Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ranking advertisements selected from one or more databases by georelevance
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Application No.: US12965741Application Date: 2010-12-10
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Publication No.: US10565610B2Publication Date: 2020-02-18
- Inventor: Wendell Hicken , Joshua Melick
- Applicant: Wendell Hicken , Joshua Melick
- Applicant Address: US TX DFW Airport
- Assignee: YELLOWPAGES.COM LLC
- Current Assignee: YELLOWPAGES.COM LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX DFW Airport
- Agency: Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C.
- Main IPC: G06Q30/00
- IPC: G06Q30/00 ; G06Q30/02

Abstract:
A search request is received from a user and the user's context is determined. A publisher is determined for the search request. Candidate advertisements are retrieved from at least one advertisement database to create an advertisement candidate pool, the retrieving based on the user context and the search request. A set of advertisements are selected from the advertisement candidate pool. A georelevance is determined for each of the set of advertisements. The set of advertisements is sorted, wherein the advertisements are sorted based on, at least in part, the georelevance of each of the set of advertisements. The sorted set of advertisements is then transmitted to the user.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120150627A1 RANKING ADVERTISEMENTS SELECTED FROM ONE OR MORE DATABASES BY GEORELEVANCE Public/Granted day:2012-06-14
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