Data processing: database and file management or data structures – Database design – Data structure types
Patent
1997-06-02
1999-11-23
Black, Thomas G.
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
Database design
Data structure types
707100, 707102, 364286, 3642861, 3642862, 3642863, 364962, 395683, G06F 1730
Patent
active
059917512
ABSTRACT:
A system, method, and computer program product for processing data are described herein. The system maintains first databases of patents, and second databases of non-patent information of interest to a corporate entity. The system also maintains one or more groups. Each of the groups comprises any number of the patents from the first databases. The system, upon receiving appropriate operator commands, automatically processes the patents in one of the groups in conjunction with non-patent information from the second databases. Accordingly, the system performs patent-centric and group-oriented processing of data. A group can also include any number of non-patent documents. The groups may be product based, person based, corporate entity based, or user-defined. Other types of groups are also covered, such as temporary groups. The processing automatically performed by the system relates to (but is not limited to) patent mapping, document mapping, patent citation (both forward and backward), patent aging, patent bracketing/clustering (both forward and backward), inventor patent count, inventor employment information, and finance. Other functions are also covered.
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