Google Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. are now being sued by Xerox. You read that right – Xerox. The company most people associate with copy machines is suing the two biggest search giants over patent-infringement claims. The suit, which is about patents related to search queries and data integration, was filed Feb. 19 in federal court [...]
Xerox Sues for Patent ‘Copy’right…
February 24th, 2010Exactly How Smart ARE Search Engines?
July 25th, 2008A patent filed by Google seems to think they can be very smart indeed. The concept of using information about the searcher to order search results is intriguing. If you are a college student with a mobile device looking for the nearest McDonalds, you want a different set of results than an investor checking on [...]
Yahoo Files for a ‘Meal Search’ Patent
June 28th, 2008In a bold move, Yahoo has filed a patent for the idea of ‘meal searches’ on the web, which at first glance seems mildly preposterous. The patent application reads: “Method and system for searching for a meal using the Internet are disclosed. The method includes receiving a user request to search a meal on the [...]