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Complete List of Local Corp's Issued 13 Patents - Additional Applications Pending

Owner* Short Title Country Status
Issuance
Number
Filing
Date

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Menus
Issued
7,062,453
08/31/2000

Search Selections with Supplier
Information
Issued
7,890,378
12/14/2005

Dynamic adjustment of Telephone
Listings
Issued
7,596,218
05/30/2003

Dynamic adjustment of Telephone
Listings
Issued
8,306,208
08/07/2009

Directory assistance using keywords
Issued
7,200,413
07/30/2003

Bidding for directory assistance
Issued
7,715,857
03/23/2006

Bulk Web Domain Generation
Issued
8,312,125
03/12/2010

Geocoding related Webpages
Issued
7,231,405
01/10/2005

Indexing Found Geocodes with
Webpages
Issued
7,822,705
06/11/2007

Indexing Found Geocodes with
Webpages
Issued
8,176,082
09/22/2010

Provision Of Localized Shopping
Based On Geocodes
Issued
8,032,427
04/03/2007

Methods and systems for enhanced directory assistance using wireless messaging protocols
Patent number: 8359049
Filed: March 25, 2010
Issued: January 22, 2013

Technique for locating relevant advertisements through the use of semantic keyword searches with claims directed to software, systems and methods in which semantically related keywords may be used to locate relevant fee generating advertisements that may monetize better than other available response ads.
Patent number 8,725,572
Issued on May 13, 2014    

Joke, denn in ihrem Mittelpunkt steht, dass Local Corp die Rückzahlung einer Wandelschuldverschreibung in der "sensationellen" Höhe von 5 Millionen Dollar nicht finanzieren könne.

Local Corp is well positioned to address the convertible debt of only 5 million in April 2015

Local Corp can for example increase the number of shares from 23.5 to 27 million = 3.5 million and add 1.5 million from the cash.

But most likely is after my opinion, that the share-price is in April 2015 above $2.01 and the owners of the convertible bonds will convert the bonds in shares.

The financial monetization of patents has only started by one (the oldest) patent of 13 patents. And by the first trial by hundreds or thousands, who hurt these patent of Local Corp. we saw a very big success for Local Corp: A payment of $700,000 for Local Corp from Fry’s
Searches Assisted by Multi-Level
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Issued
7,062,453
08/31/2000
But this $700,000 will never standing alone – take a look at the speech of the CEO as the settlement was published, some weeks ago.
”We have identified hundreds of websites and applications that we believe infringe upon this patent and believe there are likely thousands more. We have set a clear course to begin the process of licensing this patent and expect to continue to report the results of these monetization efforts with greater frequency. Overall, we currently believe that a conservative estimate of potential future licensing fees that could be generated from this patent is $100 million. Local Corp can offer a new convertible debt and us the money to pay back the older convertible debt.

Local Corp can use the announced option to sell a part or all five pay-per-call-patents and licensing these patents.

Local Corp can use the 4.311 million cash and other current assets of 0.445 million.

Cash Flow in Q4/2014 and Q1/2015 can be 7.4 million again like in Q2/2014 and Q3/2014.
Total Cash Flow From Operating Activities was with 7.4 million positive in the last half year
Period Ending Sep 30, 2014 Jun 30, 2014
Total Cash Flow From Operating Activities 3,012 4,409

And a lot of combinations
 

sich in Grenzen halten:

Local Corp can for example increase the number of shares from 23.5 to 27 million = 3.5 million.

Oben steht noch zusätzlich "and add 1.5 million from the cash", was beim momentanen Kurs auf ca. 0,5 Millionen Cash sinken würde.

Die rechtlichen Möglichkeiten dazu hat sich Local Corp vor einigen Monaten geschaffen.

