Fun And Games With Search Patents
By Nick Wilson
Expert Author
Article Date: 2005-02-23
I see that A9 are looking to patent behavioural search - where the algorithm attempts to hone your search results based on your prior searches.
"On Tuesday, the United States Patent & Trademark Office published the Amazon.com subsidiary's patent application No. 2005003380. "Server architecture and methods for persistently storing and serving event data," filed in July 2003, describes A9's method of personalizing search results by including an individual's past searches and other behavior. The same application is on file in the European Union.
The patent application discloses what is likely already Amazon.com's de facto search architecture, both for A9 and the e-commerce site."
Im getting just a little sick of patents - so if this goes through, it means that nobody else can improve Search in such a manner right?
Thanks Amazon...
Article Link: A9 Search Looks to Patent Its Shtick
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