Patent search engine with statistical snapshots

摘要

A search engine finds patents, patent applications and related documents and presents a selection of found documents in textual formats and/or graphical formats. After executing a search, the displayed information may include a selection of results sorted by inventor name, year and other variables found within patent documents. Financial data pertaining to patent owning entities is presented along with patent portfolio analysis and estimates of financial worth.

主权项

1. A specialized computer system, the system comprising:
a) a specialized computer processor the specialized computer processor receiving search strings and user preferences dictating a display of search results, wherein the user preferences comprise specific instructions corresponding to at least one of font size, text color, and background of output information; b) a specialized non-transitory computer readable medium in communication with the specialized computer processor and the specialized non-transitory computer readable medium storing the search strings and the user preferences; c) a specialized server in communication with the specialized computer processor and in communication with a patent database, wherein the specialized server searches for patent documents within the patent database and wherein the specialized server retrieves patent documents and sends patent documents to the specialized computer processor, and wherein each patent document discloses a technology; d) upon receipt of patent documents the specialized computer processor creates search result documents and analyzes the search result documents to:
identify identities of key individuals involved in developing the technology disclosed;perform at least one of:
sorting the search result documents based on user defined criteria; andranking of the search result documents based on the disclosed technology, the search result documents comprising cross reference and triangulation information pertaining to the search criteria, a textual description of each of the search result documents, the identities of the identified key individuals, and a statistical representation of one or more of the search result documents in a single view, in conformance with the user preferences stored within the specialized non-transitory computer readable medium, wherein the search result documents comprise a user selected search criteria selected from a group comprising financial data based upon an entity's portfolio of intellectual property, search result documents cross referenced to the entity, and user selected category of user selected criteria; and e) the search result documents are then transmitted to a consumer screen.