ResourceShelfPLUS (ResourceShelf.com)に，最近，YahooとＭicrosoftが出願あるいは取得した検索関連特許が，次のように紹介されていた。
Yahoo Patent Applications
・Targeted advertisements using time-dependent key search terms
・ Search systems and methods using in-line contextual queries
・ Automated solicited message detection
Patents Awarded to Microsoft
・User intention modeling for web navigation
・ Auto playlist generator
Microsoft Patent Applications
・ Method and system for adaptive categorial presentation of search results
・ Life moment tagging and storage
・ Categorizing, voting and rating community threads
・ Query-based snippet clustering for search result grouping
