Mr. Gary Price SEW blogged Yahoo Has Social Networking Patent Published (http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/050816-114640). For all you patent junkies, this might make a wonderful read, possibly the future of search here.

Patent at http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220050177385%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20050177385&RS=DN/20050177385

I see noticed in the post it says the public has the option of disputing the patent. This patent is bogus, i've been doing what they describe for the last 4 years. I live in canada, so i'm not sure what has to be done in the states, but isn't showing prior art enough to invalidate this soon to be patent?