Patents Assigned to About Us, Inc.
  • Metadata collection within a trusted relationship to increase search relevance
    Patent number: 7620725
    Abstract: A system and method for collecting internet publisher data is disclosed in which metadata pertaining to the internet publisher is acquired in the context of a trusted relationship with the internet publisher to increase reliability of metadata utilized in the presentation of internet search engine results. In a preferred embodiment, metadata collected by an internet domain registrar incident to registration of an internet domain name is included among metadata acquired in the trusted relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: About Us, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond King, Paul Stahura, Jay Westerdal