Patents Assigned to Yahoo!
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Patent number: 11362979Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for displaying messaging interfaces based upon email conversations are provided. For example, an email conversation associated with a plurality of user accounts may be identified. Email activity associated with the plurality of user accounts may be monitored. Based upon the email activity, it may be detected that a second plurality of user accounts of the plurality of user accounts are concurrently in an active state. A first device, associated with a first user account of the second plurality of user accounts, may display a first messaging interface comprising a first representation of the email conversation. A second device, associated with a second user account of the second plurality of user accounts, may display a second messaging interface comprising a second representation of the email conversation.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2020Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: YAHOO ASSETS LLCInventors: Mohit Goenka, Ashish Khushal Dharamshi, Nikita Varma
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Patent number: 11361550Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for improving interactions with and between computers in content hosting and/or providing systems supported by or configured with personal computing devices, servers and/or platforms. The systems interact to identify and retrieve data within or across platforms, which can be used to improve the quality of data used in processing interactions between or among processors in such systems. The disclosed systems and methods provide systems and methods for automatically creating a caption comprising a sequence of words in connection with digital content.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2019Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: YAHOO ASSETS LLCInventors: Simao Herdade, Armin Kappeler, Kofi Boakye, Joao Vitor Baldini Soares
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Patent number: 11361341Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for traffic filtration by content providers. One method includes receiving a content request from a device of a user; determining whether one or more container tags are associated with requested content; determining, prior to responding to the content request, whether the content request is by a user based on the content request and the one or more container tags; generating, prior to responding to the content request, an ad request based on the content request and the one or more container tags; determining, prior to responding to the content request, an ad request recipient based on the generated ad request and the one or more container tags; transmitting the ad request to the determined ad request recipient; and transmitting, over the electronic network to the device, a response to the content request when the content request is determined to be by a user.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2019Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Yahoo Ad Tech LLCInventor: Seth Mitchell Demsey
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Patent number: 11361010Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for generating a set of tips for an entity are provided. For example, users may create user generated content describing an entity, such as a user review for a consumer good, a location, an event, etc. Because a user may be unable to read and digest all of the user reviews for the entity, the user may merely read a few user reviews, and thus miss out on useful information. Accordingly, tip templates, indicative of how tips are linguistically/grammatically constructed, are applied to the user reviews to automatically extract a set of tips for the entity (e.g., “make sure to bring a rain jacket”). The set of tips may be filtered to remove undesirable tips, ranked based upon usefulness, and/or diversified to remove redundant tips. In this way, a set of useful tips may be provided to the user.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2019Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: YAHOO ASSETS LLCInventors: Dan Pelleg, Alexander Nus, Fiana Raiber, Ido Guy, Avihai Mejer
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Patent number: 11358060Abstract: In an aspect, fantasy sports data is analyzed to generate and/or manage the delivery of and user experience of fantasy sports games and contests, including timing and payout structure(s) for short-term fantasy contests, such as daily, weekly, etc. fantasy sports contests, that motivate and appeal to contestants and is/are reasonably structured and concisely represented. In yet another aspect, a daily fantasy contest system is provided to automatically adjust to user demand without overshooting profitable levels and offer a variety of different contests, as well as offer contests with guaranteed and non-guaranteed payouts.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2020Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: YAHOO ASSETS LLCInventors: Justin Thaler, Maxim Sviridenko, Edo Liberty, Prerit Uppal, Ron Belmarch, Jerry Shen
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Patent number: 11354706Abstract: A system for retargeting customers is based on a mobile device query initiated by a user, and includes a query module configured to receive a query with geographical information from the mobile device and determine geographical identifiers of the mobile device. An indexed database stores an aggregated plurality of customers having a geographical identifier proximate to the determined geographical area, and a processor selects an advertiser located proximate to the determined geographical area. A performance feedback module is configured to assign an effectiveness rating to one or more advertisements provided by the selected advertiser based on marketing attributes of the aggregated plurality of customers.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: YAHOO AD TECH LLCInventors: Wentong Li, Yi Mao
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Patent number: 11356401Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for providing a system with access to resources associated with a user account using a disposable email address (DEA) are provided. A request to provide a system with access to a first set of resources may be received. The first set of resources may be associated with a first email account associated with a first email address. A first DEA associated with the first email account may be generated. The first DEA may be transmitted to the system. A first set of modified emails may be generated based upon a first set of emails of the first email account. A first modified email of the first set of modified emails may comprise an indication of the first DEA. Access to the first set of modified emails may be provided to the system. The first DEA may be deactivated.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: YAHOO ASSETS LLCInventors: Gnanavel Shanmugam, Nitin Jose
