. If a web site advertiser's account is below a threshold, the search listing associated with the advertiser will not appear in the search list. Various balances may be used. Some of the balances may be closer to real-time balances and others may be more accurate, for example by removing certain event charges that were later determined to be non-chargeable. By using and monitoring the various account balances, the search engine prevents over-delivery of advertising through search result listings and possible over-billing of the advertisers.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2006Date of Patent: January 27, 2009Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Dominic Dough-Ming Cheung, Scott A. Shifflett, Darren J. Davis, Eugene F. Hu, Scott W. Snell, Peter Savich
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Patent number: 7363300Abstract: A system and method for enabling information providers using a computer network to influence a position for a search listing within a search result list. A database stores accounts for the network information providers. Each account contains contact and billing information. In addition, each account contains at least one search listing having at least three components: a description, a search term comprising one or more keywords, and a bid amount. The network information provider may add, delete, or modify a search listing after logging into his or her account via an authentication process. The network information provider influences a position for a search listing in the provider's account by first selecting a relevant search term and entering that search term and the description into a search listing. A continuous online competitive bidding process occurs when the network information provider enters a new bid amount for a search listing.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2006Date of Patent: April 22, 2008Assignee: Overture Services, Inc.Inventors: Darren J. Davis, Matthew Derer, Johann Garcia, Larry Greco, Tod E. Kurt, Thomas Kwong, Jonathan C. Lee, Ka Luk Lee, Preston Pfarner, Steve Skovran
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Patent number: 7231358Abstract: A database search system includes a database of search terms, each search term associated with a bid amount payable by an advertiser of a plurality of advertisers and a search engine responsive to search queries from searchers for searching the database. A flight management agent is responsive to advertiser-specified parameters for adjusting bid amounts of search listings to manage expenditures over a time interval.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2002Date of Patent: June 12, 2007Assignee: Overture Services, Inc.Inventors: Narinder Pal Singh, Darren J. Davis
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Patent number: 7225182Abstract: In a pay-for-placement search system, the system makes search term recommendations to advertisers managing their accounts in one or more of two ways. A first technique involves looking for good search terms directly on an advertiser's web site. A second technique involves comparing an advertiser to other, similar advertisers and recommending the search terms the other advertisers have chosen. The first technique is called spidering and the second technique is called collaborative filtering. In the preferred embodiment, the output of the spidering step is used as input to the collaborative filtering step. The final output of search terms from both steps is then interleaved in a natural way.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2001Date of Patent: May 29, 2007Assignee: Overture Services, Inc.Inventors: Mark Paine, Winton Davies, Donald F. Geddis, Jon Dukes-Schlossberg, Darren J. Davis
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Patent number: 7110993Abstract: A method for providing a search result list. The method includes receiving a search request from a searcher. In a database of search listings in which each search listing is associated with an advertiser and includes at least one search term and a bid amount by the advertiser, search listings generating a match with the search request are identified. A predetermined number of identified search listings are selected according to bid amount for display to the searcher. The identified search listings are arranged for display in a random order as the search result list. The search result list is then communicated to the searcher.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2001Date of Patent: September 19, 2006Assignee: Overture Services, Inc.Inventors: Thomas A. Soulanille, Darren J. Davis
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Patent number: 7092901Abstract: A system and method for enabling information providers using a computer network such as the Internet to influence a position for a search listing within a search result list generated by an Internet search engine. The system and method of the present invention provides a database having accounts for the network information providers. Each account contains contact and billing information for a network information provider. In addition, each account contains at least one search listing having at least three components: a description, a search term comprising one or more keywords, and a bid amount. The network information provider may add, delete, or modify a search listing after logging into his or her account via an authentication process. The network information provider influences a position for a search listing in the provider's account by first selecting a search term relevant to the content of the web site or other information source to be listed.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2001Date of Patent: August 15, 2006Assignee: Overture Services, Inc.Inventors: Darren J. Davis, Matthew Derer, Johann Garcia, Larry Greco, Tod E. Kurt, Thomas Kwong, Jonathan C. Lee, Ka Luk Lee, Preston Pfarner, Steve Skovran
