The record carries a change of name to this company from AOL, 664 recordings between Jun 29, 2017 and Jan 10, 2025. That name keeps its own page for the records filed under it.

35 patents currently held

1,876 more in force are now held by other companies

Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

The next term ends in Aug 2028. from the record

Of the 1,876 now held by other companies, 798 name Yahoo Assets LLC as their current owner, and 1,078 more name another party. Each row says which.

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Ending by 2030

Aug 2028

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Patent families

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notable patents fee due within 90 days all others Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know

Notable: the highest-ranked patents in this portfolio by citations and family size. Fee due within 90 days: a maintenance fee is due within 90 days of when this page was computed and not yet paid.

Notable patents

Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank

Notable

System and Method for Recommending Pleasant Routes from the Sentiment of Geo-Tagged Photographs US 11,092,447

Cited by 21 later US patents, top 10% of utility patents granted in 2021 in our data. Protection runs to 2034. A terminal disclaimer caps this term to an earlier patent's.

Ends Oct 2034 · High confidence Also notable

Virtual Private Network Based Parental Control Service with Motion-Based Restricted Mode US 10,924,932

Cited by 15 later US patents, top 10% of utility patents granted in 2021 in our data. Protection runs to 2035. A terminal disclaimer caps this term to an earlier patent's.

Ends Jul 2035 · High confidence Also notable

Presentation of a Multimedia Experience US 7,683,937

The most cited patent in this portfolio, cited by 43 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data. Protection runs to 2028.

Ends Aug 2028 · High confidence

Formerly held, still cited

Notable

Syndication of a Behavioral Profile Using a Monetization Platform US 10,592,930

Cited by 204 later US patents, top 1% of utility patents granted in 2020 in our data. Protection runs to 2030.

now held by Lemon Inc.

Ends Jul 2030 · Medium confidence

Also notable

Systems and Methods for Matching Online Users Across Devices US 11,328,323

Cited by 67 later US patents, top 1% of utility patents granted in 2022 in our data. Protection runs to 2035.

now held by Yahoo Ad Tech LLC

Ends Nov 2035 · High confidence

Also notable

Systems and Methods for Using Imaging to Authenticate Online Users US 9,130,929

Cited by 138 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data, and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2033.

now held by Verizon Media Inc.

Ends May 2033 · High confidence

Fee deadlines

Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.

2 fees due Feb 6 to 15, 2027 · next Feb 6
1 fee due Mar 3, 2027
The maintenance fee for Volume Control (US 10,402,155) comes due Mar 3, 2027. Unpaid by Sep 3, 2027, it lapses early.
1 fee due May 19, 2027
The maintenance fee for Device Management System with a Restore Prevention Utility (US 10,481,889) comes due May 19, 2027. Unpaid by Nov 19, 2027, it lapses early.
1 fee due Jun 10, 2027
The maintenance fee for Facilitation of Service Login (US 10,505,928) comes due Jun 10, 2027. Unpaid by Dec 10, 2027, it lapses early.
3 fees due Jul 2 to 14, 2027 · next Jul 2
1 fee due Oct 16, 2027
The maintenance fee for Systems and Methods for Accessing First Party Cookies (US 11,961,120) comes due Oct 16, 2027. Unpaid by Apr 17, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

Nov 11Assignment recorded on 1 record: Saavedra, Glenn Peter and 2 others to Oath, Inc. Recorded Nov 11, 2026, executed Mar 30, 2024. Conveyance as recorded: Assignment of Assignor's Interest. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership. Reel 76717, frame 961.
Nov 11Assignment recorded on 1 record: Saavedra, Glenn Peter and 4 others to Oath, Inc. Recorded Nov 11, 2026, executed Apr 20, 2026. Conveyance as recorded: Assignment of Assignor's Interest. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership. Reel 76718, frame 154.
4 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026
48 terms have ended since Aug 16, 2026

What they patent

The 5 largest of its 30 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.

Device Management System with a Restore Prevention Utility	2 in force	to May 2037
Volume Control	2 in force	to Nov 2036
Image Searching	2 in force	to Jun 2035
Image Capture Component	2 in force	to May 2035
Facilitation of Service Login	2 in force	to Mar 2035

Patents held now

Soonest term end first.

Patent	Title	Status	Expires	Confidence
US 7,683,937	Presentation of a Multimedia Experience In force (reinstated) Term ends Aug 24, 2028 · High confidence	In force (reinstated)	Term ends Aug 24, 2028	High confidence
US 11,861,516	Methods and System for Associating Locations with Annotations In force Term ends Feb 18, 2031 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Feb 18, 2031	High confidence
US 11,961,120	Systems and Methods for Accessing First Party Cookies held by Oath (Americas) Inc. In force Term ends Feb 26, 2033 · Medium confidence	In force	Term ends Feb 26, 2033	Medium confidence
US 12,205,142	Systems and Methods for Cross-Browser Advertising Id Synchronization held by Oath (Americas) Inc. In force Term ends Jun 20, 2033 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jun 20, 2033	High confidence
US 11,729,285	Systems and Methods for Matching Online Users Across Devices held by Oath (Americas) Inc. In force Term ends May 21, 2034 · High confidence	In force	Term ends May 21, 2034	High confidence
US 11,092,447	System and Method for Recommending Pleasant Routes from the Sentiment of Geo-Tagged Photographs In force Term ends Oct 9, 2034 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Oct 9, 2034	High confidence
US 10,664,613	Virtualization Input Component In force Term ends Feb 18, 2035 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Feb 18, 2035	High confidence
US 10,505,928	Facilitation of Service Login In force Term ends Mar 27, 2035 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Mar 27, 2035	High confidence
US 11,075,903	Facilitation of Service Login In force Term ends Mar 27, 2035 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Mar 27, 2035	High confidence
US 10,965,688	Management of Transactions in a Distributed Transaction System In force Term ends Apr 20, 2035 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Apr 20, 2035	High confidence

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Also on record, not counted in the 35: 1,876 patents in force now held by others · 800 patents ended · 44 applications pending · 1,550 applications abandoned. List them

Sources and methods

Compiled from USPTO application file histories, grants and recorded assignments, with the company's own names reviewed by hand. How this record was built

Portfolio grouped automatically from ownership conveyances to the names matched to this company, usually every name that begins with its own, so it counts patents an affiliate holds; each list row names the holder of record. Security interests are excluded and ambiguous records are not reviewed by hand.

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