Title:
COMPETITIVE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2001020497
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A competitive information management system is provided which perform one or more of the following functions: (a) finds documents for a user to review based on information provided to the system by the user; (b) record information regarding the user's use of the data management system; (c) sorts documents based on their anticipated relevance to the user using information recorded into the system by the user; (d) display groups of documents in various display formats to assist the user to visualize functional interrelationships between different pieces of intellectual property in the group; (e) maintains a database containing documents and various forms of information associated with each document; (f) hunts for new documents or new pieces of information associated with each document; (g) alerts users when new documents or new pieces of information which are anticipated to be relevant to the user are identified; and (h) creates customized reports involving the documents identified by the above processes, and optionally information recorded into the system by the user.
Inventors:
WEITZ DAVID J (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2000/025003
Publication Date:
December 24, 2003
Filing Date:
September 12, 2000
Export Citation:
Assignee:
WEITZ DAVID J (US)
International Classes:
G06F17/30; (IPC1-7): G06F17/30
Domestic Patent References:
| WO1998055945A1 | 1998-12-10 | |||
| WO1995029451A1 | 1995-11-02 |
Foreign References:
| US5930784A | 1999-07-27 | |||
| US5926811A | 1999-07-20 |
Other References:
LUNDQUIST C ET AL: "IMPROVING RELEVANCE FEEDBACK IN THE VECTOR SPACE MODEL", PROCEEDINGS OF THE 6TH. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT. CIKM '97. LAS VEGAS, NOV. 10 - 14, 1997, PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT. CIKM, NEW YORK, ACM, US, vol. CONF. 6, 10 November 1997 (1997-11-10), pages 16 - 23, XP000775296, ISBN: 0-89791-970-X
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