Patents by Inventor Yury Lifshits

Yury Lifshits 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).

  • Analyzing content demand using social signals
    Patent number: 8756279
    Abstract: Software at an online contributor website receives a list of websites having online publications. The software gathers counts of user signals for each online publication on each of the websites on the list. And the software determines content descriptors for each of the online publications. The software then counts the online publications at each website associated with each of the content descriptors and counts the user signals at each website associated with each content descriptor. The software displays the content descriptors for each website in a graphic in a graphical user interface, where the size of each content descriptor in the graphic reflects the count of online publications associated with the content descriptor and where the color of each content descriptor in the graphic reflects the count of user signals associated with the content descriptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventor: Yury Lifshits
  • Analyzing Content Demand Using Social Signals
    Publication number: 20130024507
    Abstract: Software at an online contributor website receives a list of websites having online publications. The software gathers counts of user signals for each online publication on each of the websites on the list. And the software determines content descriptors for each of the online publications. The software then counts the online publications at each website associated with each of the content descriptors and counts the user signals at each website associated with each content descriptor. The software displays the content descriptors for each website in a graphic in a graphical user interface, where the size of each content descriptor in the graphic reflects the count of online publications associated with the content descriptor and where the color of each content descriptor in the graphic reflects the count of user signals associated with the content descriptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: Yahoo!, Inc.
    Inventor: Yury Lifshits
  • METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR IDENTIFYING AND MONITORING INFORMATION IN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS OVER A NETWORK
    Publication number: 20110197133
    Abstract: Exemplary methods and apparatuses are provided which may be implemented using one or more computing devices to allow for certain information within an electronic document to be easily identified and monitored in an efficient manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Tarjan, Yury Lifshits