TWI891460B - Multi-keyword combination information mapping system - Google Patents

Abstract

A multi-keyword combination information mapping system having a computer connecting to an information database via the internet to analyze an information list and generate an information map interface to a display. The information map interface includes a filtering area and a information matrix with a first axis, a second axis, and multiple intersection columns. Each axis has multiple restriction items. The computer compares these restriction items with the information list and displays matching documents in the corresponding intersection columns. The information matrix displays all combinations of intersections for these restriction items, ensuring each intersection column uniquely meets the conditions of the restriction items and comprehensively covers all combinations of intersection for these restriction items. The filtering area includes multiple filtering conditions to further filter the information list and update the display of the documents in the intersection columns.

Description

Information map system for multiple keyword combinations

A data map system, particularly a map system that combines and intersects multiple data sets.

In today's era of information explosion, vast quantities of information are generated daily—perhaps tens of millions of times more than ever before. News websites around the world publish thousands of new articles and reports daily, covering a wide range of topics, including politics, economics, society, and technology. Numerous academic papers and research reports are also published daily in journals and conferences around the world. With such a vast amount of information, the ability to quickly organize, filter, and analyze it has become crucial.

In today's rapidly developing technological and industrial society, intellectual property has become a crucial strategic resource for businesses and nations to compete. Patent protection ensures that companies and individuals receive a fair return on their R&D investments, promotes technological diffusion and advancement, and drives economic development. Therefore, it is crucial for businesses to actively invest in patents to maintain a competitive advantage. At the same time, when entering new markets, it is crucial to avoid infringing on the patents of others. Patent infringement can lead to costly legal disputes, damages, and market injunctions, severely impacting a company's reputation and operations. Therefore, conducting freedom to operate (FTO) searches on goods and services has become an essential and crucial task for businesses, ensuring they can operate smoothly while complying with patent laws.

However, when applying for patents, companies must first ensure that their technology is novel and progressive compared to previous technologies. Traditional search methods are often time-consuming and inefficient, and cannot effectively quantify and assess patent strength. Similarly, with existing technologies, free-to-operate searches by companies often consume significant manpower, financial resources, and time. There is a lack of efficient and comprehensive patent analysis methods that significantly reduce risks, enabling companies to effectively manage patent infringement risks and ensure they operate within the legal framework. Furthermore, beyond patent documents, there is currently a lack of methods for rapidly organizing, screening, and analyzing large amounts of diverse data, making data analysis time-consuming, labor-intensive, and costly.

In light of this, developing a highly integrated information analysis system has become an urgent goal in related fields.

In order to assist in more efficient information analysis, the present invention provides an information map system for multiple keyword combinations, which includes an electronic computer connected to an information database via the Internet, and analyzes one or more information lists with the information database to generate an information map interface and outputs it to a display, wherein the information map interface includes a filter area and an information matrix, wherein: the information matrix includes a first horizontal axis, a second vertical axis, and a plurality of intersection columns where the first axis and the second axis intersect, wherein the first axis includes a plurality of first axis items, the second axis includes a plurality of second axis items, and the first axis items and The second-axis items are one or more restriction items. The electronic computer compares the first-axis items and the restriction items of the second-axis items with the plurality of documents in the information list, and finds the plurality of documents that meet the restriction items and displays them in the corresponding intersection column. The information matrix displays all intersection combinations of all restriction items, such that the intersection conditions of each intersection column are different, and the intersection column generally includes all intersection combinations of all restriction items. The filtering area includes a plurality of filtering conditions for further filtering the information list. The electronic computer finds the plurality of documents that meet the filtering conditions and updates the intersection column for display.

The restriction item includes multiple document attributes entered by a user, including one or more document numbers, one or more document titles, one or more document statuses, one or more document authors, one or more document times, one or more document types, one or more document contents, one or more document content keywords, or one or more document hyperlinks.

The intersection column displays the number of documents that meet the restriction.

