Intangible property enumerating method and system

• US 20040019550A1
• Filed: 07/27/2002
• Published: 01/29/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Advantest Corporation
• Original Assignee: Advantest Corporation
• Inventors: Rajsuman, Rochit, Yamoto, Hiroaki
• Application Number:
  US10/206,713
• Publication Number:
  US 20040019550A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/36
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/06 Asset management; Financial planning or analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/206 Drawing of charts or graphs

Abstract

An intangible property management method and system to enumerate and account intangible property is described. The intangible property management system utilizes a computer system which uses various domains of the intangible property to enumerate and account intangible property based on relationships with various business parameters. The system is configured by a computer system for executing a program and processing data describing the intangible assets interrelated with business parameters, and a multi-dimensional chart having multiple domains which are assigned with types of intangible property and business parameters.

Claims

1. A system for enumerating and accounting intangible assets, comprising:

a computer system for executing a program for enumerating and accounting the intangible assets and processing data describing the intangible assets interrelated with business parameters; and

a multi-dimensional chart having multiple domains which are assigned with types of intangible property and the business parameters;

wherein the multi-dimensional chart illustrates the intangible assets interrelated with the business parameters using multiple dimensions at the same time.

2. A system for enumerating and accounting intangible assets as defined in claim 1, wherein said multi-dimensional chart illustrates the intangible assets with specified fonts, color, background patterns and shades to differentiate properties, scope, interactions and status of the intangible assets.

3. A system for enumerating and accounting intangible assets as defined in claim 1, wherein said computer system rotates an axis or plane in the multi-dimensional chart to visualize a desired domain at a desired location of the multi-dimensional chart.

4. A system for enumerating and accounting intangible assets as defined in claim 1, said multi-dimensional chart illustrates said intangible assets based on relationships with at least one predetermined product.

5. A system for enumerating and accounting intangible assets as defined in claim 3, said multi-dimensional chart illustrates said intangible assets based on relationships with at least one group or division of a corporation or at least one corporation.

6. A method of enumerating and accounting intangible assets, comprising the following steps of:

determining requirements and scopes for representing intangible assets and business parameters;

determining a number of domains of a multi-dimensional chart based on the requirements and scopes;

assigning types of intangible assets and business parameters to the domains of the multi-dimensional chart;

creating lists of data describing particulars of each of the intangible assets;

completing the multi-dimensional chart by combining the lists of data, thereby illustrating the intangible assets with relationship with the business parameters in a multi-dimensional format.

7. A method of enumerating and accounting intangible assets as defined in claim 6, further comprising a step of specifying fonts, color, background patterns and shades to differentiate properties, scope, interactions and status of intangible assets.

8. A method of enumerating and accounting intangible assets as defined in claim 6, further comprising a step of rotating an axis or plane in the multi-dimensional chart to visualize a desired domain at a desired location of the multi-dimensional chart.

9. A method of enumerating and accounting intangible assets as defined in claim 6, said multi-dimensional chart illustrates said intangible assets based on relationships with at least one predetermined product.

10. A method of enumerating and accounting intangible assets as defined in claim 6, said multi-dimensional chart illustrates said intangible assets based on relationships with at least one group or division of a corporation or at least one corporation.

11. A method of enumerating and accounting intangible assets, comprising the following steps of:

determining requirements and scopes for graphically representing intangible assets;

determining a number of domains of a multi-dimensional chart based on the requirements and scopes where each domain is formed of a plane defined by two axes of the multi-dimensional chart;

assigning types of intangible assets and business parameters to the domains of the multi-dimensional chart and describing the domains by names of intangible assets and business parameters;

creating lists of data describing particulars of each of the intangible assets where said particulars include at least identification and status of each of the intangible assets;

completing the multi-dimensional chart by combining the lists of data, thereby illustrating the intangible assets with relationship with the business parameters in a multi-dimensional format.

12. A method of enumerating and accounting intangible assets as defined in claim 11 further comprising a step of organizing the lists of data of the intangible assets based on their properties, scope, interactions and status.

13. A method of enumerating and accounting intangible assets as defined in claim 11, further comprising a step of specifying fonts, color, background patterns and shades to differentiate properties, scope, interactions and status of intangible assets.

14. A method of enumerating and accounting intangible assets as defined in claim 11, further comprising a step of rotating an axis or plane in the multi-dimensional chart to visualize a desired domain at a desired location of the multi-dimensional chart.

15. A method of enumerating and accounting intangible assets as defined in claim 11, said multi-dimensional chart illustrates said intangible assets based on relationships with at least one predetermined product.

16. A method of enumerating and accounting intangible assets as defined in claim 11, said multi-dimensional chart illustrates said intangible assets based on relationships with at least one group or division of a corporation or at least one corporation.