Patent Document ID: 8326851
Application ID: 09896238
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer processor with a client-server providing a system which utilizes software that accesses data from databases by users using queries comprising; accepting at said client-server said queries that enables storing, searching, accessing, and retrieving data from said databases such that said databases contain categorization of technology specific to intellectual property, such that the database software obtains data from patent and non-patent or publication databases, problem solving data bases, and at least one valuation database, said system requiring at least the following steps; initiating at said server-client at least a first database search related to said queries; retrieving related documents from said patent and non-patent or publication databases initiating a second database search of said problem solving databases and retrieving problem solving related documents; using results from documents retrieved from first and second database searches to provide at least one valuation data base such that valuation data within said valuation database is obtained from valuation methods thereby valuing any intellectual property obtained during a search of said first and second database searches using at least one of the valuation methods used in valuing said intellectual property; retrieving said valuation data from said valuation database; generating a contour map using search results from said patent and non-patent or publication databases and said solving problem data bases; normalizing said valuations based on said valuation methods used to obtain said valuation data; superimposing said normalized values onto said contour map displaying said valuation data; and providing the capability of generating a report based on user selections including said map, such that said map also includes statistics generated from said first and second database searches allowing for said map to also indicate shifts in technology trends associated with valuing said intellectual property.