US 10585959

Here's a concise summary of US patent 10585959:

US Patent 10,585,959

• Title: Internet search results annotation and filtering for missing search terms
• Assignee: Accusearch Technologies LLC (Current Assignee as of 2025-03-18)
• Inventors: Robert Osann, Jr.
• Filing Date: August 28, 2019 (Application No. US16/553,900)
• Issue Date: March 10, 2020
• Abstract: The patent addresses the issue of Internet search results often linking to webpages or their descendants that do not contain all the search terms submitted by a user. It proposes annotating search results to highlight missing search terms on referenced and descendant webpages, optionally filtering out results with missing terms, and displaying relevant advertisements. This system aims to help users avoid irrelevant links, thus saving time and speeding up the search process.

Plain-Language Overview of Independent Claims:

• Claim 1 (System): This claim describes a computer system that receives a user's search query, performs an Internet search, and then sends back annotated search results for display. The key aspect is that each search result displayed on the user's computing device includes an automatic annotation. This annotation is generated based on whether the original search terms are present or absent in the webpage directly linked in the search result. The annotation specifically identifies one or more search terms missing from the referenced webpage and indicates that the search result is less relevant to the user's query.
• Claim 11 (Method): This claim outlines a method that mirrors the functionality of the system described in Claim 1. It involves receiving a search request, performing an Internet search, and transmitting automatically annotated search results to a user's computing device. The method includes displaying a search result grouping with an annotation that responds to the presence or absence of search terms in the referenced webpage. Like Claim 1, this annotation specifically notes missing search terms and signals lower relevance.
• Claim 20 (Computing Device Apparatus): This claim describes the user's computing device itself as an apparatus that facilitates this annotated search process. The computing device receives the user's search request, initiates the Internet search, and then receives and displays the automatically annotated search results from a remote server. The displayed search result grouping again features an annotation that highlights search terms missing from the referenced webpage, thereby indicating that the result is less relevant.

Litigation Status:
As of April 26, 2026, the patent is currently listed as "Active". The provided patent information indicates pending litigation:

• A PTAB (Patent Trial and Appeal Board) case, IPR2026-00286, has been filed and is currently pending.
• A U.S. case has been filed in the Delaware District Court (case number 1:25-cv-00514).

Searches for "US patent 10585959 CAFC docket 2026" did not return any specific dockets for this patent at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) by the current date. It is common for District Court and PTAB cases to be appealed to the CAFC, but given the current dates of the pending IPR and filed District Court case, it is unlikely they would have reached the CAFC appeal stage by April 2026.