The computer assigns the restriction item to the first-axis item or the second-axis item based on the plurality of document attributes contained therein, and the same restriction item can only be on one of the first axis or the second axis, and the first axis includes all intersection combinations between the restriction items of the first-axis items, and the second axis includes all intersection combinations between the restriction items of the second-axis items.

The information database includes the patent document database of each national or regional patent office that provides the document, the trademark document database of each national or regional trademark office, the journal document database of each scientific journal group, the regulatory document or policy document database of each national or regional government, the financial market transaction data and research report database, the geographic information system database, the meteorological observation database or the database provided by a third party organization; the document includes a patent document, A trademark document, a journal document, a regulatory document, a policy document, a transaction data document, a research report document, a geographic information document, or a weather observation data document; and the document attributes include one or more document numbers, a document title, one or more document statuses, one or more document authors, one or more document times, one or more document types, one or more document contents, one or more document content keywords, or one or more document hyperlinks.

The electronic computer displays the information map interface adaptively or responsively based on the size and aspect ratio of the display.

The width of the first axis of the information matrix is smaller than the width of the display.

The intersection column expands when a user selects and displays the document properties of each document.

When the user selects the intersection column, the document hyperlink of each document is provided to the information database corresponding to the document.

The information database is the patent document database; the document is the patent document; the document attributes further include a keyword, a technical feature, an international patent classification number, a cooperative patent classification number, a patent number, an applicant, an inventor, a payment date, a publication date, an announcement date, an application country, and a legal status, wherein the legal status includes pending review, preliminary review, reexamination, rejected, approved, abandoned, and expired; and the filtering criteria include an international classification number, an application region, an applicant, a paragraph region, a legal status, a patentee, a patent application date, a patent agent, a patent family, or a number of patent citations.

The intersection column provides a title, an abstract, a specification, a patent scope, or a diagram of each patent document when the user selects it.

From the above description, it can be seen that the present invention has the following features:

1. The multi-keyword information map system of the present invention can search and present information simultaneously using a combination of multiple keywords or filter conditions, significantly shortening search time and increasing data processing speed, enabling faster acquisition of required information. The search results can also be visually presented, displaying all possible intersections, providing users with a comprehensive understanding of the document distribution of existing technologies and competitors.

2. The multi-keyword combination information map system of the present invention can further utilize the filter zone function to quickly and instantly limit and update the search results of the information matrix using multiple filter conditions, significantly shortening the search time and enabling comprehensive and complete document analysis.

3. The multi-keyword information map system of the present invention also features easy linking to patent documents. Users can directly click on relevant documents in the search results to quickly obtain detailed full-text documents or related information, helping users to analyze documents more efficiently.

10: Information map interface

20: Screening Area

21: International Classification Number Menu

22: Application area menu

221: Application area detailed menu

23: Applicant Menu

24: Paragraph area menu

241: Paragraph area details menu

25: Legal Status Menu

26: Patent List Menu

27: Dimension cell menu

30: Information Matrix

31: First axis

311: First Axis Project

32: Second axis

321: Second Axis Items

33: Intersection column

331:Number of files

S10-S50: Steps

Figure 1A is a schematic diagram of an information map interface according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention; Figure 1B is a schematic diagram of an information map interface according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention; Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of a partial magnification and operation of an information matrix according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention; Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of a partial expansion of a screening area according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the following briefly introduces the figures required for describing each embodiment. Obviously, the figures described below are merely examples or embodiments of the present invention. Those skilled in the art can apply the present invention to other similar scenarios based on these figures without undue effort. Unless otherwise apparent from the context or otherwise indicated, identical reference numerals in the figures represent identical structures or operations.

As used in this disclosure and the claims, unless the context clearly indicates an exception, the terms "a," "an," "an," or "the" are not intended to refer to the singular but may include the plural. Generally speaking, the terms "comprises" and "include" only indicate the inclusion of the steps and elements specifically identified, and these steps and elements do not constitute an exclusive list; the method or apparatus may also include additional steps or elements.