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Patent number: 7076479Abstract: A system and method of generating an ordered search list via a pay-for-performance search engine by determining various account balances to determine if a search listing is given preferential placement in a search list. If a web site advertiser's account is below a threshold, for example zero dollars, the search listing associated with the advertiser is not given preferential placement in a search list regardless of the advertiser bid amount for that search listing. Various balances may be used. Some of the balances may be closer to real-time balances and other may be more accurate, for example by removing click charges that were later determined to be non-chargeable. By using the various account balances, the pay-for-performance search engine prevents over-delivery of preferential placement and possible over-billing of the advertisers.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2001Date of Patent: July 11, 2006Assignee: Overture Services, Inc.Inventors: Dominic Dough-Ming Cheung, Scott A. Shifflett, Darren J. Davis, Eugene F. Hu, Scott W. Snell
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Patent number: 7065500Abstract: A notification method in a computer database system includes receiving a notification instruction from an owner associated with a search listing stored in the computer database system, monitoring conditions specified by the notification instruction for the search listing, and sending a notification to the owner upon detection of a changed condition of the search listing.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2001Date of Patent: June 20, 2006Assignee: Overture Services, Inc.Inventors: Narinder Pal Singh, Scott W. Snell, Douglas T. Huffman, Darren J. Davis, Thomas A. Soulanille, Dominic Dough-Ming Cheung
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Patent number: 7043471Abstract: A system and method of generating an ordered search list via a search engine by determining various account balances to determine where a search listing will appear, if at all, in a search results list. If a web site advertiser's account is below a threshold, the search listing associated with the advertiser will not appear in the search list. Various balances may be used. Some of the balances may be closer to real-time balances and others may be more accurate, for example by removing certain event charges that were later determined to be non-chargeable. By using and monitoring the various account balances, the search engine prevents over-delivery of advertising through search result listings and possible over-billing of the advertisers.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2002Date of Patent: May 9, 2006Assignee: Overture Services, Inc.Inventors: Dominic Dough-Ming Cheung, Scott A. Shifflett, Darren J. Davis, Eugene F. Hu, Scott W. Snell, Peter Savich
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Patent number: 6983272Abstract: A system and method for enabling information providers using a computer network such as the Internet to influence a position for a search listing within a search result list generated by an Internet search engine. The system and method of the present invention provides a database having accounts for the network information providers. Each account contains contact and billing information for a network information provider. In addition, each account contains at least one search listing having at least three components: a description, a search term comprising one or more keywords, and a bid amount. The network information provider may add, delete, or modify a search listing after logging into his or her account via an authentication process. The network information provider influences a position for a search listing in the provider's account by first selecting a search term relevant to the content of the web site or other information source to be listed.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2001Date of Patent: January 3, 2006Assignee: Overture Service, Inc.Inventors: Darren J. Davis, Matthew Derer, Johann Garcia, Larry Greco, Tod E. Kurt, Thomas Kwong, Jonathan C. Lee, Ka Luk Lee, Preston Pfarner, Steve Skovran
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Publication number: 20030208474Abstract: A method for providing a search result list. The method includes receiving a search request from a searcher. In a database of search listings in which each search listing is associated with an advertiser and includes at least one search term and a bid amount by the advertiser, search listings generating a match with the search request are identified. A predetermined number of identified search listings are selected according to bid amount for display to the searcher. The identified search listings are arranged for display in a random order as the search result list. The search result list is then communicated to the searcher.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2001Publication date: November 6, 2003Applicant: GoTo.com, Inc.Inventors: Thomas A. Soulanille, Darren J. Davis
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Publication number: 20030149622Abstract: A database search system includes a database of search terms, each search, term associated with a bid amount payable by an advertiser of a plurality of advertisers and a search engine responsive to search queries from searchers for searching the database. A flight management agent is responsive to advertiser-specified parameters for adjusting bid amounts of search listings to manage expenditures over a time interval.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2002Publication date: August 7, 2003Inventors: Narinder Pal Singh, Darren J. Davis