Wenn das Local Corp momentan nicht auf diese simple Tour macht, scheint sich meines Erachtens die Cash für diese 5 Millionen auch so zu ergeben, denn

- in Q2/Q3 war der Cash Flow 7,4 Millionen - und wenn sich ein vergleichbarer Wert in Q4-14/Q1-15 ergeben würde, wären die 5 Millionen ein Nonevent

- denkbar ist auch, dass so viel positive Ereignisse anstehen, dass der Kurs über $2,01 klettert, womit eine Wandlung in Aktien stattfinden würde und keine Cash notwendig wird

- und schließlich ist es nicht unwahrscheinlich, dass den 700,000 Dollars von Fry's weitere Dollars folgen werden, wenn sogar in einem Posting an die SEC das Potential auf sage und schreibe 100 Millionen geschätzt wird

- und wenn das alles nicht eintritt und man keine Verwässerung wünscht, kann man die fälligen 5 Millionen auch durch einen neuen Kredit ablösen. Das ist übrigens entgegen den Weltuntergangsbehauptungen der nackten Shortseller die im realen Wirtschaftsleben übliche Vorgehensweise.
 

 

- aber letztendlich ist die Anpassung immer wieder gelungen:

http://www.link-assistant.com/news/google-pigeon-update.html  

Schritt, um von den großen Suchmaschinen unabhängiger zu werden, was aber logischerweise sehr viel Geduld erfordert.

nQuery - the facts

- nQuery™, our new white-label search experience that opens up the market for mobile carriers and other enterprise partners to participate in revenue from mobile search.

- Our initial nQuery relationships are expected to give Local Corporation potentially significant market share in the Tier II mobile phone carrier marketplace and contribute significant incremental revenue later this year and into 2015..

- The company recently launched nQuery™ by Local, which provides a white-labeled, hosted search solution that powers customized local search experiences and supports the company’s goal to populate local search across the Internet of everything..

- The company recently entered into partnerships with entities that specialize in monetizing subscriber traffic for mobile operators and Wi-Fi networks. The company is implementing its nQuery solution with a top five global carrier. nQuery is already deployed with a major U.S. mobile carrier, 18 international and prepaid MVNOs and 10,000 U.S. hotels.

- nQuery is already powering millions of user searches per month and is expected to grow significantly with the onboarding of new partners. Less



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"Imagine 10 years ago, leaving the airport at 2 AM in a new city with no contacts and no plans. The idea that you could use your phone to find and book a nearby hotel ns. The idea that you could use your phone to find and book a nearby hotel (based on ratings and reviews), request and pay for a ride (and get an arrival estimate), and make breakfast plans – all while messaging friends across the country – was thought to be incredible. “Blue sky” thinking, they called it.

And yet, now it’s all here. It’s amazing, but also completely normal. Marketing is different. SEO is certainly different. But in many ways it’s still the same. Like we outlined in our new definition of SEO, it’s still about Solving Problems, Engaging Audiences, and Optimizing Everything.

The new “blue sky” thinking in 2014 is about the Internet of Things—the shift to assigning every single thing an IP address and connecting it to the Internet.
But it’s going to get even crazier in the next 10 years. And just like the shift from desktop to mobile, the Internet of Things is going to mean huge challenges and opportunities for marketers – and specifically for SEOs."

Read the complete text at:
neboagency.com/blog/seo-and-the-internet-of-things/




 

- offensichtlich mögen deutsche Anleger keine billigen Aktien, sondern glauben dem technischen Hokuspokus-Fittipus-Dreimal-Schwarzer-Kater, dass man erst einsteigen dürfe, wenn die Kurse die ersten starken Gewinne hinter sich haben.

Warren Buffett macht das bekanntlich anders: Er kauft dann, wenn andere ängstlich sind.  

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CFO Ken Cragun presented at the LD Micro Conference yesterday and was kept busy with lots of good Q&A afterwards. #LocalCorp #ldmicro
3. Dezember
 

Uns den 1Dollar Kurs  

We believe these efforts will result in traffic growth in early 2015
As discussed, our second and third quarter network revenue declines reflect our efforts to manage and optimize network traffic to combat the pervasive increases in fraudulent traffic activity across the industry.