Flowcharts are used in this disclosure to illustrate the operations performed by a system according to embodiments of the present invention. It should be understood that the preceding or following operations do not necessarily need to be performed in exact order. Instead, the steps may be processed in reverse order or simultaneously. Furthermore, other operations may be added to these processes, or one or more operations may be removed from these processes.

Referring to Figures 1A and 1B , the multi-keyword combination information map system of the present invention includes an electronic computer, which can be a workstation, a personal computer, a laptop, or a mobile device. The electronic computer is connected to an information database via the Internet. The electronic computer analyzes one or more information lists with the information database and generates an information map interface 10. The electronic computer outputs the information map interface 10 to a display.

The information database may include patent document databases of national or regional patent offices, trademark document databases of national or regional trademark offices, journal document databases of scientific journal groups, regulatory or policy document databases of national or regional governments, financial market transaction data and research report databases, geographic information system databases, meteorological observation databases, or databases provided by third-party organizations. The document may be a patent document, a trademark document, a journal document, a regulatory document, a policy document, a transaction data file, a research report document, a geographic information file, or a meteorological observation data file. The information list includes a patent list, a trademark list, a journal list, a regulation list, a policy list, a transaction data list, a research report list, a geographic information list, or a weather observation data list.

Continuing to refer to Figures 1A and 1B , in a preferred embodiment of the information map interface 10, the information map interface 10 includes a filter area 20 and an information matrix 30. The information matrix 30 includes a first horizontal axis 31, a second vertical axis 32, and a plurality of intersection columns 33 where the first and second axes 31 and 32 intersect. The first axis 31 includes a plurality of first-axis items 311, and the second axis 32 includes a plurality of second-axis items 321. The first-axis item 311 and the second-axis item 321 are one or more restriction items, each of which includes multiple document attributes input by a user, including one or more document numbers, a document title, one or more document statuses, one or more document authors, one or more document times, one or more document types, one or more document contents, one or more document content keywords, or one or more document hyperlinks.

In a preferred embodiment, the document is the patent document, and the document attributes further include a keyword, a technical feature, an international patent classification number, a cooperative patent classification number, a patent number, an applicant, an inventor, a payment date, a publication date, an announcement date, a country of application, and a legal status, such as pending review, under preliminary review, under reexamination, rejected, approved, abandoned, and expired.

The electronic computer compares the restriction items of the first-axis item 311 and the second-axis item 321 with the plurality of documents in the information list, finds the plurality of documents that meet the restriction items, and displays them in the intersection column 33.

The filtering area 20 includes a plurality of filtering condition menus for further filtering the information list document. In a preferred embodiment, the information list is the patent list. The filtering condition menu includes an international classification number menu 21, an application region menu 22, an applicant menu 23, a paragraph area menu 24, a legal status menu 25, a patent list menu 26, and a annotation unit menu 27. The filtering condition menu may further include a patentee, a patent application date, a patent agent, a patent family, a patent citation count, etc. The filtering area 20 can further filter the patent documents in the patent list using the filtering conditions and update the display in the intersection column 33.

Each intersection column 33 of the information matrix 30 is a document quantity 331 of a plurality of documents that meet the restriction item in the intersection column 33 after the information list is filtered through the intersection of the first-axis item 311 and the restriction item in the second-axis item 321 in the same column or row as the intersection column 33.

The information matrix 30 of the information map interface 10 displays all intersection combinations of the first-axis items 311 and the second-axis items 321, such that the intersection conditions of each intersection column 33 are different, and the intersection column 33 of the information matrix 30 generally includes all combinations of the first-axis items 311 and the second-axis items 321.

For example, in a preferred embodiment, as shown in FIG1A , the restriction item includes five different technical characteristics. The information matrix 30 displays all possible combinations of the five different technical characteristics on each intersection column 33 . This means that there are 31 possible combinations, plus one combination that does not include any of the technical characteristics, for a total of 32 combinations, displayed on each of the 32 intersection columns 33 . In another preferred embodiment, as shown in FIG1B , the restriction item includes four different technical characteristics. The information matrix 30 displays all possible combinations of the four different technical characteristics on each of the intersection columns 33 . This means that there are 15 possible combinations, plus one combination that does not include any of the technical characteristics, for a total of 16 combinations, displayed on each of the 16 intersection columns 33 .

