INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED ON QUERY AND RECORD METADATA IN COMBINATION WITH RELEVANCE BETWEEN DISPARATE ITEMS IN CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS
First Claim
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium for establishing measures of relevancy between information relating to patents, comprising instructions stored thereon, that when executed on a processor, perform the steps of:
- a. receiving an electronic communication containing a patent number query;
b. converting the patent number query into a first parameter for analysis, wherein the first parameter for analysis is a first Cooperative Patent Classification value;
c. accessing a record database, wherein the record database contains a first record, and wherein the first record is associated to information about patents;
d. converting the information about patents into a second parameter for analysis, wherein the second parameter for analysis is a second Cooperative Patent Classification value;
e. performing an analysis of relevancy between the first Cooperative Patent Classification value and the second Cooperative Patent Classification value; and
f. associating a score to the first record that is related to the relevancy between the first Cooperative Patent Classification value and the second Cooperative Patent Classification value.
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Abstract
An information retrieval system that interprets a query and determines a rank or score for selected records is disclosed herein, where the rank or score is based partly on determining the relevance between disparate items in a classification system. The query can be expanded by utilizing metadata about the query, which results in one or more query values for comparison. Depending on the type of records that are to be ranked or scored, different characteristics of the selected records will be extracted, optionally expanded, and then converted into record values for comparison. The query values and record values, which are part of the same classification system, can then be scored based on the relevance between these values in this classification system. Results can be weighed, or the final record score can be weighed. Finally, records are displayed to the user in final rank or score order.
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20 Claims
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1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium for establishing measures of relevancy between information relating to patents, comprising instructions stored thereon, that when executed on a processor, perform the steps of:
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a. receiving an electronic communication containing a patent number query; b. converting the patent number query into a first parameter for analysis, wherein the first parameter for analysis is a first Cooperative Patent Classification value; c. accessing a record database, wherein the record database contains a first record, and wherein the first record is associated to information about patents; d. converting the information about patents into a second parameter for analysis, wherein the second parameter for analysis is a second Cooperative Patent Classification value; e. performing an analysis of relevancy between the first Cooperative Patent Classification value and the second Cooperative Patent Classification value; and f. associating a score to the first record that is related to the relevancy between the first Cooperative Patent Classification value and the second Cooperative Patent Classification value. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A system for establishing measures of relevancy between information relating to patents, comprising:
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a. a web portal component capable of receiving an electronic communication containing a patent number query; b. a storage component containing a records database that is capable of; i. converting the patent number query into a first group of parameters for analysis, wherein the first group of parameters for analysis are query Cooperative Patent Classification values, wherein each query Cooperative Patent Classification value has a rank of either primary or secondary; ii. receiving a selection of a type of record for analysis; iii. accessing the record database, wherein the record database contains the selected type of records for analysis, and wherein the type of record for analysis is associated to information about patents; and iv. converting the information about patents into a second group of parameters for analysis, wherein the second group of parameters for analysis are record Cooperative Patent Classification values, wherein each record Cooperative Patent Classification value has a rank of either primary or secondary; and c. a rating engine component capable of; i. associating a raw score to each pair of query Cooperative Patent Classification and record Cooperative Patent Classification values based on an analysis of the relevancy between each pair of query Cooperative Patent Classification and record Cooperative Patent Classification values; ii. associating a modified score to each pair of query Cooperative Patent Classification and record Cooperative Patent Classification values by modifying the raw score for each pair of query Cooperative Patent Classification and record Cooperative Patent Classification values based on the status of the query Cooperative Patent Classification value rank or the record Cooperative Patent Classification rank; and iii. associating a final score to each record that is related to the highest modified score for each record.
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4. A non-transitory computer-readable medium for establishing measures of relevancy between information relating to patents, comprising instructions stored thereon, that when executed on a processor, perform the steps of:
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a. receiving a query, wherein the query includes at least one of a patent number, a patent publication number, a patent serial number, a case number of a lawsuit that alleges infringement of a patent, a name of an expert that has opined about a patent, a name of a lawyer that provided patent advice; b. converting the query into a first group of parameters for analysis, wherein the first group of parameters for analysis are at least one of query Cooperative Patent Classification values, query USPC values, query EC values, or query IC values; c. receiving a selection of a type of records for analysis, wherein the selection includes at least one of testifying expert witness records, consulting expert witness records, patent litigation attorney records, patent prosecution attorney records, patent prosecution agent records, or patent licensing attorney records; d. accessing a record database, wherein the record database contains the selected type of records for analysis, and wherein the type of records for analysis are associated to information about patents; e. converting the information about patents into a second group of parameters for analysis, wherein the second group of parameters for analysis are the same type of parameters for analysis as the query parameter for analysis; f. associating a raw score to each pair of query and record parameter for analysis based on an analysis of the relevancy between each pair of query and record parameter for analysis; and g. associating a final score to each record that is related to the raw scores for all of the query and record parameter for analysis associated to that record. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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