While implementation took longer than expected, we now have deployed Integrity. It is already delivering higher quality traffic and contributing to increasing network revenue. Monthly unique visitors were 66 million for the third quarter, compared to 73 million in the second quarter of 2014.

In the fourth quarter, we are currently implementing additional keyword campaigns, new vertical sites, and more local content across our O&O properties. We believe these efforts will result in traffic growth in early 2015.

Source: Read the complete text of the Conference Call direct at Seeking Alpha
 

The Retailers who working together with Local Corp’s Krillion

A
AT&T Wireless Apple Store Ace Hardware Ann Taylor
B
Babies R Us Best Buy Bed Bath And Beyond Big 5 Sporting Goods
C
Carters Costco CVS
D
Dick's Sporting Goods
E
Express
F
Fry's Electronics Foot Locker
G
GameStop
H
Harbor Freight Tools Howard's TV & Appliance Home Depot
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IKEA
J
JC Penney
K
Kmart Kohl's
L
Lowe's
M
Micro Center Macy's
N
Nordstrom
O
Orchard Supply Hardware OfficeMax Office Depot
P
Pottery Barn Paul's TV Pottery Barn Kids PCM Petco
R
Restoration Hardware Rite Aid RadioShack REI
S
Sur La Table Staples Saks Fifth Avenue Sears Sam's Club Sony Store
T
Toys R Us Target True Value Hardware
W
Williams-Sonoma Walmart Walgreens
 

 

Next BIG Thing Near: The Monetization of the 5 important Pay Per Call-Patents of Local Corp.  Local Corp could sell these five patents to a bigger company and licence without to pay a fee. I believe, that a bigger company with more cash and more market-power than Local Corp can reach a very bigger amount than Local Corp by the monetization of these patents.


The 5 important Pay Per Call-Patents of Local Corp

Methods and systems for enhanced directory assistance using wireless messaging protocols
Patent number: 8359049
Type: Grant
Filed: March 25, 2010
Issued: January 22, 2013
Assignee: Local Corporation

Enhanced directory assistance services in a telecommunications network
Patent number: 8306208
Type: Grant
Filed: August 7, 2009
Issued: November 6, 2012
Assignee: Local Corporation

Methods and systems for enhanced directory assistance using wireless messaging protocols
Patent number: 7715857
Type: Grant
Filed: March 23, 2006
Issued: May 11, 2010
Assignee: Local Corporation

Enhanced directory assistance services in a telecommunications network
Patent number: 7596218
Type: Grant
Filed: May 30, 2003
Issued: September 29, 2009
Assignee: Local.Corporation

Methods and system for enhanced directory assistance using wireless messaging protocols
Patent number: 7200413
Type: Grant
Filed: July 30, 2003
Issued: April 3, 2007
Assignee: Local Corporation Less

Read these two announcements in the Overview Q3/2014:

Reviewing options to maximize value
Pay-Per-Call patent portfolio

Transferring patents into dedicated IP holding subsidiary
Structure provides most flexible solution to leverage value

To win an overview about the importance of the Pay Per Call-Patents of Local Corp, enter additional Gooogle with "pay per call-patents" Less

stanngurustannguru•a second agoRemove0users liked this postsusers disliked this posts0ReplyLocal Corp coulld sell these five patents to a bigger company and licence without to pay a fee.
Local Corp coulld sell these five patents to a bigger company and licence without to pay a fee.
 

Pay per call leads convert at a rate of 10-15% while other forms of digital advertising convert at 2-3%

3 Reasons Pay-Per-Call Beats Pay-Per-Click Every Time
June 11, 2014

A phone call is a powerful thing, and if your business relies on leads, a phone call is one of the most valuable ways a lead can make contact. After all, a phone call is personal, one-to-one, and accessible equally to every demographic. There is a reason that pay per call leads convert at a rate of 10-15% while other forms of digital advertising convert at 2-3%. In fact, here are three reasons why the call is mightier than the click:

Source: Read the complete Article direct at Soleo

The value of a phone lead

One reason the pay-per-call industry is growing so dramatically is that businesses are realizing the value of a single phone lead. Conversion rates are consistently higher for phone leads as compared with other types of leads. While phone sales is nothing new, the concept of marketers billing on a per-call basis is relatively new. As local businesses realize the value of phone leads, they’re willing to pay well for them.

Mobile technology and the pay-per-call industry
Another reason for growth in the pay-per-call industry is the advent of mobile click-to-call. Never has it been easier for potential customers to be connected with sales representatives by phone. Click-to-call is driving a very large number of high quality leads to businesses  

 and a price target of $4.00 on September 4, 2014 7:23 AM EDT

H.C. Wainwright initiated coverage on Local Corp with a Buy rating and a price target of $4.00.

Analyst Amit Dayal said, "LOCM is in the early stages of implementing a new business strategy that over time should make the business less dependent on its traditional partnership-driven, search monetization model. Some of the big changes that have taken place over the last few quarters include a new CEO and new strategic initiatives that should boost organic traffic and revenues and allow for stronger margins. Under the new CEO there has been a renewed emphasis on R&D, which we believe should allow the company to introduce new products and services that leverage the ‘local search’ and ‘local commerce’ theme. Our price target of $4.00 translates to an EV/Rev multiple of ~0.8x (in relation to our 2015 revenue expectations for LOCM), which we believe is conservative relative to its peers and accommodates for the early stages of various new strategic initiatives underway at the company."

Source: streetinsider/Analyst+Comments Less



And additional positive had happened since early September:

• “LOCM is in the early stages of implementing a new business strategy that over time should make the business less dependent on its traditional partnership-driven, search monetization model.”

• Local Content and Search Engine Marketing Expansion: This quarter, the company continues to ingest new category data from additional sources, while adding content partnerships for its O&O properties. The company is also initiating additional keyword campaigns, vertical categories and rich content enhancements. Together, management believes these will increase traffic. :

• Successful Programmatic Launch: The company entered the programmatic media marketplace to leverage its robust local audience data and connect advertisers with real people in real time, on the right platform. The company’s valuable, high-intent, first-party consumer data, includes behavioral, geo and device attributes from its 20 million monthly unique visitors across its O&O properties. The company anticipates this will enable additional scale over time, as any number of publishers can access multiple advertisers and multiple, targeted ads based on specific interests.

• Mobile Search Advances: The company is implementing its nQuery solution with a top five global carrier. nQuery is already deployed with a major U.S. mobile carrier, 18 international and prepaid MVNOs and 10,000 U.S. hotels. Providing a custom, hosted search solution, nQuery now powers millions of search queries globally. The company expects to further grow nQuery via partnerships with entities that specialize in monetizing subscriber traffic for mobile operators and Wi-Fi networks.

Source: Report about Q3/2014



Not part of the valuation through H.C. Wainwright from September 4, 2014 are the news about the monetization of the Patent No. 7,062,453.

Local Corp had only started the monetizaton of patents with the following oldest patent of it’s 13 patents. No patents is capitalized in the balance sheet today, but only the following patent alone could have a value of 100 million..

Searches Assisted by Multi-Level
Menus
Issued
7,062,453
08/31/2000

In September, the lawsuit against Fry’s Electronics, Inc. regarding the infringement of Local’s U.S. Patent No. 7,062,453, which covers “methods and systems for dynamic networked commerce architecture” was settled to the mutual satisfaction of the parties, and Fry’s Electronics, Inc. agreed to license the patent. Local Corporation is continuing its efforts to enforce its intellectual property rights.

At the date of the publishing of the license an amount was not published, but now through the filing of 10 Q you can recognize the amount:

"Income from settlement and patent licensing
During the third quarter of fiscal 2014, we reached a settlement agreement in the patent infringement action against Fry’s Electronics, Inc. As part of the settlement agreement, we received a one-time patent license fee payment of $700,000 related to prior infringement of our patent."

But it will come a lot better, if you look at the following sentences of the CEO by the publishing of the license:

“We have identified hundreds of websites and applications that we believe infringe upon this patent and believe there are likely thousands more. We have set a clear course to begin the process of licensing this patent. Overall, we currently believe that a conservative estimate of potential future licensing fees that could be from this patent is $100 million. We believe we are well-positioned to explore the monetization of our other patent families as well, including our pay-per-call patents.”

Sources: Report abut Q3/2014 and Q10 from Q3/2014
 

Mobile advertising in the US will total $17.73 billion in 2014, with mobile search spending accounting for more than half of that total, or $9.02 billion, according to new figures from eMarketer. By 2018, we estimate, mobile search spending will reach $28.41 billion, or 85.9% of the US digital search advertising market. - See more at: eMarketer
 

auf US-Boards erzählt, Fakt ist:

Adjusted EBITDA positive during the last six years (Company Overview 3/2014) FY-09
FY-10
FY-11
FY-12
FY-13
FY-14* (Estimate)
Adjusted EBITDA
$3,041
$13,775
$3,247
$777
$4,533
$4,000

And quarterly: ".... we delivered our seven consecutive quarter of positive adjusted EBITDA....."
Source: Read the complete transcript of the Conference Call direct at Seeking Alpha

100 million from only one of 13 patents - and this estimate is very conserative.
We have set a clear course to begin the process of licensing this patent and expect to continue to report the results of these monetization efforts with greater frequency. Overall, we currently believe that a conservative estimate of potential future licensing fees that could be generated from this patent is $100 million.
 

about when they’re searching for products from their mobile devices.
With mobile’s ever-increasing influence on the shopping experience, there are three vital questions consumers care about when they’re searching for products from their mobile devices:

1. Is it carried near me? Consumers want to know if nearby retail locations sell the product they're interested in.

2. Is it available in store? Consumers want to know if the product they want to buy today is available in a nearby store.

3. How much does it cost? Consumers want pricing information on products.

We believe the consumer shift to mobile devices presents a tremendous opportunity for us. Today, consumers are using their mobile devices more than ever before to search for local products and services.

We believe that Local can become the technology engine which powers third party apps and sites that seek to provide on-the-go mobile consumers with the local business, product, and service information they want, when they need it, along their path from discovery to decision. If this happens, we believe we will be in a better position to control our financial future by having direct relationships with retailers and brands and as a result we expect to be able to reduce our reliance on third party advertisers.

In addition, we believe that any wide adoption of the Local technology platform would result in access to an immense amount of data about retailers, manufacturers, and consumers alike. We believe this could further evolve Local’s platform into a location-based data play, complete with highly valuable consumer behavior trends, price history by category and other valuable information. We believe we are in the early stages of this evolution in consumer search and we believe we are well positioned to take advantage of it.

Source: Newest Q10
 

Local Flagship in Corporate Overview Q4-2014

• Rich, relevant local content

• 500M annual searches

• Growing mobile segments in local jobs,
coupons and apartment rentals

• Most popular segments
Home services
Medical
Legal
Restaurant

Corporate Overview – Q4 2014

Publisher Partner Network

• Hundreds of publisher partner sites

• 25 million search queries per day*

• Traffic scored through nTegrity TM to ensure it is a valid impression

*as of November 2014

Source: Company Overview Q4-2014

nPress by local

White labeld hosted directory

• Rich, relevant local content

• 100% organic audience

• Traffic across all 50 states

• 50% mobile traffic and growing

• Categories & performance similar to Local Corp's flagship

Corporate Overview – Q4 2014

nQuery by local in Corperated Overview Q4-2014

White labeled hosted search

• 26 million mobile subscribers activated

• 10 million US smartphone searches per month

• Launching top 5 mobile carrier in South America
~200million+ searches per month