Therefore, a user can arbitrarily arrange and input the restriction items into the electronic computer. The electronic computer of the multi-keyword combination information map system will automatically assign the restriction items to the first-axis items 311 and the second-axis items 321, ensuring that all combinations of the restriction items are applicable to at least some of the intersection columns 33, and that different intersection columns 33 collectively contain and display all intersection combinations of all the restriction items.

More preferably, the computer restricts each identical restriction item to only be on one of the first axis 31 or the second axis 32, and the first axis 31 includes all intersection combinations between the restriction items of the first axis items 311, and the second axis 32 includes all intersection combinations between the restriction items of the second axis items 321.

Preferably, the restriction items are assigned to the first-axis items 311 and the second-axis items 321 according to their attributes. For example, in a preferred embodiment, when the restriction items include multiple component keywords and multiple function keywords, the computer automatically assigns the component keywords of the restriction items to the first-axis items 311 and the function keywords to the second-axis items 321. In another preferred embodiment, when the restriction items include multiple patent application years and multiple keywords, the computer automatically assigns the patent application years of the restriction items to the first-axis items 311 and the function keywords to the second-axis items 321.

In another preferred embodiment, the computer automatically assigns the restricted items to the first-axis items 311 and the second-axis items 321 based on the size or aspect ratio of the display. This means that the computer displays the information map interface 10 responsively or adaptively based on the display. In a preferred embodiment, the width of the first axis 31 of the information matrix 30 is smaller than the width of the display. For example, in one embodiment, when the display is a smartphone screen, the computer reduces the number of restricted items assigned to the first-axis items 311 and allocates more restricted items to the second-axis items 321. This reduces the column width of the information matrix 30 and improves the user experience. In another embodiment, when the display is an ultrawide screen with a display ratio of 32:9, the computer increases the number of restricted items assigned to the first-axis items 311 and allocates fewer restricted items to the second-axis items 321. This increases the column width of the information matrix 30 and displays more first-axis items 311, improving the user experience.

Referring to FIG. 2 , the intersection column 33 of the information matrix 30 in the information map interface 10 can be expanded upon user selection. In addition to displaying the document count 331, the intersection column 33 further displays the document attributes or partial content of the documents that meet the conditions in the information list. In a preferred embodiment, the information list is a patent list, the documents are patent documents, and the partial content of the patent documents includes a title, an abstract, a specification, a patent scope, and a drawing. Preferably, the patent document attributes displayed when the intersection column 33 is expanded are the patent numbers of the patent documents that meet the intersection of the restriction conditions. More preferably, upon selection by the user, the intersection column 33 may display a hyperlink to the patent document database corresponding to each patent document that meets the intersection of each restriction condition, thereby facilitating the user's access to the abstract and full text of the patent document. Similarly, upon selection by the user, the intersection column 33 may display a hyperlink to the information database corresponding to each patent document that meets the intersection of each restriction condition, thereby facilitating the user's access to the abstract and full text of the patent document.

Furthermore, referring to Figure 3 , after the computer outputs the information matrix 30 , the user can use the filter area 20 to further add filter conditions to limit the number of documents 331 displayed in the intersection column 33 of the information matrix 30 and the attributes of the documents that meet the conditions in the information list. Specifically, the limiting conditions of the first-axis item 311 and the second-axis item 321 are further intersected with the filter condition selected in the filter area 20 to generate the number of documents 331 in the intersection column 33 and the attributes of the documents that meet the conditions in the information list.

