In USC IP Partnership, L.P. v. Facebook, Inc., 2021 WL
6690275, U.S. District Judge Alan Albright of the U.S. District
Court for the Western District of Texas found U.S. Patent No.
8,645,300 invalid under 35 U.S.C. §101
The patent determines a website visitor's intent in order to
suggest webpages for the visitor. To determine a visitor's
intent, the patent uses an "intent engine" that collects
and analyzes intent data gathered from the visitor and the
visitor's browsing activity. Based on the determined intent,
recommended webpages are displayed for the visitor.
Representative Claim 1 reflects this process:
1. A method for predicting an intent of a visitor to a webpage,
the method comprising:
