Methods for document indexing and analysis
First Claim
1. A method for analysis of a collection of documents, which method comprises the steps of:
- a. selecting a data set for analysis from said collection of documents;
b. selecting at least one analysis means for said data set including an analysis algorithm based on the structure of said data set; and
c. using the selected analysis means to produce a result from the analysis comprising relationships among the documents in the selected set.
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Abstract
The present invention describes a method that is based on an analysis of document information, and which can be used for conducting and potentially accelerating business opportunity assessments and technology investment decisions. Documents include patent documents, scientific and trade literature, magazines, e-zines, Internet search results and the like. The system can be implemented as an automatic or semi-automatic analysis system, and it ultimately provides a document index or visual index from which technology, investment or business decisions can be drawn. The method comprises the steps of selecting a document data set for analysis, selecting one or more analysis means, such as means to determine relationships among the documents in the selected set, and then, forming a representation of the result for further analysis, display or planning.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for analysis of a collection of documents, which method comprises the steps of:
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a. selecting a data set for analysis from said collection of documents;
b. selecting at least one analysis means for said data set including an analysis algorithm based on the structure of said data set; and
c. using the selected analysis means to produce a result from the analysis comprising relationships among the documents in the selected set. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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6. The method of claim l wherein said analysis means comprises an algorithm capable of bibliographic analysis.
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8. The method of claims, wherein said analysis means comprises an algorithm selected from the group consisting of Markov models, hidden Markov models, partial least squares and principal component analysis.
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13. An expert system for analysis of a collection of documents, comprising:
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a) means for selecting a data set for analysis from the collection of documents;
b) means for selecting at least one analysis algorithm for said data set based on the structure of said data set; and
c) means for utilizing said at least one analysis algorithm to perform an analysis of said data set to produce a result comprising relationships among the documents in said data set.
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