When the user selects the filter condition menu in the filter area 20, the filter condition menu will expand, as shown in Figure 3. After the application area menu 22 is selected, an application area detail menu 221 will expand. The user can select according to needs to make the filter condition, in this embodiment, the patent document with the application area being the United States, act on the intersection column 33 of the information matrix 30, and display the updated document quantity 331 and the patent document attributes that meet the conditions in the information list. Similarly, as shown in FIG3 , the paragraph area menu 24 expands a paragraph area detail menu 241 after selection. In this embodiment, if the user selects the patent scope, the restriction condition of the keyword or the technical feature will only be applied to the patent scope portion of the patent document in the information list. In other words, the electronic computer will only search whether the patent scope of each patent document in the information list matches the keyword or the technical feature, and update the result in the intersection column 33 of the information matrix 30.

Application Example 1: Free Operation Search Analysis

In application example 1, the user wishes to investigate the risk of infringing another's patent rights by selling a bicycle part in the United States. The computer of the multi-keyword combination information map system obtains a list of patents related to the bicycle part, either input by the user or obtained from the patent document database. The user then enters the restriction conditions of a plurality of technical features into the computer. The computer automatically assigns the plurality of technical features to the first-axis items 311 and the second-axis items 321, so that all possible intersection combinations of the keywords appear in the intersection column 33. The computer then outputs the information matrix 30 and displays the information map interface 10 on the display.

The user can review and analyze the document count 331 in each intersection column 33 of the information matrix 30 and the attributes of the patent documents that meet the criteria in the patent list to understand the number and content of patent documents with technical features similar to the bicycle part. Since the user wants to understand the infringement risk in the United States, the user further selects the application region menu 22 in the filter area 20 and selects the United States in the application region details menu 221. In addition, the user further selects the paragraph area menu 24 of the filter area 20, selects the patent scope in the paragraph area detail menu 241, and selects the patent document in the approved and valid status in the legal status menu 25, completing the settings in the filter area 20 and obtaining the updated information matrix 30. The information matrix 30 displays patent documents that are approved and valid in the United States and whose patent scope meets various combinations of filters using the technical features as the restriction conditions. The number of patent documents 331 and the patent document attributes of each patent document that meets the conditions are displayed in each intersection column 33.

Application Example 2: Pre-patent Application Search

In the second application embodiment, the user wishes to apply for a patent for a bicycle part and wants to identify prior art. The computer of the multi-keyword combination information map system obtains the list of patents related to the bicycle part, either input by the user or obtained from the patent document database. The user then enters the limiting conditions of a plurality of technical features into the computer. The computer automatically assigns the plurality of technical features to the first-axis items 311 and the second-axis items 321, so that all possible intersection combinations of the keywords appear in the intersection column 33. The computer then outputs the information matrix 30 and displays the information map interface 10 on the display.

The user can use the intersection column 33 of the information matrix 30 to determine the risk of each technical feature of the bicycle part for which a patent application is sought. The intersection column 33 in the upper left corner indicates patents that simultaneously meet all the restrictions for the technical features, potentially causing the bicycle part patent application to have a risk of insufficient novelty. The other intersection columns 33 represent varying degrees of risk of insufficient advancement.

From the above description, it can be seen that the present invention achieves the following effects:

1. The multi-keyword information map system of the present invention can search and present information simultaneously using a combination of multiple keywords or filter conditions, significantly shortening search time and increasing data processing speed, enabling faster acquisition of required information. The search results can also be visually presented, displaying all possible intersections, providing users with a comprehensive understanding of the document distribution of existing technologies and competitors.

2. The multi-keyword combination information map system of the present invention can further utilize the filter zone function to quickly and instantly limit and update the search results of the information matrix using multiple filter conditions, significantly shortening the search time and enabling comprehensive and complete document analysis.

3. The multi-keyword information map system of the present invention also features an easy document linking feature. Users can directly click on a related document in the search results to quickly obtain the detailed full text of the document or related information, helping users to analyze documents more efficiently.

It should be noted that, based on the explanations and elaborations in the above specification, those skilled in the art may modify and alter the above-described embodiments. Therefore, the present disclosure is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed and described above; equivalent modifications and variations of the present disclosure should also fall within the scope of protection of the claims of the present disclosure. Furthermore, while this specification uses certain terms, these are for convenience only and do not constitute any limitation of the invention.

