COMPUTER SYSTEM TO VISUALIZE DATA FROM AN IP RIGHTS DATABASE

摘要

A system (10) to visualise data from an IP rights database as a geographic map having a viewable area. A map display change monitor (23) receives a map change message in relation to a change in the viewable area of the geographic map and generates a display change notification, which includes the geographic coordinates of the current viewable area of the geographic map. An IP rights generator (37) generates a list of IP rights from the IP rights database, in which the geographic address of at least one owner of each IP right is within the geographic area defined by the current map coordinates and also restricts the list of IP rights based on one or more restriction criteria related to the IP rights to form a restricted list of IP rights. An information display generator (26) generates and displays one or more data visualisations derived from the restricted list of IP rights and updates data visualisations upon receiving each successive display change notification.

主权项

1. A data processing system to visualize data from an IP rights database comprising:
a geographic map display interface to display a geographic map having a viewable area; a map display change monitor to:
receive and store at least the recent geographic co-ordinates of the viewable area of the geographic map,compare the current geographic co-ordinates with immediate previously stored geographic co-ordinates, andgenerate a display change notification when the current geographic co-ordinates do not match immediate previously stored geographic co-ordinates; a restriction criteria interface to ascertain one or more restriction criteria related to the IP rights; an IP rights list generator to
generate a list of IP rights, from the database of IP rights, in which the geographic address of at least one owner of each IP right is within the geographic area defined by the geographic co-ordinates of the current viewable area of the geographic map, andrestrict the list of IP rights based on one or more restriction criteria related to the IP rights to form a restricted list of IP rights; and an information display generator to generate and display an information pane containing one or more data visualizations derived from the restricted list of IP rights; wherein, in use, upon receiving each successive display change notification, the information display generator generates or updates each data visualization displayed in the information pane.