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Pasadena, CA, United States of America

Overture Services, Inc.

USPTO Granted Patents = 48

% Expired Patents = 8.3

Forward Citations = 6,526

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96 inventors (with patents filed for the assignee):

Darren J Davis (9 out of 16 patents)

Thomas A Soulanille (7 out of 16 patents)

Scott W Snell (6 out of 10 patents)

4. Dominic Dough-Ming Cheung (5 out of 9 patents)

5. Andrei Z Broder (5 out of 42 patents)

6. Peter Savich (4 out of 8 patents)

7. Stephan Doliov (3 out of 8 patents)

8. Charles McElfresh (3 out of 9 patents)

9. Paul Mineiro (3 out of 9 patents)

10. Michael Burrows (3 out of 77 patents)

11. Tod E Kurt (3 out of 7 patents)

12. Matthew Derer (3 out of 6 patents)

13. Johann Garcia (3 out of 6 patents)

14. Larry Greco (3 out of 6 patents)

15. Thomas Kwong (3 out of 6 patents)

Core Competencies:

Search Engine

Ranking Algorithms

Query Refinement

Advertisement Placement

Distributed Database

Collaborative Filtering

Web Crawling

Hyperlinked Pages

Document Relevance

Multi-Element Bidding

Data Processing

User Interaction

48 patents: Sort by Forward Citations

1. 7792818 - Method and apparatus for categorizing and presenting documents of a distributed database (2010-09-07),

2. 7454409 - Displaying paid search listings in proportion to advertiser spending (2008-11-18),

3. 7447691 - System and method to determine the validity of an interaction on a network (2008-11-04),

4. 7441044 - Countrytagging (2008-10-21),

5. 7440944 - Method and apparatus for efficient training of support vector machines (2008-10-21),

6. 7406460 - Technique for ranking records of a database (2008-07-29),

7. 7398461 - Method for ranking web page search results (2008-07-08),

8. 7398266 - Dynamically categorizing entity information (2008-07-08),

9. 7373599 - Method and system for optimum placement of advertisements on a webpage (2008-05-13),

10. 7363300 - System and method for influencing a position on a search result list generated by a computer network search engine (2008-04-22),

11. 7330857 - Search engine with two-dimensional linearly scalable parallel architecture (2008-02-12),

12. 7308445 - Method for estimating coverage of web search engines (2007-12-11),

13. 7266551 - Method and system for generating a set of search terms (2007-09-04),

14. 7260583 - Web page connectivity server construction (2007-08-21),

15. 7240064 - Search engine with hierarchically stored indices (2007-07-03),

Company Overview

Overture Services, Inc., based in Pasadena, California, specializes in search engine optimization and paid search listings. The company leverages advanced technologies such as support vector machines and collaborative filtering to enhance document relevance and improve search result ranking. Overture's innovative approaches to web page connectivity and multi-element bidding strategies position it as a key player in the digital advertising landscape, focusing on optimizing user experience and maximizing advertising effectiveness.

Profile summary synthesized from public USPTO records and patent filings.

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USPTO Data Jan 1 1976 - Oct 13 2026

48 Patents

#7 in Pasadena, CA

#1,715 in California

#7,284 in US

#14,550 in the World

Pasadena, CA, United States of America

Overture Services, Inc.

Forward Citations = 6,526

96 inventors:

Darren J Davis (9 out of 16 patents)

Thomas A Soulanille (7 out of 16 patents)

Scott W Snell (6 out of 10 patents)

4. Dominic Dough-Ming Cheung (5 out of 9 patents)

5. Andrei Z Broder (5 out of 42 patents)

IDiyas Innovation Intelligence. (2026). Company Patent Portfolio: Overture Services, Inc.. Retrieved from https://idiyas.com/company/overture-services

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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