Patent ID: 7296015

Claim:
An apparatus for identifying potential patent infringement, comprising: an input device for inputting information regarding a patent; a processing, device for processing the information regarding the patent, wherein the processing device is configured to: identify at least one claim of the patent, parse the at least one claim to identity at least one term in the at least one claim, formulate a search query comprising the at least one term and a foreign language translation of the at least one term, obtain information regarding at least one of a product, products, a service, and services, and perform a search of the information regarding at least one of a product, products, a service, and services using the search query; and an output device for outputting result of the search; wherein the processing device is configured to automatically generate and transmit a natural language question to a chat room and obtain the information regarding at least one of a product, products, a service, and services from the chat room.