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Patent number: 11347748Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments for providing batch performance using a stream processor. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed comprising receiving an event, such as a streaming event, from a client. The method determines that the event comprises a primary event and, if so, writes the primary event to a cache and returning the primary event to the client. The method later receives a second event from the client, the second event associated with the first event, annotates the second event based on the primary event, and returns the annotated second event to the client.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: YAHOO ASSETS LLCInventors: David Willcox, Maulik Shah, Allie K. Watfa, George Aleksandrovich
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Patent number: 11341541Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods are provided. A machine learning model may be trained using a plurality of sets of information. One or more pruning operations may be performed in association with the training to generate a machine learning model with a sparse set of field weights associated with feature fields associated with features of the plurality of sets of auction information. A request for content associated with a client device may be received. A set of features associated with the request for content may be determined. Positive signal probabilities associated with a plurality of content items may be determined using the machine learning model based upon field weights, of the machine learning model, associated with the set of features. A content item may be selected from the plurality of content items for presentation via the client device based upon the positive signal probabilities.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2020Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: YAHOO ASSETS LLCInventors: Junwei Pan, Tian Zhou, Aaron Eliasib Flores
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Patent number: 11341744Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for improving interactions with and between computers in content providing, searching and/or hosting systems supported by or configured with devices, servers and/or platforms. The disclosed systems and methods provide a novel framework for performing automatic detection of surfaces in video frames resulting in the creation of a seamless in-video ad experience for viewing users. The disclosed framework operates by leveraging available surfaces in videos to show advertisements in compliance with publisher protection, compliance and policy in a fully automatic, end-to-end solution. The disclosed framework evidences a streamlined, automatic and computationally efficient process(es) that modifies digital content at the surface level within the frames of the content in compliance with the digital rights of the owners of the content being merged via the disclosed augmentation.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2018Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: YAHOO AD TECH LLCInventors: Guy Dassa, Whitney Zoller
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Patent number: 11334613Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods are provided. A first plurality of sets of device information associated with a plurality of devices may be received and/or identified. The plurality of devices may be grouped into a plurality of groups based upon the first plurality of sets of device information. A plurality of group profiles associated with the plurality of groups may be generated. A first group profile of the plurality of group profiles may be associated with a first group of the plurality of groups. The first group profile may be generated based upon sets of device information, of the first plurality of sets of device information, associated with the first group. A request for content associated with a first device belonging to the first group may be received. A first content item may be selected for presentation via the first device based upon the first group profile.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: YAHOO AD TECH LLCInventors: Johannes Van Staden, Narayana Babu Maddhuri, Wendell Craig Baker
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Patent number: 11334924Abstract: A system for generating an advertisement is provided. The system may receive an advertisement request from a client device and select an advertisement from a database in response to the advertisement request. The system may identify an advertiser web server associated with the advertisement, for example a landing page. The system may retrieve a picture from the advertiser web server and integrate the picture with the advertisement to generate an enhanced advertisement. The system may serve the enhanced advertisement to the client device.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2016Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Yahoo Ad Tech LLCInventors: Gerald Pesavento, Sachin Sudhakar Farfade, Venkat Kumar Reddy Barakam, Ramu Adapala, Sripathi Ramadurai, Pierre Garrigues
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Patent number: 11334219Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for graphically presenting messages are provided. For example, a plurality of messages, associated with a messaging account, comprising a first message and a second message may be received. A first graphical object may be generated by a device, such as a server and/or a client device of a user, based upon the first message. A second graphical object may be generated by the device based upon the second message. In response to receiving a request to access the messaging account, the device may present the first graphical object. In response to receiving one or more user inputs corresponding to the first graphical object, an action may be performed and/or the second graphical object may be presented.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2017Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: YAHOO ASSETS LLCInventors: Sebastian Muehl, Anthony Richard Murphy, Frank Richard Bentley, Bryan Sze Pui Wong, Danny Javier Espinoza, Vince Borja Magistrado
