Yahoo Has Social Networking Patent Published

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If you have an interest in social networking, search and IR, you might want to take a look at a patent application from Yahoo that was published (not awarded) by the USPTO last week. It deals with how a user views info in a social network setting. After only a quick read it looks similar to what Yahoo is developing with their Yahoo 360 platform. Again, this is just a patent application. I do my best to offer a brief (very brief look) at the differences between a published patent app and an awarded patent in this post. Title: Method...

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