eBay Inc.
🏢 View company profile →3,195Patents
3,088Active
3,195Granted
66Portfolio score
Filing activity: Oct 6, 1998 → Jun 14, 2024 · 493 expiring within 5 years
Most-cited patents
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US8326315B2 | Location-based services | Electricity | 505 | Active |
| US6058417A | Information presentation and management in an online trading environment | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 478 | Expired |
| US8224702B2 | Systems and methods for facilitating financial transactions over a network | Physics | 365 | Active |
| US8280777B2 | Systems and methods for facilitating financial transactions over a network | Physics | 321 | Active |
| US7890393B2 | Method and system for completing a transaction between a customer and a merchant | Physics | 318 | Expired |
| US8233841B2 | Near field communication initialization | Electricity | 318 | Active |
| US7853577B2 | Shopping context engine | Physics | 281 | Active |
| US8028041B2 | Dynamic content for online transactions | Physics | 273 | Active |
| US8498908B2 | Systems and methods for facilitating financial transactions over a network | Physics | 262 | Active |
| US8196813B2 | System and method to allow access to a value holding account | Physics | 254 | Active |
| US9063979B2 | Analyzing event streams of user sessions | Physics | 243 | Active |
| US7581112B2 | Identifying fraudulent activities and the perpetrators thereof | Electricity | 234 | Active |
| US7139916B2 | Method and system for monitoring user interaction with a computer | Physics | 229 | Expired |
| US8539569B2 | Systems and methods for facilitating user authentication over a network | Electricity | 221 | Active |
| US7610216B1 | Method and system for detecting fraud | Physics | 219 | Expired |
| US6466917B1 | Method and apparatus for verifying the identity of a participant within an on-line auction environment | Physics | 195 | Expired |
| US6523037B1 | Method and system for communicating selected search results between first and second entities over a network | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 178 | Expired |
| US6604107B1 | Generic attribute database system for storing items of different categories having shared attributes | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 165 | Expired |
| US6415320B1 | Information presentation and management in an online trading environment | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 163 | Expired |
| US6732161B1 | Information presentation and management in an online trading environment | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 162 | Expired |
| US7769998B2 | Method and apparatus to authenticate and authorize user access to a system | Electricity | 162 | Active |
| US6944599B1 | Monitoring and automatic notification of irregular activity in a network-based transaction facility | Physics | 154 | Expired |
| US7660740B2 | Method and system for listing items globally and regionally, and customized listing according to currency or shipping area | Physics | 149 | Expired |
| US6748422B2 | System and method to control sending of unsolicited communications relating to a plurality of listings in a network-based commerce facility | Electricity | 147 | Expired |
| US8630938B2 | Method and apparatus to detect fraudulent activities within a network-based auction facility | Physics | 142 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.