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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2016
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Josh Elman, Mountain View, CA (US);
Allen J. Blue, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
James Duncan Work, Knoxville, MD (US);
Eric Ly, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/30 (2019.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06Q 30/08 (2012.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/1053 (2013.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06Q 30/08 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for leveraging one's social network in the context of an opportunities marketplace are described. One aspect of the invention involves integrating social networking features into an online marketplace, or exchange. Accordingly, one aspect of the invention involves facilitating an opportunity search in a manner that provides social networking information with the results of the search.