Specification
SYSTEMATIC AND ANALYTIC DATA SEGMENTATION
BACKGROUND
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Field of the Invention
[0001] The subject matter described herein relates generally
to information distribution:technology. More particularly, the
10 present invention relates to analytic data segmentation and
recommendation based thereon.
Description of Related Art
[0002] A current system and method for analyzing data
15 utilizes fixed categories to generate a report. For instance,
traditional patent watch services track and monitor patents
and patent publications to generate analytic reporting of
competitor's activity; Such.-tracking and monitoring is based
_^ on the-legal status and timeline of the patents and patent
0)20 publications, therefore such system and method is limited by a
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fixed categorization. Often times, data analysis of fixed
categories provide the users with unnecessary information
which increases the time it takes to further identify the
meaningful data from the data analysis.
[0003] Therefore, what is needed is a system and method that
effectively produces analysis of a competitor's activity
customized -to meet .the client's standard.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESENT DISCLOSURE
[0004] . The detailed description set forth below in connection
with the appended drawings is in+pnHPH ^Q a Hn^rj pt-j ?n ?f
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presently preferred embodiments of the invention and does not
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represent the only forms in which the present invention may be
constructed and/or utilized. The description sets forth the
functions and the sequence of steps for constructing and
operating the invention in connection with the illustrated
5 embodiments.
[0005] To further aid in understanding the present invention,
the appendices describing exemplary embodiments of the present
invention are attached to the present disclosure.
[0006] In the present disclosure, a system and method for
. 10 analyzing competitor's activity data is provided. The system
may comprise one or more processors, one or. more databases, a
web- crawler, and one or more programs. The one or more
programs may comprise instruction that, when executed,
presents a user a user-specific data analysis of the
15' competitor's activity data by employing the methods described
herein. Additionally, the above mentioned system may further
comprise a network where multiple users may have access
-J* thereto using a computing device. The system may be connected
(tj • to the Internet.
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carry out the different functions of the system. The invention
contemplated herein further may comprise non-transitory
computer readable•media configured to instruct a computer or
25 computers to carry out the steps and functions of the system
and method, as described herein.
[0008] The computers contemplated herein, . may include, but
are not limited to, desktop computers, laptop computers,
tablet computers, handheld computers, smart phones and other
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digital cameras, a customized computing device configured to
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client. Other examples may include: Corporate wanting insights
on recent patent grant trends for a competitor; A product
10 manufacturing company may want to review the releases of new
versions of products of their competitor.
[0032] The grouped- data may be further analyzed. In one
embodiment, weights -can be assigned to each of the multiple
categories specific to client and competitor based on a set of
15 rules. Such rules may relate to relevancy and importance of
the multiple categories customizable to the client. A
relevancy score may be calculated for each of the multiple
groups based on weight of the categories within a group and/or
frequency of the categories in comparison to the competitor's
20 activity data.
[0033] In another embodiment, weights can also be assigned to
various groups based on a set of rules adapted to relevance
and importance of these groups to the client. An-overall
activity, score is calculated based on relevance score of each
25 group. A person having ordinary skill in the art would
understand the various methods for ranking or arranging the
data in order of relevancy or weights.
[0034] Recommendation would be generated which would be based
on the segmentation of activity data in.groups, relevance
score of. groups, and overall art-i v-i 1-y qmrp Tho r^p^rtc with—
scores and recommendation can be done using UI, dashboard
and/or any other type of document (word, excel etc).
[0035] The system can be configured to analyze activity data
of multiple competitors simultaneously. Client and competitor
specific data categories or grouping once generated can be
reused.
[0036] Fig. 3 shows an exemplary embodiment of recommendation
logic based on four group model disclosed in Fig. 5. In this
embodiment, the. competitor's activity data is to be
competitor's patent activity data.- The client database
comprises a product or service offerings by the client. And
the competitor database comprises a product or service
offerings by the competitor.. Group 2 (G2) is shared between
the client database and the competitor's patent activity data.
As.such, the client may be recommended to be involved in more
patent activity themselves. Group 3 (G3) is shared between the
competitor database and the competitor's patent activity'data.
As such, Group 3 represents strong correlation between the
competitor's.product Or services and the competitor's patent
activity data, therefore the client may be recommended to
approach related categories of Group 3 with caution. Group 1
is shared among the client database., the competitor database,
and the competitor's activity data. As such, the
recommendation to the client may be to inform that categories
within Group 3 are competitive. Finally, Group 4 (G4) has no
relation to the client and the competitor data, but exists in
the competitor's activity data. As such the client may be
recommended or informed that the competitor may be
diversifying their product or services..
[0037] This example of recommendation logic may be varied
depending on the circumstances. A person having ordinary skill
in the art would understand such variations.
[0038] While several variations of' the present, invention-have
been illustrated by way of example in preferred or.particular
embodiments, it is apparent•that further embodiments could be
developed within the spirit and scope of the present
invention, or the inventive concept thereof.. However, it is to
be expressly understood that, such modifications and
adaptations are within the spirit and scope of the present
invention, and are inclusive, but not limited to the present
.disclosure.
[0039] Those-having ordinary skill in the art will readily
observe that numerous modifications, applications~'and
alterations of the device and method may be.made while
retaining the teachings of the present invention'.
claim
1. The method / interface / software for competitive technology watch:
Segmenting client's portfolio into mutually exclusive comprehensive categories
Segmenting competitor's p o r t f o l io into mutually exclusive comprehensive categories
Extract competitor's activity data.
In d a t a for each reference identify the category(s) of reference.
Creating multiple groups based upon the intersection and uniqueness of categories.
Associating each category of activity d a t a to a group based .
Generating recommendations and analytic reporting based upon analysis on of data.
2. In claim 1, Segmenting portfolio into mutually exclusive comprehensive categories can done using product &
services portfolio, technology offering and patent portfolio or combination.
3. In claim 1, Segmenting into categories/grouping/association can be automatic or manual.
4. In claim 1, Groups can be like overlapping categories, unique to client categories, unique to competitor
categories, and other categories.
5. Activity data includes references which be patent filling data, patent granted data, research publication,
F roduct release data, patent reassignment data available in public domain.
6. In claim 1, extraction of competitor's technology activity data can be done in time period or real time.
7 . In claim 1, reference is a unit of activity data.
8. In claim 1, category identification can done on the bases of keywords, cjasses, field of work etc or combination.
9. In claim 1, group can have hierarchy like having levels of super group.
10. In claim 1, in each group , sub-groups can be created based upon categories which are related or of high
interest.
Documents
Application Documents
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3134-DEL-2014-Form 1-311014.pdf |
2014-11-28 |
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3134-DEL-2014-Form 5-311014.pdf |
2014-11-28 |
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3134-DEL-2014-Form 2(Title Page)-311014.pdf |
2014-11-28 |
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3134-DEL-2014-Form 1-311014.pdf |
2014-11-28 |