Patents Assigned to VERTICAL ACUITY, INC.
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Publication number: 20130060858Abstract: Additional systems and methods for curating content. In one embodiment, a method for providing user access to online content can be provided. The method can include providing a user access to aggregated content from one or more third party webpages, wherein the aggregated content is stored in at least one data storage device, receiving a user selection of a portion of the aggregated content, and posting a link to the user selected portion of aggregated content on a webpage associated with the user, wherein the link is to a second webpage associated with the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: VERTICAL ACUITY, INC.Inventor: Vertical Acuity, Inc.
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Publication number: 20110202827Abstract: Systems and methods for curating content. In one embodiment, a method for curating content from a set of third party webpages can be provided. The method can include aggregating content from the third party webpages, receiving an indication that content from one or more of the third party webpages has been selected, receiving an indication of a selected interface position for at least a portion of the selected content, and outputting an interface with the portion of selected content in the selected interface position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2010Publication date: August 18, 2011Applicant: VERTICAL ACUITY, INC.Inventors: Gregg S. Freishtat, Paul Edward Kaib
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Publication number: 20110197137Abstract: Systems and methods for rating content. In one embodiment, a method for rating content in a set of aggregated third party webpages is provided. The method can include providing a set of indicators for a user to rate at least a portion of the aggregated content for audience appropriateness; receiving a plurality of rating indications from a respective plurality of users for the portion of aggregated content; aggregating the received plurality of rating indications; based at least in part on the aggregated rating indications, determining a rating for the portion of aggregated content; and outputting the rating for the portion of aggregated content.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2010Publication date: August 11, 2011Applicant: VERTICAL ACUITY, INC.Inventors: Gregg S. Freishtat, Paul Edward Kaib
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Publication number: 20110161091Abstract: Systems and methods for connecting entities through content. In one embodiment, a method for connecting entities through content can be provided. The method can include providing an interface for a user to generate a request for non-authorized webpage content; receiving the request from the user for the non-authorized webpage content; transmitting an access request to an owner or administrator of the non-authorized webpage content, wherein the owner or administrator provides authorization for the non-authorized webpage content; and facilitating user access to the newly authorized webpage content.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2010Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicant: VERTICAL ACUITY, INC.Inventors: Gregg S. Freishtat, Paul Edward Kaib
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Publication number: 20110161479Abstract: Systems and methods for providing content. In one embodiment, a method for providing user access to online content can be provided. The method can include aggregating content from one or more third party webpages; storing at least a portion of the content in at least one data storage device; and when the user requests, via a browser program, a selection of content from the one or more third party webpages, providing the user with access to the stored portion of content.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2010Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicant: VERTICAL ACUITY, INC.Inventors: Gregg S. Freishtat, Paul Edward Kaib
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Publication number: 20110040604Abstract: Systems and methods for providing targeted content to a network user. In one embodiment, a method for providing targeted content to a consumer via a network during the consumer's viewing of a webpage can be provided. The method can include aggregating data from one or more of the following: crawled webpage data, vertical clickstream data, and previously stored webpage visitation data. The method can further include determining one or more trends associated with an industry vertical based at least in part on some of the aggregated data. Further, the method can include determining at least one content recommendation for the consumer based at least in part on one or more trends associated with an industry vertical. Moreover, the method can include outputting the at least one content recommendation to the consumer via the webpage.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2009Publication date: February 17, 2011Applicant: VERTICAL ACUITY, INC.Inventors: Paul Edward Kaib, Brent Allen Walker, Joshua Michael Hofmann, Gregg S. Freishtat, Kevin Bryant Holcom
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Publication number: 20090204478Abstract: Embodiments of the invention can provide systems and methods for identifying and measuring trends in consumer content demand within a vertical network of websites and related content. In one embodiment, a method can include receiving, from a crawler, content from a plurality of webpages in at least one vertical. The method can include receiving, from a processor, data associated with a plurality of selected keywords associated with the at least one vertical, wherein one or more associations between at least a portion of the plurality of selected keywords can be generated. In addition, the method can include receiving, from a processor, session data associated with a plurality of consumers accessing content in webpages in the at least one vertical. Furthermore, the method can include determining third party data associated with the plurality of consumers accessing at least a portion of webpages comprising at least one of the selected keywords.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2009Publication date: August 13, 2009Applicant: VERTICAL ACUITY, INC.Inventors: Paul Edward Kaib, Brent Allen Walker, Joshua Michael Hofmann, Gregg Freishtat