System and method for selecting and protecting intellectual property assets

• US 20060224412A1
• Filed: 06/02/2006
• Published: 10/05/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Meadows, Vernon, Frank, Scott M., Short, Shannon M., Bishop, Michael, Lantz, Harrison, Beckham, Carol T., Sherwood, Amy L., McLendon, Martin L., Arena, Christopher M., Delgado, Marcus, Evans, Sandra J.
• Granted Patent: US 7,680,677 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/310
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0631 Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/06 Asset management; Financial planning or analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/18 Legal services
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/184 Intellectual property management
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99931 Database or file accessing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99935 Query augmenting and refining, e.g. inexact access
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99936 Pattern matching access

Abstract

The present invention relates to systems and methods for intellectual property asset selection and protection. In an embodiment, an intellectual property selection system receives from an innovator an innovation submission describing an innovation. An intellectual property protection system receives at least a portion of the innovation submission and manages obtaining an intellectual property legal right related to the innovation. An intellectual property asset management system receives and stores at least one of an innovation description and an intellectual property legal right description, where the innovation description is based at least in part on the at least a portion of the innovation submission and the intellectual property legal right description is based at least in part on the intellectual property legal right.

Claims

1. A system for intellectual property marketing management, the system comprising:

an intellectual property selection system to receive an innovation submission describing an innovation from an innovator;

an intellectual property protection system to receive at least a portion of the innovation submission and manage obtaining an intellectual property legal right related to the innovation; and

an intellectual property asset management system to receive and store at least one of an innovation description and an intellectual property legal right description, the innovation description based at least in part on the at least a portion of the innovation submission, the intellectual property legal right description based at least in part on the intellectual property legal right.