Patent Document ID: 7823065
Application ID: 11247248

Base Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for detecting new ideas within symbolic representations pertaining to a domain of endeavor, comprising: accessing the symbolic representations pertaining to the domain of endeavor to detect a symbol contained within the symbolic representations that had been previously identified as not being found within an initially empty base lexicon of symbols associated with the domain of endeavor; accumulating data indicative of a spread of multiple instances of the symbol throughout the domain of endeavor; determining whether the spread of multiple instances of the symbol throughout the domain of endeavor exceeds a threshold; and if the spread of multiple instances of the symbol throughout the domain of endeavor exceeds a threshold, then outputting an indication based on the symbol to a user that a new idea within the domain of endeavor has been detected.

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Claim 2:
2. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the symbol includes a word, a neologism, an acronym, an abbreviation, or a string of words with a separator.