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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:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2010
Applicants:
Mark William Reed, Fort Thomas, KY (US);
Sundaresan Ramachandran Kadayam, Blue Ash, OH (US);
Inventors:
Mark William Reed, Fort Thomas, KY (US);
Sundaresan Ramachandran Kadayam, Blue Ash, OH (US);
Assignee:
Zakta, LLC, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0282 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods, systems, devices and/or apparatus related to type of network-based social network in which network 'connections' are include a topical trust factor between users, so that reputable information available over the network my be provided. In an example embodiment, a social rank score for available items of information is provided that allows the system to rank available information based upon topical factors associated with such information.