GENERATING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTELLIGENCE USING A PATENT SEARCH ENGINE

• US 20110082839A1
• Filed: 10/02/2009
• Published: 04/07/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: FoundationIP LLC (Clarivate Plc)
• Original Assignee: FoundationIP LLC (Clarivate Plc)
• Inventors: Resnick, Jason David
• Application Number:
  US12/572,780
• Publication Number:
  US 20110082839A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/688
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/103 Workflow collaboration or project management

Abstract

A search platform that can generate intellectual property intelligence within an organization using a patent search engine. The patent search engine can monitor and log activity of users in connection with patent-related activities, such as searching, commenting on, and reviewing patent documents associated with a shared workspace of the organization. Based on this captured activity, the search engine can provide the organization with statistical information in patent-related activities occurring within the organization.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a search engine executed by a microprocessor and configured to;

conduct a search of a database storing a patent collection;

generate usage data associated with usage of the search engine by users associated with an organization; and

provide statistical information based on the usage data to a user associated with the organization.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the patent collection comprises patent documents, and the search engine is configured to conduct the search of the database by comparing a vector associated with a query to a vector associated with each of the patent documents.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the usage data comprises an annotation associated with one of the patent documents retrieved by the search engine.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the annotation comprises a textual comment.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the annotation comprises a ranking.

6. The system of claim 3, wherein the annotation comprises a flag.

7. A method comprising:

receiving, by a search engine executed by a microprocessor, a request for statistical information associated with usage of the search engine by users associated with an organization;

generating, by the search engine, statistical information based on stored usage data generated by the search engine; and

providing, by the search engine, the statistical information to a user associated with the organization in response to the request.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the search engine is configured to conduct a search of patent documents by comparing a vector associated with a query to a vector associated with each of the patent documents.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the stored usage data comprises annotations associated with a patent document retrieved by the search engine.

10. A system comprising:

a search engine executed by a microprocessor and associated with a database storing a patent collection and a data store comprising a shared workspace accessible to users in an organization, the search engine configured to;

conduct a search of the database,

generate usage data associated with usage of patent documents stored in the shared workspace, and

provide statistical information based on the usage data to a user associated with the organization.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the patent collection comprises patent documents, and the search engine is configured to conduct the search of the database by comparing a vector associated with a query to a vector associated with each of the patent documents.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the search engine is configured to provide to a user associated with the organization a patent document from the patent collection as a result of the search, and

store the provided patent document to a location in the shared workspace associated with the user.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the statistical information comprises which of the patent documents are most commonly stored in the shared workspace.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the statistical information comprises how long the patent documents have been viewed.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the statistical information comprises how long the patent documents have been stored in the shared workspace.

16. A method comprising:

receiving by a search engine executed by a microprocessor a request for statistical information associated with usage of patent documents stored in a shared workspace associated with an organization;

generating by the search engine statistical information based on stored usage data generated by the search engine; and

providing by the search engine the statistical information to a user associated with the organization in response to the request.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the search engine is configured to conduct a search of patent documents by comparing a vector associated with a query to a vector associated with each patent document.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the statistical information comprises which of the patent documents are most commonly stored in the shared workspace.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the statistical information comprises how long the patent documents have been viewed.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the statistical information comprises how long the patent documents have been stored in the shared workspace.

21. A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions executable by a computer to:

conduct a search of a database storing a patent collection;

generate usage data associated with usage of the search engine by users associated with an organization and with usage of patent documents stored in a data store comprising a shared workspace accessible to users in the organization; and

provide statistical information based on the usage data to a user associated with the organization.

22. A system comprising:

means for conducting a search of a database storing a patent collection;

means for generating usage data associated with usage of the search engine by users associated with an organization and with usage of patent documents stored in a data store comprising a shared workspace accessible to users in the organization; and

means for providing statistical information based on the usage data to a user associated with the organization.

23. A transport medium encoding instructions executable by a computer to:

conduct a search of a database storing a patent collection;

generate usage data associated with usage of the search engine by users associated with an organization and with usage of patent documents stored in a data store comprising a shared workspace accessible to users in the organization; and

provide statistical information based on the usage data to a user associated with the organization.