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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2013
Applicant:
Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Yahoo Holdings, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2013.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0803 (2013.01); G06F 9/44505 (2013.01); G06F 17/30864 (2013.01); H04L 67/34 (2013.01); H04W 4/003 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques are described for providing deep linking capability from any mobile app to any other mobile app in a way that is scalable. App configuration information (including deep link information) is programmatically accumulated and provided to mobile devices in a way that enables launching or linking to mobile apps to meet expressed information needs of users. In addition, online marketplaces are described that employ such techniques to enable a wide variety of transaction types.