Information auto classification method and information search and analysis method

• US 20070233659A1
• Filed: 10/02/2006
• Published: 10/04/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/1998
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Jeong
• Application Number:
  US11/540,678
• Publication Number:
  US 20070233659A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/338 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2216/11 Patent retrieval

Abstract

A method for searching information, which includes accessing an information source online or offline, the information source including a number of plurality of selectable fields, selecting and extracting specific fields that satisfy a search condition from the information source, and grouping and displaying contents of the extracted specific fields with reference to time on an X axis and technology classification on a Y axis.

Claims

1. A method for searching information, the method comprising:

a) accessing an information source online or offline, the information source including a number of plurality of selectable fields;

b) selecting and extracting specific fields that satisfy a search condition from the information source; and

c) grouping and displaying contents of the extracted specific fields with reference to time on an X axis and technology classification on a Y axis.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the information source is a database or a recording medium in which at least one of patent data, article data, and technical data is stored and managed.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the recording medium is inserted into a computer and the database is accessed via a network.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the search condition is at least one of a specific code, date information, bibliographic information, and the amount of data to be retrieved, which are selected and set by a user.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein a number of the extracted specific fields is limited to the amount of data to be retrieved.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step c) displays the grouped contents of the extracted specific fields on a display area variably determined by the X and Y axes.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the time on the X axis is determined based on one of application date, publication date, and issue date of patent data.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein the technology classification on the Y axis is an International Patent Classification (IPC) code of patent data or a specific classification code arbitrarily edited by a user.

9. The method according to claim 6, wherein an entire size of the display area determined by the X and Y axes is equal to or greater than a size needed to display all fields on a computer monitor screen.

10. The method according to claim 6, wherein all characters of the grouped contents of the specific fields are displayed or some characters thereof are displayed in association with a menu button that can be selected by a user to view additional characters not displayed.

11. An information search system, comprising:

an accessing mechanism configured to access an information source online or offline, the information source including a number of plurality of selectable fields;

a selecting and extracting mechanism configured to select and extract specific fields that satisfy a search condition from the information source; and

a grouping and displaying mechanism configured to group and display contents of the extracted specific fields with reference to time on an X axis and technology classification on a Y axis.

12. The system according to claim 11, wherein the information source is a database or a recording medium in which at least one of patent data, article data, and technical data is stored and managed.

13. The system according to claim 12, wherein the recording medium is inserted into a computer and the database is accessed via a network.

14. The system according to claim 11, wherein the search condition is at least one of a specific code, date information, bibliographic information, and the amount of data to be retrieved, which are selected and set by a user.

15. The system according to claim 14, wherein a number of the extracted specific fields is limited to the amount of data to be retrieved.

16. The system according to claim 11, wherein the grouping and displaying mechanism displays the grouped contents of the extracted specific fields on a display area variably determined by the X and Y axes.

17. The system according to claim 16, wherein the time on the X axis is determined based on one of application date, publication date, and issue date of patent data.

18. The system according to claim 16, wherein the technology classification on the Y axis is an International Patent Classification (IPC) code of patent data or a specific classification code arbitrarily edited by a user.

19. The system according to claim 16, wherein an entire size of the display area determined by the X and Y axes is equal to or greater than a size needed to display all fields on a computer monitor screen.

20. The system according to claim 16, wherein all characters of the grouped contents of the specific fields are displayed or some characters thereof are displayed in association with a menu button that can be selected by a user to view additional characters not displayed.