Patent assignee · US · COMPANY

A9.com, Inc.

562Patents
537Active
562Granted
65Portfolio score

Filing activity: Aug 29, 2000 → May 23, 2023 · 80 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6963867B2 Search query processing to provide category-ranked presentation of search results Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 469 Expired
US8463036B1 Shape-based search of a collection of content Physics 268 Active
US7565157B1 System and method for providing search results based on location Electricity 197 Active
US8571930B1 Strategies for determining the value of advertisements using randomized performance estimates Physics 166 Active
US9165406B1 Providing overlays based on text in a live camera view Electricity 166 Active
US7395259B2 Search engine system and associated content analysis methods for locating web pages with product offerings Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 151 Expired
US7587276B2 Displaying images in a network or visual mapping system Physics 139 Active
US8190593B1 Dynamic request throttling Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 137 Active
US7295995B1 Computer processes and systems for adaptively controlling the display of items Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 119 Expired
USD571821S1 User interface for a portion of a display screen General 111 Expired
US9875740B1 Using voice information to influence importance of search result categories Physics 111 Active
US9342930B1 Information aggregation for recognized locations Physics 105 Active
US7774003B1 Providing location-based auto-complete functionality Electricity 105 Active
USD573605S1 User interface for a portion of a display screen General 103 Expired
US7949191B1 Method and system for searching for information on a network in response to an image query sent by a user from a mobile communications device Physics 100 Active
US9691161B1 Material recognition for object identification Physics 100 Active
US6853993B2 System and methods for predicting correct spellings of terms in multiple-term search queries Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 91 Expired
US7155336B2 System and method for automatically collecting images of objects at geographic locations and displaying same in online directories Physics 87 Expired
US8150617B2 System and method for displaying location-specific images on a mobile device Electricity 85 Active
USD591765S1 User interface for a portion of a display screen General 77 Expired
US7953730B1 System and method for presenting a search history Physics 73 Active
US7899818B2 Method and system for providing focused search results by excluding categories Physics 70 Active
US10109051B1 Item recommendation based on feature match Physics 68 Active
US7124129B2 Identifying the items most relevant to a current query based on items selected in connection with similar queries Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 65 Expired
US9720934B1 Object recognition of feature-sparse or texture-limited subject matter Physics 65 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.