ANDOVER, MA — (Marketwired) — 04/29/13 — , a leading provider of semantic technologies to bridge the usability gap in connected devices and applications with intelligent search, discovery and personalization , announced today it has been awarded four new patents by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) over the past few weeks, bringing its total count of issued patents to 38. All the new patents relate to improving search experiences in the context of current usability trends around social, device based universal search, or semantic and intelligent searching capabilities required by users.
The patent entitled (USPTO number ) covers incremental search capabilities based on relationships of users.
The significance of this latest issued patent is how search results are weighted in the context of social networks and organizations where relative strengths of relationships or other organizational factors determine the results. Like Veveo-s other search capabilities, this invention is designed to make search intelligent and efficient through applying semantic and personal relevance to search and discovery.
A second new patent has been assigned for the Veveo application entitled: was assigned USPTO number: . This patent covers seamlessly searching within and across documents using a single interface.
The third new issued patent is for Veveo-s application entitled: , assigned USPTO number: . It covers the notion of presenting content during content discovery based on user preferences.
The fourth new issued patent is for Veveo-s application entitled: , assigned USPTO number: . It covers the notion of presenting content taking into account activity level spike associated with content, such as the sudden increase in popularity of a topic due to an event.
The issuance of the new patents follows last month. Veveo has filed more than 70 to date for advanced technologies that support more than 100 million connected devices and televisions globally through Tier-1 service providers, device OEMs and payTV operators.
“Veveo is deeply involved in inventing ground-breaking technologies to enable the next generation of search, personalization and intelligent usability of products and services for connected devices,” said Murali Aravamudan, founder and CEO of Veveo. “Our rapidly growing patent portfolio reflects that commitment.”
Veveo is a leading provider of semantic technologies to bridge the usability gap in connected devices and applications with intelligent search, discovery and personalization . With more than 100 million deployments worldwide through leading device OEMs and Tier 1 service providers, and 45 million TVs supported by leading payTV operators in US and Canada, Veveo is redefining how users experience connected devices and applications in natural and intuitive ways. Based on the company-s patented Knowledge Graph semantic platform, Veveo products enable advanced solutions for search, recommendation, discovery and navigation that offer intelligent, intuitive and efficient usability. These technologies further enable the implementation of intelligent conversational interfaces to bridge the gap in usability for connected devices and applications with natural language and speech based interfaces.
Veveo-s semantic solutions are designed to deliver rich, hyper-personalized user experiences that anticipate user intent, driving higher engagement, content consumption, and monetization of products and services for device vendors, service providers and enterprises, across platforms of smartphones, tablets, TVs, and set-top boxes.
Founded in 2004, Veveo-s customers include Comcast, Cablevision, Rogers, AT&T, DirecTV, and Nokia. The venture-backed company is based in Boston, MA and has a growing intellectual property portfolio of more than 70 patent applications, with 40 issued and allowed patents. For more information, visit or find us on , or .
Jill Colna or Cheryl Reynhout
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