Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
57 patents granted to the 7 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to People Incorporated’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
57
57 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
in the last year the record reads
Applications published
75
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
7
a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
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Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
Under which name7 counted
IAC Search & Media, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
66 publishedTEL-TECH SYSTEMS, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 publishedTELTECH SYSTEMS, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 publishedTelTech Systems, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
4 publishedLeague Sports Services LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 publishedAllrecipes.com a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedIAC Search & Media, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
1 publishedNames not counted (11)
People Inc
Most of its patents print JP; this name counts in US. 47 granted and 5 published under it are not counted.
LifeCare, Inc.
Most of its patents print NO; this name counts in US. 4 granted and 4 published under it are not counted.
People Inc
Most of its patents print JP; this name counts in US. 0 granted and 6 published under it are not counted.
HSN, LLC
Counted on the file of Match Group, Inc., whose former name it is. 3 granted and 2 published under it are not counted.
LifeCare, Inc.
Most of its patents print IL; this name counts in US. 2 granted and 2 published under it are not counted.
International Publishing Corporation Limited
No country is printed for it. 3 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
LifeCare, Inc.
Most of its patents print NO; this name counts in US. 0 granted and 2 published under it are not counted.
APN, LLC
Most of its patents print CA; this name counts in US. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
APN, LLC
Most of its patents print CA; this name counts in US. 1 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
IAC Inc.
Most of its patents print BE; this name counts in US. 1 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
IAC Inc.
Most of its patents print NL; this name counts in US. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Nov 20, 2018 | 10,135,718 | Service pack deployment in a method and system for providing answers to requests | Digital communication | IAC Search & Media, Inc. |
| Jan 9, 2018 | 9,866,649 | Automatic scaling of system for providing answers to requests | Digital communication | IAC Search & Media, Inc. |
| Dec 26, 2017 | 9,852,457 | Method and system to facilitate transactions between organization registrants and merchandise suppliers | IT methods for management | League Sports Services LLC |
| Sep 12, 2017 | 9,762,731 | Determining and denying call completion based on detection of robocall or unsolicited advertisement | Telecommunications | TELTECH SYSTEMS, INC. |
| Jul 18, 2017 | 9,712,681 | Call distribution techniques | Computer technology | TELTECH SYSTEMS, INC. |
| Feb 28, 2017 | 9,584,658 | Call distribution techniques | Computer technology | TELTECH SYSTEMS, INC. |
| Nov 15, 2016 | 9,495,457 | Batch crawl and fast crawl clusters for question and answer search engine | Computer technology | IAC Search & Media, Inc. |
| Jun 7, 2016 | 9,361,384 | Image extraction service for question and answer search engine | Computer technology | IAC Search & Media, Inc. |
| May 17, 2016 | 9,344,354 | Redirecting telephone call to packet-switched data call via voicemail | Digital communication | TEL-TECH SYSTEMS, INC. |
| Feb 23, 2016 | 9,270,816 | Redirecting telephone call to packet-switched data call via voicemail | Digital communication | TEL-TECH SYSTEMS, INC. |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Jul 26, 2018 | 2018/0212958 | Two Factor Authentication Using SMS | Digital communication | TelTech Systems, Inc. |
| May 31, 2018 | 2018/0152817 | Call Forwarding and Routing Back to Phone After Contact List Update | Telecommunications | TelTech Systems, Inc. · patent 10,003,940 granted from it |
| Jan 12, 2017 | 2017/0013122 | Call Distribution Techniques | Computer technology | TelTech Systems, Inc. · patent 9,584,658 granted from it |
| May 12, 2016 | 2016/0134722 | AUTOMATIC SCALING OF SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ANSWERS TO REQUESTS | Digital communication | IAC Search & Media, Inc. · patent 9,866,649 granted from it |
| May 12, 2016 | 2016/0134515 | SERVICE PACK DEPLOYMENT IN A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ANSWERS TO REQUESTS | Digital communication | IAC Search & Media, Inc. · patent 10,135,718 granted from it |
| May 12, 2016 | 2016/0132802 | JOIN FUNCTION IN A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ANSWERS TO REQUESTS | IT methods for management | IAC Search & Media, Inc. |
| Feb 11, 2016 | 2016/0043939 | Redirecting Telephone Call to Packet-Switched Data Call Via Voicemail | Digital communication | TelTech Systems, Inc. · patent 9,344,354 granted from it |
| Jul 2, 2015 | 2015/0186528 | REQUEST TYPE DETECTION FOR ANSWER MODE SELECTION IN AN ONLINE SYSTEM OF A QUESTION AND ANSWER SEARCH ENGINE | Computer technology | IAC Search & Media, Inc. |
| Jul 2, 2015 | 2015/0186527 | QUESTION TYPE DETECTION FOR INDEXING IN AN OFFLINE SYSTEM OF QUESTION AND ANSWER SEARCH ENGINE | Computer technology | IAC Search & Media, Inc. |
| Jul 2, 2015 | 2015/0186526 | IMAGE EXTRACTION SERVICE FOR QUESTION AND ANSWER SEARCH ENGINE | Computer technology | IAC Search & Media, Inc. · patent 9,361,384 granted from it |
A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.