• Biz Dev conversations openwith several global carriers & MVNOs

• Several languages:
English
Spanish
Portuguese
Chinese

Source: Company Overview Q4-2014  

eld- und Briefkurse
Handelsplatz Geld-Stk.      GeldGeld-Brief     BriefBrief-Stk.§Spread Zeit
 Tradegate 1.612 0,931 €
  0,965 € 1.554 3,65% 08:07:26
 Stuttgart 3.000 0,932 €
  0,967 € 3.000 3,76% 07:37:27
 Frankfurt 3.162 0,949 €
  0,986 € 3.043 3,90% 12.12.14
 Berlin 1.666 0,901 €
  0,995 € 1.508 10,43% 07:43:51  

Local Corp has 226M high intent, local consumers annually

• Desktop

• Mobile

• Apps

• Carriers

• WiFi

Source: Company Overview Q4/2014
 

nStore: Consumers found you online. Now drive them in-store.

Manufacturers
Drive online visitors to purchase your products online or offline
Provide online and on-the-go shoppers with a seamless shopping experience that makes it easy for them to buy your products anywhere they are sold, nearby or online.

Add dynamic, localized where-to-buy functionality to your online product pages that will engage ready-to-buy shoppers. Leverage our turn-key JavaScript® implementation or tap our powerful API to support your retail channel and help shoppers find your products at stores nearby. Desktop, mobile and tablet compatible, our solution supports your customers by providing local buying options.

Local Corp Solution Features for Manufacturers

• Real-time store availability
•
• Dynamic nightly pricing updates
•
• Rich-store level details
•
• Flexible API
•
• Powerful reporting analytics

- Connect Ready Buyers with Authorized Dealers: Facilitate the buying process by showing consumers a unified view of all their buying options, including which stores have your products in stock.

- Drive Qualified Shoppers to Your Retailer Partners: Turn online consumers into in-store buyers with real-time StockCheck™ technology.

- Minimize cost with a scalable solution: nStore is a web, mobile and tablet-ready solution that offers three tiers for integration from a turn-key simple widget to a fully customizable API solution. Save money and time by implementing a where-to-buy solution that is a perfect fit for your business as you need it.

- Partner with the pioneer in local shopping: We built the first inventory-aware where-to-buy shopping solution, and partner with numerous major brands to drive both online and local retail channel

Source: Krillion.com
 

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Sr. Product Manager, Innovation Team

Local Corporation’s Innovation team members build futuristic and prototype products in the digital technology space! We are looking for a Sr. Product Manager to help contribute ideas and execute on the creation for Local’s product-centric future.

We are looking for a passionate Product Manager to work with key stakeholders and partners, to deliver amazingly innovative technologies and products. As a product manager, your responsibilities will include gathering and developing requirements, helping to define a product vision and strategy, and working with world-class engineers to execute that strategy. This position is full time and based at our headquarters in Irvine, CA.

Quelle: Eines von acht Stellenangeboten auf der Internet-Seite von Local Corp



48% of employees will work in reseach & development by the end of 2014.

Intend to continue making significant investments in initiatives to diversify our revenue sources and promote our future growth "As we continue to diversify our technologies and traffic sources, we remain focused on technology and advertising offerings that will improve the experience for our end users, and allow our network and other third party partners to enhance their service offerings and lower their costs. While we are still very focused on the local search industry, we believe there are additional opportunities in technology and advertising that we and our customers can benefit from, while diversifying our revenue sources. We intend to continue making significant investments in initiatives to diversify our revenue sources and promote our future growth."

Source: Last Q10 from November 2014
48% of employees will work in reseach & development by the end of 2014.

Intend to continue making significant investments in initiatives to diversify our revenue sources and promote our future growth "As we continue to diversify our technologies and traffic sources, we remain focused on technology and advertising offerings that will improve the experience for our end users, and allow our network and other third party partners to enhance their service offerings and lower their costs. While we are still very focused on the local search industry, we believe there are additional opportunities in technology and advertising that we and our customers can benefit from, while diversifying our revenue sources. We intend to continue making significant investments in initiatives to diversify our revenue sources and promote our future growth."

 

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