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Palo Alto, CA, United States of America

Alta Vista Company

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USPTO Granted Patents = 28

Forward Citations = 2,526

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29 inventors (with patents filed for the assignee):

Andrei Z Broder (7 out of 42 patents)

Michael Sokolov (6 out of 12 patents)

David E Kovalcin (6 out of 16 patents)

4. Brian S Eberman (6 out of 15 patents)

5. Michael Burrows (5 out of 77 patents)

6. Clark Allan Heydon (5 out of 10 patents)

7. Monika R Henzinger (5 out of 10 patents)

8. Marc Alexander Najork (5 out of 45 patents)

9. Arjen P deVries (4 out of 9 patents)

10. Steven Charles Glassman (4 out of 10 patents)

11. Jeffrey Adgate Dean (4 out of 239 patents)

12. Krishna Asur Bharat (4 out of 97 patents)

13. Leondias Kontothanassis (3 out of 3 patents)

14. Mark Steven Manasse (2 out of 42 patents)

15. Leonidas Kontothanassis (2 out of 9 patents)

Core Competencies:

Web Crawling

Search Ranking

Data Clustering

Duplicate Records

Entity Data

Hyperlinked Environments

Data Indexing

Connectivity Analysis

Document Freshness

Topic Drift Prevention

Network Data Organization

Media Annotation

28 patents: Sort by Forward Citations

1. 6745194 - Technique for deleting duplicate records referenced in an index of a database (2004-06-01),

2. 6735585 - Method for search engine generating supplemented search not included in conventional search result identifying entity data related to portion of located web page (2004-05-11),

3. 6704738 - Technique for organizing data information in a network (2004-03-09),

4. 6654813 - Dynamically categorizing entity information (2003-11-25),

5. 6598051 - Web page connectivity server (2003-07-22),

6. 6560600 - Method and apparatus for ranking Web page search results (2003-05-06),

7. 6513032 - Search and navigation system and method using category intersection pre-computation (2003-01-28),

8. 6487555 - Method and apparatus for finding mirrored hosts by analyzing connectivity and IP addresses (2002-11-26),

9. 6377984 - Web crawler system using parallel queues for queing data sets having common address and concurrently downloading data associated with data set in each queue (2002-04-23),

10. 6351755 - System and method for associating an extensible set of data with documents downloaded by a web crawler (2002-02-26),

11. 6349296 - Method for clustering closely resembling data objects (2002-02-19),

12. 6332144 - Technique for annotating media (2001-12-18),

13. 6321265 - System and method for enforcing politeness while scheduling downloads in a web crawler (2001-11-20),

14. 6321220 - Method and apparatus for preventing topic drift in queries in hyperlinked environments (2001-11-20),

15. 6317741 - Technique for ranking records of a database (2001-11-13),

Company Overview

Alta Vista Company, based in Palo Alto, CA, specializes in innovative technology solutions that enhance digital communication and data management. The organization focuses on developing advanced software applications and platforms that cater to various industries, including telecommunications and information technology. With a commitment to research and development, Alta Vista aims to push the boundaries of technology, fostering connectivity and efficiency in an increasingly digital world.

Profile summary synthesized from public USPTO records and patent filings.

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USPTO Data Jan 1 1976 - Nov 3 2026

28 Patents

#68 in Palo Alto, CA

#2,850 in California

#12,019 in US

#23,299 in the World

Palo Alto, CA, United States of America

Alta Vista Company

Forward Citations = 2,526

29 inventors:

Andrei Z Broder (7 out of 42 patents)

Michael Sokolov (6 out of 12 patents)

David E Kovalcin (6 out of 16 patents)

4. Brian S Eberman (6 out of 15 patents)

5. Michael Burrows (5 out of 77 patents)

IDiyas Innovation Intelligence. (2026). Company Patent Portfolio: Alta Vista Company. Retrieved from https://idiyas.com/company/alta-vista-company

Data source: USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) public patent records. Weekly synchronization. How IDiyas builds this profile

Data Sources: USPTO Patent Grant XML, Patent Center, EPO & CIPO • Normalized by IDiyas Innovation Graph. Methodology & provenance architecturePlease report any incorrect information to [email protected]

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