Apple issued reassigned Topsy patent for reputation-based search engine [feedly]

Apple issued reassigned Topsy patent for reputation-based search engine
http://machash.com/appleinsider/172229/apple-issued-reassigned-topsy-patent-for-reputation-based-search-engine/

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Apple on Tuesday was reassigned a patent from Topsy Labs, the social analytics firm it purchased in 2013, covering a computer search system that cuts through the noise often found in crowdsourced recommendation services by surfacing search results based on user ranking and influence.