Patent ID: 7756891
Filing Date: 2010-07-13
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for searching recorded information to provide pattern-oriented matching of a commodity to one or more unanticipated applications for using the commodity, the method comprising the steps of: identifying at least one property associated with the commodity, wherein the at least one property further comprises known or hypothesized characteristics of the commodity, industries associated with commodity and attributes of the commodity; identifying a collection of documents for searching for the at least one property or combination of properties; searching the defined collection of documents for said the property or combination of the properties, using information retrieval methods in conjunction with search terms and patterns of search terms and phrases used to describe the property or combination of properties; identifying and retrieving hits from the collection of documents, wherein the one or more patterns of terms and phrases match the search terms; mapping the hits to one or more subclasses of a pre-existing classification scheme; creating a classification file comprising statistical information regarding mapping the hits with each category in the classification scheme; identifying from the resulting classification file, mapping table(s) associated with the at least one identified property that is associated with the commodity, wherein the subclasses associated with such mapping table(s) are matched as unanticipated applications of the commodity, although the hits need not expressly identify the commodity; and reporting the identified match of the commodity to one or more unanticipated applications for using the commodity.