Patents Assigned to Yahoo!
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Patent number: 12132694Abstract: A method for presenting personalized content to a user includes receiving user data corresponding to a user having a user profile, the user data including at least one or more messages in a user mailbox and a user web browser history within a network, extracting one or more data tags from the received user data, associated at least one data tag with a message, finding information in the network that corresponds to the associated data tag, generating a notification for the user, the notification including the found information in the network, and outputting the generated notification to a user interface of a device of the user.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2023Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: YAHOO ASSETS LLCInventors: Mohit Goenka, Kelly Xu, Muni Xu, Shiv Shankar
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Patent number: 12126679Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for online distribution of content by receiving, from a user's mobile device, a request for a web page hosted by a publisher's CMS; applying a rules engine to analyze a received URL according to a set of rules identifying one or more website types and/or referrers; if the received URL satisfies the rules engine, redirecting the received request to a syndication server system hosted within a global CDN; adding a URL of the web page to a missing content queue and redirecting the request to the publisher's CMS if the CDN syndication server does not contain a suitable mobile-formatted version of the web page; and delivering a package of binary compressed content of the web page to a stub page cached at the user's mobile device by the CDN syndication server, using recirculation and monetization components chosen by the publisher.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2022Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Yahoo Ad Tech LLCInventor: Seth Mitchell Demsey
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Patent number: 12125053Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for determining an estimate of available user impressions on a network, comprising receiving a request for an estimate of available user impressions for viewing one or more media elements on a network, the request comprising one or more viewer demographic group limitations. A request may be received to include deterministic users and probabilistic users in the estimate of available user impressions. A number of deterministic users may be determined based on query results from a deterministic user data set. A number of probabilistic users may be determined based on query results from a probabilistic user data set, and the estimate of available user impressions may be determined based on the number of deterministic users and the number of probabilistic users.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2022Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Yahoo Ad Tech LLCInventors: John McClean, Tony Finn, Jiji Sasidharan
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Patent number: 12126599Abstract: Disclosed are apparatuses, systems, and methods for providing a programmatic control channel for granting or denying access to user data. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed comprising receiving an input stream of data including user data and a first regulatory control channel (RCC) data structure; building a final RCC data structure based on the first RCC data structure and a stored RCC data structure; retrieving a regulatory query context (RQC) from a data requestor; applying one or more Boolean operators to the final RCC data structure and the RQC to obtain an evaluation result; and executing the downstream processing if the evaluation result comprises a passing evaluation result.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2021Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: YAHOO AD TECH LLCInventors: Wendell Baker, Kristof Nagel
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Patent number: 12120458Abstract: A process includes receiving, from a user identity, instructions for output characteristics including one or more of audio characteristics for rendering or capturing audio data or visual characteristics for rendering or capturing visual data. The process also includes determining, in response to the received instructions, output controls which effect the one or more of audio characteristics or visual characteristics, and associating the output controls with an online identity or resource. The process further includes storing the associated output controls and detecting an interaction with the online identity or resource. Moreover, the process includes accessing, in response to the detection of the interaction, the stored output controls, and enabling an effect, based on the output controls, of one or more of the audio characteristics or the visual characteristics with respect to interaction with the online identity or resource.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2021Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: Yahoo Ad Tech LLCInventors: Alexander Franco, David S. Bill
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Patent number: 12118047Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for vertical integration of a multi-dimensional machine learning algorithm with a digital content management system. A variety of machine learning algorithms are implemented to aid publishers in the discovery of digital content. In contrast to prior methods, which perform retroactive assessments on digital content performance, the instant methods train machine learning algorithms to predict future performance of digital content items. As digital content becomes available to publishers, machine learning algorithms analyze the digital content items in order to present editorial actions publishers should take via a digital content management dashboard.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2018Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: Yahoo Assets LLCInventors: Raj Yadav, Abhiraj Arumughan Koyamkattil, Ankit Katiyar, Tushar Mahule, Aileen Barrameda
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Patent number: 12117918Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for determining an engagement level of a user interacting with an electronic program, comprising receiving or determining a decision node tree, each node in the decision node tree corresponding to a user decision point in the electronic program, determining a number of levels in the decision node tree, determining a user traversed count comprising a number of levels the user has traversed in the decision node tree, and determining the engagement level of the user with the electronic program based upon the user traversed count and the number of levels in the decision node tree.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2021Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: Yahoo Ad Tech LLCInventors: Osnat Benari, Ruiheng Wang, Sasinda Rukshan Premarathna, Cheng Li, Bhagyasri Canumalla, Hsiao-Ching Lin, Yanbo Li, Davood Shamsi