10: Information map interface

20: Screening Area

21: International Classification Number Menu

22: Application area menu

23: Applicant Menu

24: Paragraph area menu

25: Legal Status Menu

26: Patent List Menu

27: Dimension cell menu

30: Information Matrix

31: First axis

311: First Axis Project

32: Second axis

321: Second Axis Items

33: Intersection column

331:Number of files

Claims (10)

An information map system for multiple keyword combinations includes an electronic computer connected to an information database via the Internet, and analyzes one or more information lists using the information database to generate an information map interface and outputs it to a display, wherein the information map interface includes a filter area and an information matrix, wherein: the information matrix includes a first horizontal axis, a second vertical axis, and a second horizontal axis. The computer compares the restriction items of the first axis item and the second axis item with the plurality of documents in the information list and finds documents that meet the restriction items. The plurality of documents in the list are selected and displayed in the corresponding intersection column, wherein the information matrix displays all intersection combinations of all the restriction items, so that the intersection conditions of each intersection column are different, and the intersection column generally includes all intersection combinations of all the restriction items, wherein the restriction items include a plurality of document attributes input by a user, including one or more document numbers, a document title, one or more document statuses, one or more document authors, one or more document times, one or more document types, one or more document contents, one or more document content keywords or one or more document hyperlinks; and the filter area includes a plurality of filter conditions for further filtering the information list, and the electronic computer finds a plurality of the documents that meet the filter conditions and updates them to be displayed in the intersection column. The information map system of multiple keyword combinations as described in claim 1, wherein the intersection column displays the number of documents of the plurality of documents that meet the restriction item. An information map system with multiple keyword combinations as described in claim 2, wherein the electronic computer assigns the restriction item to the first-axis item or the second-axis item based on the multiple document attributes it contains, and the same restriction item can only be on one of the first axis or the second axis, and the first axis contains all intersection combinations between the restriction items of the first-axis items, and the second axis contains all intersection combinations between the restriction items of the second-axis items. An information map system for multiple keyword combinations as described in claim 3, wherein the information database comprises a patent document database of each national or regional patent office providing the document, a trademark document database of each national or regional trademark office, a journal document database of each scientific journal group, a regulatory document or policy document database of each national or regional government, a database of financial market transaction data and research reports, a geographic information system database, a meteorological observation database, or a database of the document provided by a third party; The document comprises a patent document, a trademark document, a journal document, a regulatory document, a policy document, a transaction data document, a research report document, a geographic information document, or a weather observation data document; and the document attributes comprise one or more document numbers, a document title, one or more document statuses, one or more document authors, one or more document times, one or more document types, one or more document contents, one or more document content keywords, or one or more document hyperlinks. The information map system of multiple keyword combinations as described in claim 4, wherein the electronic computer displays the information map interface adaptively or responsively according to the size and aspect ratio of the display. The information map system of multiple keyword combinations as described in claim 5, wherein the width of the first axis of the information matrix is smaller than the width of the display. The information map system of multiple keyword combinations as described in any one of claim 1 to claim 6, wherein the intersection column expands and displays the document attributes of each document when a user selects it. The information map system of multiple keyword combinations as described in claim 7, wherein the intersection column provides the document hyperlink of each document to the information database corresponding to the document when the user selects it. An information map system of multiple keyword combinations as described in claim 8, wherein: the information database is the patent document database; the document is the patent document; the document attributes further include a keyword, a technical feature, an international patent classification number, a cooperative patent classification number, a patent number, an applicant, an inventor, a payment date, a publication date, an announcement date, an application country, and a legal status, wherein the legal status includes pending review, preliminary review, reexamination, rejected, approved, abandoned, and expired; and the filtering conditions include an international classification number, an application area, an applicant, a paragraph area, a legal status, a patent owner, a patent application date, a patent agent, a patent family, or a number of patent citations. An information map system for multiple keyword combinations as described in claim 9, wherein the intersection column provides a title, an abstract, a specification content, a patent scope or a diagram of each patent document when selected by the user.