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Patent number: 11327984Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for query expansion are provided. For example, a search user interface is populated with search results of a query submitted through a computing device. User input is received through the search user interface for an object, such as a drag and drop command of a phrase occurring within the search results. The user input may drag the phrase from a search result to a query input user interface. In this way, the query is modified based upon the object, such as where the phrase is added to the query to create a modified query. Second search results for the modified query are displayed through the search user interface.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2017Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: YAHOO ASSETS LLCInventors: Ariel Raviv, Sofia Tolmach
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Patent number: 11327644Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for syndicating slideshow content in a web feed. Data is obtained for a content feed associated with a web page in response to a request by a user of a content feed reader. A slideshow within the web page is identified based on analysis of the obtained data according to a schema definition for syndication of slideshow content. A first set of properties for the slideshow is extracted from the obtained data, based on the schema definition. A set of slides of the slideshow is identified based on the first set of properties. A second set of properties for the set of slides is also extracted from the obtained data. The content feed including the set of slides of the slideshow and one or more properties of the second set are displayed to the user via the content feed reader.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2019Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Yahoo Assets LLCInventors: Colm M. Geraghty, Cliff Redmond
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Patent number: 11328323Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for associating a plurality of Internet-enabled devices with a common user profile for targeting Internet content or advertising. One method includes: receiving, from a plurality of Internet-enabled devices, a plurality of requests for electronic content or advertising; extracting, from each of the plurality of requests, a source IP address and a unique identifier associated with the respective Internet-enabled device; for each source IP address for which requests were received over a predetermined time period from a number of Internet-enabled devices below a threshold number of devices, identifying each possible pair of devices from which requests were received; and for each possible pair of devices, calculating a probability that the pair of devices are owned or operated by a common user.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2013Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Yahoo Ad Tech LLCInventors: Nicholas P. Miller, Simon D. Edwards, Alan J. Milford, Denys P. Kim, Bart W. R. Schelfhout
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Patent number: 11322166Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for detecting and removing traceable identifying audio content from electronic media content. One method includes: receiving, over a network, media content to be broadcast or distributed, the media content including audio data; determining whether the audio data of the media content includes traceable identifying audio content defined by an audio identifier; generating new audio data based on the audio data of the media content when an audio identifier is determined to be include in the audio data; removing audio data from the media content when the audio identifier is determined to be include in the audio data; adding the new audio data to the media content when the audio data is removed from the media content; and broadcasting or distributing the media content having the new audio data to one or more user devices.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2021Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Yahoo Ad Tech LLCInventors: Seth Mitchell Demsey, Jay Crystal
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Patent number: 11315032Abstract: The present teaching relates to recommending content items to a user based on tensor factorization. In one example, a request is received for recommending content items to the user. Tensor data related to a plurality of users and a plurality of content items are obtained based on the request. The tensor data is decomposed into a plurality of sub-tensors based on a prior probability distribution. At least one bound is determined for a tensor factorization model that is generated based on the prior probability distribution. One or more items interesting to the user are predicted based on the at least one bound and the plurality of sub-tensors. At least one of the one or more items is recommended to the user as a response to the request.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2017Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: YAHOO ASSETS LLCInventors: Kuang-Chih Lee, Shandian Zhe
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Patent number: 11314937Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for controlling a graphical user interface to present a representation of an item in messages are provided. For example, a message may be received from a first device. The message may be analyzed to identify an item of the message. A database of known items may be analyzed to determine whether the item is in the database of known items. Responsive to determining that the item is not in the database of known items, a database of representations may be analyzed to determine a representation of the item. A graphical user interface of a second device may be controlled to present a representation of the item.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2017Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: YAHOO ASSETS LLCInventor: Eric Theodore Bax
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Patent number: 11308137Abstract: As provided herein, a list of locales of interest in a location may be sorted into one or more categories. A user performing a search for a locale of interest (e.g., a restaurant) may be identified. A local score may be assigned to the locale of interest based upon a number of local users (e.g., users residing in the location) that perform the search. A second user may be determined to be near the locale of interest. A category of interest may be determined for the second user (e.g., an interest in local non-tourist restaurants). Responsive to the category of interest corresponding to the category and the local score of the locale of interest exceeding an interest threshold, the second user may be provided with a recommendation to go to the locale of interest. The locale of interest may be a local favorite restaurant rather than a tourist trap.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2019Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: YAHOO ASSETS LLCInventors: Christopher Chan, Yu-Chin Tai, Sameer Vasant Shah, Jeehaeng Lee, Kuo-Hsien Hsu, Katrina Kimball Clark Tempero, Xingjian Zhang