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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:
Jul. 10, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2007
Applicants:
Su-lin Wu, San Carlos, CA (US);
Erick Cantu-paz, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Christopher John Leggetter, Belmont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Su-Lin Wu, San Carlos, CA (US);
Erick Cantu-Paz, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Christopher John Leggetter, Belmont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 40/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of facilitating the endorsement of products through Internet advertisements accepts a bid for an endorsement, enables communication, associated with the bid, between an advertiser and a potential endorser, and serves an endorsement associated with the bid. In one implementation, the endorsement is displayed together with a symbol verifying the endorser.