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Patent number: 12111652Abstract: In an example, a system, a method and/or an apparatus are provided. A first power distribution component and a second power distribution component are connected to a busway system including a busway. Whether first electrical power of the first power distribution component and second electrical power of the second power distribution component meet one or more conditions is determined. In response to a condition of the one or more conditions not being met, supply of electrical power from the second power distribution component to the busway system is inhibited.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2021Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: Yahoo Ad Tech LLCInventor: Jeffrey Alan Davis
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Patent number: 12111873Abstract: A method of adaptive online user profiles includes displaying a website for a particular topic of interest based on a user request, receiving a request from the user to display user profile data, obtaining the user profile data, the user profile data including topic-area-specific user-specific profile information for multiple topic areas, comparing a topic area of the displayed website to a topic area for each topic-area-specific user-specific profile information, and displaying the user profile data such that the topic-area-specific user-specific profile information most closely matching the topic area of the displayed website is displayed most prominently.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2020Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: Yahoo Assets LLCInventors: Kevin Tu, Shuyu Ke, Ryan McCullah, Agnes Liu, Laura Booth
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Patent number: 12106329Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for online distribution of content based on a user sentiment index. The method may include receiving, over a network and from a user device, one or more user generated inputs and calculating the user sentiment index based on the one or more user generated inputs. The method may also include receiving, over the network, from a content or advertising provider, instructions on publishing content or advertising to a webpage based on the calculated user sentiment index, and publishing content for display on user devices over the network based on a comparison of the calculated user sentiment index and the received instructions.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2022Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Yahoo Ad Tech LLCInventors: John Franklin Pavley, Sang Chul Song, Sean Christopher Timm, Thu Rein Kyaw, Saad Mufti
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Patent number: 12107956Abstract: An information processing device according to the present application includes a control unit. The control unit acquires, from an authentication server in a state in which a first authenticator used for FIDO authentication and a second authenticator used for recovery for the FIDO authentication cooperate with each other, a recovery execution request that is transmitted from a user terminal including the second authenticator to the authentication server, and if the recovery execution request meets a predetermined authentication condition that is set in advance, notifies the user terminal including the second authenticator of a recovery execution permission.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2022Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Yahoo Japan CorporationInventors: Hidehito Gomi, Shuji Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 12100235Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for extracting content based on image analysis. A method may include receiving content including at least an image depicting a coupon; converting the received content into a larger image including the image depicting the coupon; determining, utilizing one or more neural networks, the image depicting the coupon within the larger image, wherein determining the image depicting the coupon comprises: segmenting a foreground bounding box including the image depicting the coupon from background image portions of the image; cropping the larger image based on the bounding box, wherein the cropped image consists of the image depicting the coupon; determining text included in the cropped image; and extracting information included in the coupon based on the determined text.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2023Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: Yahoo Assets LLCInventors: Umang Patel, Sridharan Palaniappan, Rofaida Abdelaal, Chun-Han Yao
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Patent number: 12095719Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to processing of notifications displayed on computing devices. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed comprising receiving a notification and querying at least one activity database that records historical interactions of a user. The method then receives a priority indicator in response to the querying and determines whether the priority indicator indicates a high priority. If so, the method generates, and in some embodiments displays, a second notification.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2021Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: YAHOO ASSETS LLCInventors: Mohit Goenka, Hafeez Shaik, Luis Alves, Deepesh Mittal
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Patent number: 12086831Abstract: The present teaching relates to placing sponsored search results based on correlation of the sponsored search results. A search query is first received at a search engine from a user. One or more keywords are further extracted from the search query. A plurality of sponsored search results related to the one or more keywords are received in response to the search query. The placement of the plurality of sponsored search results are further determined based on correlation of the plurality of sponsored search results, and a search results page containing the plurality of sponsored search results are presented to the user.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2021Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: YAHOO ASSETS LLCInventors: Shanshan Zhang, Qingquan Wang, Siyu Zhu, Zhuoye Ding
