ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,430,389, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to adMarketplace (New York).

"Computer implemented system and methods for implementing a search engine access point" was invented by Adam J. Epstein (NY, N.Y.), Michael Yudin (NY, N.Y.) and James Hill (NY, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented system and method to perform a search operation. The system may comprise a server that may include a matching unit and a database of keywords. The matching unit may receive a partial query term and may match the partial query term to the database of keywords to define a one or more matched keywords. The matching unit may perform a rele...