Patents
US 8180329 B2: Method and system for determining popularity of an enterprise and associating a ranking factor based on popularity with contact information for the enterprise stored locally on a communication device
- Granted
- 2012-05-15
- Filed
- 2007-12-28 application 11966020
- Type
- Utility · 14 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Electronic interaction with an enterprise is tracked and used to determine the popularity of the enterprise. A ranking factor is determined for each enterprise from the popularity and associated with contact information for the enterprise. The ranking factor is transmitted to a communication device containing the contact information wherein the ranking factor is associated with the contact information. The ranking factor may be used to sort the enterprises having contact information stored on the communication device in response to a user-initiated search query.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg120515.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Innovation Sciences, llc 7 patents | Foreign company or organization | Elkins, WV | INNOVATION SCIENCES, LLC State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitesh Ratnakar | Elkins, WV | 20 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G06Q | Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes; systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes, not otherwise provided for | G06Q30/00 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-08 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | MIRA ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS, INC. signed 2024-10-30 | CONTACTWAVE LLC ALBUQUERQUE, NM | 69778/811 | PASDL, file of 2026-08-03 |
| 2024-10-12 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | RATNAKAR, NITESH, DR. signed 2024-10-09 | MIRA ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS, INC. WHEELING, WV | 68880/971 | PASDL, file of 2026-08-03 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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