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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:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2008
Applicants:
Janne Aaltonen, Turku, FI;
Ismo Antikainen, Masala, FI;
Timo Ahopelto, Helsinki, FI;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30864 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0277 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0273 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and system for ranking search results and is particularly, but not exclusively, suited to providing search results when the delivery of data corresponding to the search results is metered, such as when data are delivered to terminals connected to mobile networks.