U.S. Patent 8073850 was awarded to WordNetworks, Inc. on 2011-12-06 and describes a “Selecting key phrases for serving contextually relevant content.” This patent has been cited 283 times by other U.S. patents which places it in the top 500 cited patents since 2010 according to our law firm research, and makes it of the most innovative computer technology patents in the field of electrical engineering. The abstract states:

A process is described for assessing the suitability of particular keyword phrases for use in serving contextually relevant content for display on particular web pages. In one embodiment, the process involves determining frequencies of occurrence of particular keyword phrases within a peer group of pages associated with a target URL. Popularity levels of the phrases, as assessed using other sources of information, may also be considered. A process is also disclosed in which selected keyword phrases on a web page are transformed into links that can be selected by a user to view bundled content that is related to such keyword phrases. Link: U.S. Patent 8073850

This patent was originally filed on 2008-01-18 which gives it a processing time of 1418 days, compared to an average processing time of 1479 in the field. WordNetworks, Inc. has 5 total patents. The first named inventor is Sid Hubbard of San Francisco, CA. The primary examiner was Marc Somers.

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