Patents Assigned to Yohoo! Inc.
  • Publication number: 20170169020
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards methods and computer readable media for annotating and ranking user reviews on social review systems with inferred analytics. A reference framework is provided by creating context according to previous activity, bias, or background information of a given reviewer. The method of the present invention comprises receiving a first query identifying a given content item, generating a collection of content items based on one or more identical objective attributes associated with the given content item, identifying one or more subjective attributes associated with a given item in the collection of items, and providing a reference framework to interpret the subjective attributes associated with each item in the collection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: Yohoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Sihem Amer Yahia, Andrei Z. Broder
  • Publication number: 20130138644
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards methods and computer readable media for annotating and ranking user reviews on social review systems with inferred analytics. A reference framework is provided by creating context according to previous activity, bias, or background information of a given reviewer. The method of the present invention comprises receiving a first query identifying a given content item, generating a collection of content items based on one or more identical objective attributes associated with the given content item, identifying one or more subjective attributes associated with a given item in the collection of items, and providing a reference framework to interpret the subjective attributes associated with each item in the collection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: Yohoo! Inc.
    Inventor: Yahoo! Inc.
  • Publication number: 20100010891
    Abstract: A computer implemented method is disclosed for controlling display of advertisements. The method includes selecting a policy that generates a slate of advertisements to be displayed when the policy is applied to a context. The method also includes applying the selected policy to the context to generate the slate of advertisements to be displayed, and displaying the slate of advertisements. The method further includes identifying a user-selected advertisement in the slate of advertisements, and calculating a cost of the user-selected advertisement to be charged to an owner of the advertisement. The cost is calculated based on the selected policy, the context, and the slate of advertisements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: Yohoo! Inc.
    Inventors: John Langford, Tong Zhang
  • Patent number: 7143181
    Abstract: In a network carrying a web page containing data, a method for dividing the web page into a maximum size chunk. In one aspect, the method comprises determining a chunk size limit, dividing the web page data into segments having a size no greater than said chunk size limit; and linking said chunks in sequence. In particular, the method finds applicability in a wireless network carrying content data via the network through at least one gateway, the gateway having a defined gateway limit. In a further aspect, the method includes: determining where the gateway limit falls in said content data; and parsing the content data into at least a first segment and at least a next segment of a size at or below the gateway limit at break points not falling within a word, universal resource locator, or element boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Yohoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Janakiram Koka, Sanjeev Dharap