Local Corp sitzt auf einem Patentschatz, hat ihn aber selbst nur dahingehend genütz, um bei seinen eigenen Aktivitäten abgesichert zu sein. Bei den zuerst erteilten Patenten ergab sich das Problem, dass man da gegen Unternehmen hätte klagen mussen, mit denen man zusammenarbeitet und wie im Fall von Google und Yahoo auch abhängig ist. Inzwischen existieren aber einige neuere Patente, wo diese Konfliktsituation nicht mehr besteht.
Patents and Patent Applications of Local Corp
Owner* Short Title Country Status
Application/
Issuance
Number
Filing
Date Inventors
Searches Assisted by Multi-Level
Menus
Issued
7,062,453
08/31/2000
Heath B. Clarke
Search Selections with Supplier
Information
Issued
7,890,378
12/14/2005
Heath B. Clarke
Rewarding User For Search
Selections
Pending
12/985,277
01/05/2011
Heath B. Clarke
Dynamic adjustment of Telephone
Listings
Issued
7,596,218
05/30/2003
William A. Montemer
Dynamic adjustment of Telephone
Listings
Issued
8,306,208
08/07/2009
William A. Montemer
Dynamic adjustment of Telephone
Listings
Pending
13/669,870
11/06/2012
William A. Montemer
Directory assistance using keywords
Issued
7,200,413
07/30/2003
William A. Montemer,
Heath B. Clarke
Bidding for directory assistance
Issued
7,715,857
03/23/2006
William A. Montemer,
Heath B. Clarke
Bidding for Directory Assistance
Issued
8,359,049
03/25/2010
William A. Montemer,
Heath B. Clarke
Using Rules to Influence Search
Results
Pending
11/302,506
12/12/2005
William Bertovich,
Stephen Ely,
Heath B. Clarke
Determining A Search Center
Pending
11/302,412
12/12/2005
William Bertovich,
Stephen Ely
Advertising based on Semantical
Keywords
Pending
11/452,607
06/13/2006
Ian Harcourt Niles,
Heath B. Clarke
Bulk Web Domain Generation
Issued
8,312,125
03/12/2010
Adam Rioux
Bulk Web Domain Generation
Pending
3/675,340
11/13/2012
Adam Rioux
Geocoding related Webpages
Issued
7,231,405
01/10/2005
Sam Xia
Indexing Found Geocodes with
Webpages
Issued
7,822,705
06/11/2007
Sam Xia
Indexing Found Geocodes with
Webpages
Issued
8,176,082
09/22/2010
Sam Xia
Search Engine Indexing Techniques
Pending
13/438,339
04/03/2012
Sam Xia
Provision Of Localized Shopping
Based On Geocodes
Issued
8,032,427
04/03/2007
Roger Spreen
System for Providing Localized
Shopping Information
Pending
13/238,489
09/21/2011
Roger Spreen
Methods and Systems for Enhanced
Directory Assistance Using Wireless
Messaging Protocols
Pending
13/746,932
01/22/2013
W. A. Montemer