Posts Tagged: social network patents
Microsoft’s acquisition of LinkedIn brings social network analytics to Office software
On June 13th, the Redmond, WA-based multinational tech company Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced that it had agree to acquire LinkedIn (NYSE:LNKD) in a $26.2 billion cash …
Facebook advertising revenue jumps on mobile advertising revenue surge
Facebook’s mobile advertising numbers were so good that its entire advertising revenue stream surged ahead 57 percent when compared with 2015’s first quarter, up from $3.31 billion to $5.2 …
Activision patents social networking for AI characters, online harassment prevention
The social aspects of video gaming have been a recent focus of Activision research and development activity, as is reflected by the issue of U.S. Patent …
Facebook’s social networking patents focuses on e-commerce platforms, virtual assistants
Anyone who already feels like social networks collect too much personal data may not be happy to find out about the invention protected by U.S. Patent …
Samsung pulls ahead in wearables, sets sights on medical innovation
In 2014, Samsung Electronics was second overall among companies receiving U.S. patents with approximately 13.5 patents every day over the course of a year. While much of Samsung's …
Core Yahoo! patent focus on search engines, social networks and fantasy sports
Between July 2011 and July 2014, Yahoo! had expenditures of 17.8 as a percent of sales on R&D while experiencing a stock growth of 85 percent over the same time …
Bank of America Patents: From Customer Loyalty to Cybersecurity and Social Networking
In this edition, we found a number of patent applications filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to protect technologies for customer loyalty rewards programs, …
Yahoo! Focuses on Social Platform for Achieving Personal Goals
We were very intrigued to see a large number of patent applications related to goal achievement technologies, and we closely examined three of these which we felt …
HP Patents: Social Network Sharing and Forensics Technologies
Hewlett-Packard has one of the stronger patent portfolios among U.S. technology developers, and the past few weeks have seen many interesting additions to that portfolio. One …
Facebook and Twitter: Patent Strategies for Social Media
Both Facebook and Twitter will need to grow up and mature as companies if they are going to succeed for the long haul. A review of the …
Yahoo Seeks Patent on Sending Geographically Appropriate Event Recommendations to a Mobile Device
We’re going in-depth to explore a patent application that would notify mobile device users of nearby events. These events would be collected from social media applications …
Apple Seeks Patent on Suggested Search Rankings Based on Social Network Contacts
Many of the recently published documents from the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, including both patent applications and issued patents, relate to software system improvements that Apple …
Salesforce.com Sued for Patent Infringement
Lexington Technology Group (LTG), an intellectual property management firm, announced on Monday that its wholly owned subsidiary, Bascom Research, filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Salesforce.com …
First-to-File and the Speed of Technology Evolution
22% of social network patent applications are filed within one year of the youngest prior art cited against them. So speed of filing counts. If these applications had …
Looking at the Zynga IPO, A Patent and Business Perspective
The question remains in the mind of many, however, whether Zynga is a company worth investing in given its near complete dependence on Facebook for revenue. If …
