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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:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2006
Applicants:
Assimakis Tzamaloukas, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert Currie, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Charles E Gotlieb, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assimakis Tzamaloukas, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert Currie, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Charles E Gotlieb, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method provides location-aware search results from a navigation or other device and provides one or more enhanced listings or advertisements with the results to offset the communication cost of the search. The sponsor may be charged for the listing or advertisement and the charge may be based on whether the device arrives in an area around the sponsor location within a threshold amount of time.