WEB-BASED SEARCH TOOL FOR PROCESSING RELEVANT INFORMATION

• US 20140351283A1
• Filed: 09/12/2012
• Published: 11/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Technologies Itrademark Co.
• Original Assignee: Technologies Itrademark Co.
• Inventors: Ct, France, Garipy, Alexandra
• Application Number:
  US14/344,456
• Publication Number:
  US 20140351283A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/770
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/953 Querying, e.g. by the use of web search engines
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries

Abstract

The present document describes a web-based search tool for processing relevant information, the web-based search tool comprising: a user interface for allowing a user to connect to the web-based search tool and to enter relevant information; a network communication device for giving access to a member database on which a plurality of members are registered; a processor having access to the user interface and the network communication device; and a memory operatively coupled to the processor for storing instructions to be performed by the processor, the instructions cause the processor to: one of: process the relevant information entered by the user; and inform one of the plurality of members of the relevant information entered by the user.

Claims

1. A web-based search tool for processing relevant information, the web-based search tool comprising:

a user interface for allowing a user to connect to the web-based search tool and to enter relevant information;

a network communication device for giving access to a member database on which a plurality of members are registered;

a processor having access to the user interface and the network communication device; and

a memory operatively coupled to the processor for storing instructions to be performed by the processor, the instructions cause the processor to;

one of;

process the relevant information entered by the user; and

inform one of the plurality of members.

2. The web-based search tool of claim 1, wherein process the relevant information entered by the user is processed by an intermediary actor.

3. The web-based search tool of claim 1, wherein process the relevant information entered by the user comprises seek the relevant information entered by the user on a database including or not the relevant information prior to processed the relevant information.

4. The web-based search tool of claim 1, wherein inform one of the plurality of members comprises identify a member prior to inform one of the plurality of members.

5. The web-based search tool of claim 3, wherein the instructions causes the processor to further transmit relevant information sought or entered by the user to the informed member.

6. The web-based search tool of claim 1, wherein the plurality of members are professionally qualified to provide services according to the relevant information entered by the user.

7. The web-based search tool of claim 1, wherein each one of the plurality of members are registered in the member database.

8. The web-based search tool of claim 1, further comprising a geographical position locator for obtaining a geographical position of at least one of:

one or or plurality of the plurality of members and the user.

9. The web-based search tool of claim 8, wherein each one of the plurality of members is being registered in the member database in association with a corresponding geographical position thereby defining a plurality of member geographical positions.

10. The web-based search tool of claim 9, wherein identify a member comprises identify a member based on the plurality of geographical positions of the plurality of members.

11. The web-based search tool of claim 1, wherein the plurality of members comprise lawyers, patent attorneys, accountants, publicists, engineers, trademark attorneys, professionals, law firms, accountant firms, trademark firms, patent firms, intellectual property firms, professional firms, engineering firms, estate agents and any combination thereof.

12. The web-based search tool of claim 8, wherein the geographical position locator is in communication with at least one of:

a global positioning system, a position entry prompt and any suitable combination.

13. The web-based search tool of claim 8, wherein the geographical position comprises geographical coordinates, a country, a continent, a city, a street, a complete address, a state and any suitable combination.

14. The web-based search tool of claim 3, wherein the database comprises one of:

a public database, a private database and any suitable combination.

15. The web-based search tool of claim 14, wherein the public database comprises a CIPO database, a USPTO database, an OHIM database, a WIPO database, a National Bureau of Patents and trademarks database and any suitable combination.

16. The web-based search tool of claim 1, wherein the relevant information comprises a trademark, invention patent, a company name and information, design data for industrial equipments, design data for structures or buildings and any suitable combination.

17. The web-based search tool of claim 1, wherein processing the relevant information comprises seeking the availability of a trademark, seeking the patentability of an invention, filing a trademark application, filing a patent application, seeking the availability for registration of a company, processing design data for industrial equipments, processing design data for structures or buildings and any suitable combination.

18. The web-based search tool of claim 1, wherein the member database further comprises information for each one of the plurality of members.

19. The web-based search tool of claim 18, wherein the information for each one of the plurality of members comprises a name, a first name, a firm or organization to which the member belongs, a logo of the firm or organization to which the member belongs, a personal photo, a biography, expertise information, areas of practice information, education information, an email address, a telephone number, an address of the firm to which the member belongs, a video of the firm or organization to which the member belongs and any suitable combination.

20. The web-based search tool of claim 10, wherein identify a member based on the geographical position of the member further comprises calculate distances between the geographical position of the user and each one of the geographical positions of the plurality of members and determine the smallest one of the distances and further wherein identify a member based on the geographical position of the member further comprises using the smallest one of the distances and identify which one of the plurality of members is closest to the geographical position of the user.

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