Patent Document ID: 7840604
Application ID: 11806832

Base Claim:
1. A system for collaborating research for adding value to information, comprising: a memory; a central data processor comprising a server on a network with one or more processors in the server and having a search module for searching documents wherein the documents comprise chat dialogs, emails, blogs, and internet sites, the central data processor further comprising: an entity extraction module configured to use the one or more processors to extract entities from the documents, wherein the extracted entities comprises relevant nouns, magnitudes, numbers, or concepts contained within the text of the documents; a network extraction module configured to use the one or more processors to extract relationships between the extracted entities from the documents; and a formatting module using the one or more processors to format the extracted entities and the extracted relationships into a visualization format; and at least one host computer having a user interface for communicating with the central data processor, the user interface comprising: search tools that use a processor of the at least one host computer to allow a first user of one of the plurality of host computers to communicate a search request to the central data processor, the search request instructing the central data processor to search the documents; selection tools that use a processor of the at least one host computer to allow the first user to select a subset of the documents returned by the central data processor in response to the search request, and to initiate the communication of the selected subset of documents to the entity extraction module and the network extraction module for data processing; at least one visualization tool that uses a processor of the at least one host computer to allow the first user's host computer to graphically render the visualization format; a collaboration tool input that uses a processor of the at least one host computer to allow the first user to give access to the extracted entities, the extracted relationships, and the visualization format to at least one additional remote user of the plurality of host computers; and at least one scenario tool that uses a processor of the at least one host computer to process a system map comprising a system of factors derived from the extracted entities and relationships, wherein factors are related via influence relationships which each represent a direction and magnitude of influence exerted by a first factor onto a second factor, the factors being graphically located on a chart on the user interface having two axes, a first axis indicating a value of influence relationships that exert an influence on the factors located on the chart, and the second axis indicating a value of influence relationships that the factors located on the chart exert on other extracted entities.

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Claim 4:
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the visualization format is an entity network map where at least one of the extracted entities are shown linked to at least one other extracted entity via at least one of the extracted relationships.