Patents by Inventor Sammy Hsieh

Sammy Hsieh has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20090248585
    Abstract: A method for reservation of sponsored search listing positions, including extending an offer to advertisers to purchase a fixed sponsored search listing position on a search results web page affiliated with a keyword, wherein a location of the fixed position is guaranteed to the advertisers for a fixed fee over a fixed duration during which the position will belong to a purchasing advertiser; reserving the fixed position related to the keyword for the fixed duration for an advertiser; receiving an advertisement from the advertiser to be positioned in the fixed position; storing the advertisement in a database; and serving the advertisement to the fixed position of the search results web page in response to a search query for the keyword each time the search query is executed for the keyword over a time period of the fixed duration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Sammy Hsieh, Jiatong Li