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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2005
Applicants:
Narinder Pal Singh, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Darren J. Davis, Rowland Heights, CA (US);
Inventors:
Narinder Pal Singh, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Darren J. Davis, Rowland Heights, CA (US);
Assignee:
Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2006.01); G07G 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A database search system includes a database of search terms, each search term associated with a bid amount payable by an advertiser of a plurality of advertisers and a search engine responsive to search queries from searchers for searching the database. A flight management agent is responsive to advertiser-specified parameters for adjusting bid amounts of search listings to manage expenditures over a time interval.