Patent ID: 9183278
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: G06F,G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for generating an interactive patent data summary report, the interactive report comprising data for each of a plurality of years on a target law firm entity, the method comprising: a. receiving first information, wherein the first information is indicative of the target law firm entity, wherein the target law firm entity is of a first entity type; b. using one or more processors to automatically identify, based on the received first information indicative of the target law firm entity, a plurality of company entities such that for each of the identified plurality of company entities (assignee company entity) there is at least one patent document in a plurality of patent documents simultaneously having the target law firm entity as an attorney and said assignee company entity as a legal assignee, each of the plurality of company entities being of a second entity type; c. incorporating using the one or more processors information on at least two of the plurality of company entities of the second entity type into the interactive report; d. using the one or more processors for determining, for each pair comprising a year from the plurality of years and a company entity from the at least two of the plurality of company entities, a quantity of patent documents in a second plurality of patent documents corresponding to the pair; e. generating using the one or more processors a graphical chart, the graphical chart incorporating, for each pair comprising the year of the plurality of years and the company entity from the at least two of the plurality of company entities, a graphical representation of the determined quantity of patent documents; f. incorporating using the one or more processors the generated graphical chart into the interactive report or associating the graphical chart with the interactive report; and g. causing the interactive report to be provided to the user, wherein the interactive report comprises a user interface portion usable in connection with a web browser; wherein the information is incorporated into the report in a form of a plurality of information items capable of being activated by the user, the plurality of information items forming the user interface portion of the interactive report; and wherein receipt of an indication that at least one information item of the plurality of information items of the user interface portion of the interactive report has been activated by the user causes the one or more processors to generate a second report based on the activated information item and cause the second report to be provided to the user.