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Patent number: 12086800Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for performing entity actions based upon inputs received via email interfaces are provided. For example, an email received by an email account may be identified. The email may be associated with an entity action corresponding to a first entity. A selectable input corresponding to performing the entity action may be displayed via an email interface associated with the email account. A request to perform the entity action may be received via a selection of the selectable input. Responsive to receiving the request, an action interface corresponding to performing the entity action may be displayed within the email interface. One or more inputs associated with the entity action may be received via the action interface. Responsive to determining that the entity action is completed, a confirmation message, indicative of the entity action being completed, may be displayed using the email interface.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2018Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: Yahoo Assets LLCInventors: Mohit Goenka, Ashish Khushal Dharamshi, Nikita Varma, Gnanavel Shanmugam
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Patent number: 12086766Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments for providing a domain-specific visualization of message content. Unclassified messages are received for a sender and a real-time classifier is used to assign categories to the messages. User interactions with email can then be used to generate a ranked list of domain-specific senders. This ranked list of senders and classified emails can then be used to provide a domain-specific view to a user. Further features (e.g., aggregated content pages by sender, dynamic call-to-action buttons, message previews etc.) can then be built on top of the ranked senders and messages.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2022Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: YAHOO ASSETS LLCInventors: Kaivalya Niranjan Gandhi, Melissa Bica, So Young Han, Wei Jia Tan
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Patent number: 12086148Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods are provided. In an example, an internet resource identification item associated with one or more internet resources may be identified. User activity information associated with a plurality of events may be analyzed to determine a plurality of sets of text associated with the internet resource identification item, wherein each set of text of the plurality of sets of text is associated with an event, of the plurality of events, associated with an internet resource of the one or more internet resources. A plurality of term representations may be determined based upon the plurality of sets of text. A user intention-based representation associated with the internet resource identification item may be generated based upon the plurality of term representations. A content item may be selected for presentation via a client device based upon the user intention-based representation.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2023Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: Yahoo Ad Tech LLCInventors: Chander Jayaraman Iyer, Ivan Stojkovic, Eric Ye, Lakshmi Narayan Bhamidipati, Srinath Ravindran, Shubham Agrawal
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Patent number: 12086832Abstract: Methods are disclosed that include receiving electronic content data associated with an electronic content provider comprising: a content campaign identification associated with a virtual token, and provider-identified platform identifications that identify platforms on which the content campaign may be initiated; receiving input from the user comprising: a user identification, a virtual token identification, a campaign identification that identifies the content campaign associated with the virtual token, and user-identified platform identifications that identify the platforms on which the user consents to be targeted by the content campaign; determining, based on the received electronic content data and user data, the content campaign and platforms the user consents to; and generating a notification to initiate a content campaign targeting the user on the platforms on which the user consents to be targeted; and outputting the generated notification to the platforms on which the user consents to be targeted.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2022Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: Yahoo Ad Tech LLCInventors: Eric Bax, Charlotte Bax, Kimberly Williams, Nikki Thompson, Lisa Giaffo, Tanisha Sharma, Will Wagner, Melissa Gerber
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Patent number: 12079262Abstract: 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 compiling, updating and dynamically managing a confidence graph for a user that leads to generation of a scored interest profile for the user that content providers can utilize as a basis for disseminating their proprietary digital content. The disclosed confidence graph provides a scored interest profile for each user that is based on authenticated user data derived from an inbox of the user. The confidence graph is not only derived from authenticated data, but is also dynamic and evolves simultaneously with changing user interests. Thus, digital content is selected and transmitted to users based on the current, real-time digital data reflecting their current interests as reflected by their inbox activity.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2021Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: YAHOO AD TECH LLCInventors: Mohit Goenka, Ashish Khushal Dharamshi, Nikita Varma
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Patent number: 12079982Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for defect detection are provided. An image, depicting an object for evaluation to determine whether the object has a defect, is inputted into a segmentation model to identify an object region of interest of the object. An object region area of the object region of interest is calculated. A convex hull area of a convex hull encompassing the object region of interest is calculated. A ratio of the object region area to the convex hull area is determined. The ratio is compared to a threshold to determine whether the object has the defect or does not have the defect.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2021Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: Yahoo Ad Tech LLCInventors: Kevin Andrew Perkins, Ashwini Kumar Kounduri