CN1266593C - Visual technology information excavating system and method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a visual technology information excavating system and a method. The system comprises a data excavating module and a dynamic scanning module, wherein the data excavating module comprises a condition obtaining submodule and an information inquiry submodule. The condition obtaining submodule is used for obtaining the condition of scale-up excavation information and dynamic scanning commands, and the information inquiry submodule is used for inquiring required information from a technical information report in a database according to the scale-up excavation conditions. The dynamic scanning module comprises a scanning submodule, a display submodule, a data judging submodule and a mark submodule, wherein the scanning submodule is used for scanning the technical information report; the display submodule is used for displaying the scanning submodule and the technical information report on a computer on a client end; the data judging submodule is used for determining whether information in the technical information report accords with the scale-up excavation conditions; the mark submodule is used for marking a predetermined color for character sections according with scale-up excavation condition information in the technical information report. Technology information can be excavated in a dynamic scale-up mode by adopting the present invention so as to realize the functions of two-stage and multiple-stage technology information excavation.

Description

Visualization technique information excavating system and method

[technical field]

The present invention relates to a kind of Data mining system and method, refer to a kind of visual Data mining system and method especially.

[background technology]

Along with science and technology development, intellectual property protection is more and more paid attention to by people, and patent is one of of paramount importance means in the intellectual property protection.Make full use of existing patent information and can avoid overlapping development, up-to-date industry technology can be provided, can also avoid encroaching right even can analyze rival's technical research situation and strategy, and the development of whole technique industry etc.Nowadays, the a lot of countries in the world all disclose its patent database, as United States Patent (USP) trademark office (United States Patent and Trademark Office), EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE (European Patent Office), China national Department of Intellectual Property (State Intellectual PropertyOffice of P.R.C) etc.According to statistics, the utilization factor of the patent information of United States Patent (USP) trademark office is less than 25%.A major reason that causes this result is exactly because there is not good patent assistant analysis instrument.For like this numerous numerous and jumbled patent information, how therefrom to obtain the useful patent information of company and it is done various personalized analyses with auxiliary company formulate development strategies, promptly become a great problem that utilizes patented technology.Though the patent search engine that the State Patent Office of each open patent database all provides convenience, that can only provide single query function, and further intelligent analysis function but can not be provided.Make further statistics and technical Analysis for the patent information that finds, if adopt manually-operated not only to waste time and energy, and accurate inadequately.

Some patent analyses assistant software systems have appearred on the market now, product Master Data Center ' s (MDC) as U.S. Master Data company is the Software tool that is used for management company's intellecture property, its mainly stress the management company patent manage and the paying of patent fees of maintenance aspect, and do not provide the function that patented technology is analyzed.The patent analyses software SmartPatent Workbench of SmartPatents company for another example, the patent of its corresponding application is the U.S. the 5th, 991, No. 751 patents, patent name is " is data handling system, method and the software product at center with patent and group " (System, Method, and Computer ProgramProduct for Patent-Centric and Group-Oriented Data Processing).This patented technology is one with patent message and Corporate Finance message, research and development message, makes message and authorize message etc. and combine the Software tool of analyzing.How it stresses patent message and group's message (be financial message, research and development message, make message and authorize message etc.) thereby carries out the auxiliary company of binding analysis and formulate strategic decision.The patent analyses aspect, it provides age analysis, the analysis of inventor's patent quantity statistics, patent citation analysis and the analysis of Patent right requirement item of patent, wherein the age is analyzed and is meant that citation analysis is to quote certain patent as proof or to be analyzed by all patent tabulations of certain patent citation to year patent right expiration date counting statistical study.And sometimes we need carry out statistical study to date of patent (comprising date of application or date of declaration), draw the state of development of certain house journal's arrangement strategy or certain technical field technology thus, perhaps patent is carried out combinatory analysis etc. according to various classification, these intelligent analysis functions SmartPatent Workbench does not provide.In addition, for ease of the analysis of patent family, also need patent information in the patent database of different language literal is carried out confluence analysis, and SmartPatent Workbench does not provide this type of function yet.U.S. the 6th of Aurigin Systems company for another example, 339, No. 767 patents, its patent name is " showing by being that the data that data processing was produced are carried out at the center with patent and group with hyperbolic curve tree " (Using Hyperbolic Trees To Visualize DataGenerated By Patent-Centric And Group-Oriented Data Processing).This patented technology has further been strengthened the patent citation analytic function on the basis of aforementioned the 5th, 991, No. 751 patents, tabulation of wherein citation analysis and Patent right requirement item are intuitively displayed in hyp mode.

Though above-mentioned patent all provides the patent analyses processing capacity, but do not provide the patent of analyzing and processing is advanced the function that handle on rank.Having set up a project such as a user handles required patent, but need sometimes some part is wherein made further analyzing and processing, need this moment a kind of system and method from the Patent data of having analyzed, to enter rank and excavate needed information, to make further analyzing and processing.

[summary of the invention]

In order to address the above problem, the invention provides a kind of visualization technique information excavating system and method, it can enter rank and excavate needed information from existing information.

The present invention also provides a kind of visualization technique information excavating system and method, and it can show dynamically that into the result is excavated in the process and the demonstration of rank mined information.

Visualization technique information excavating system provided by the invention, it comprises client, application server and database server, be used for advancing rank digging technology information from database by network, this system includes a Data mining module, be used to into rank digging technology information, and a dynamic scan module.This Data mining module includes a condition obtaining sub-module, is used to obtain the into condition and the dynamic scanning command of rank mined information; One condition is set up submodule, is used for generating the SQL query statement according to the rank excavation condition of being obtained of advancing; And a message inquiry submodule, be used for excavating condition and from a technical information form of database, entering rank and inquire about needed information according to entering rank.This dynamic scan module comprises: the one scan submodule is used for the scanning technique information report; One display sub-module is used for the dynamic scan figure of above-mentioned scanning submodule and technical information report display in the client computer; One data is judged submodule, is used for determining whether the information of technical information form meets into rank excavation condition; And a mark submodule, be used for the technical information form comprised and meet rank into and excavate the field of conditional information and be marked with a predetermined color.Described scanning submodule also includes the one scan pointer.

Visualization technique information mining method provided by the invention comprises the steps: that (a) obtains querying condition and scan instruction; (b) inquire about local data base to obtain Query Result according to querying condition; (c) the dynamic scan figure of reading scan submodule and technical information form, wherein each field has a reference by location value Ф 1 with respect to scanner in the technical information form, and the scanning submodule has the one scan pointer, and this scan pointer has a dynamic position parameter Ф 2; (d) each field of scanning technique information report, when being scanned up to a certain field, the reference by location value Ф 1 of this field is identical with the location parameter Ф 2 of scan pointer; (e) technical information in this field comprises above-mentioned Query Result, then when Ф 1 and Ф 2 change, with this field mark one predetermined color; (f) obtain click commands, show information list corresponding to this field to institute's tag field; (g) obtain click, show the details of institute's click information information in the information list.

Adopt visualization technique information excavating system of the present invention and method, can dynamically advance rank digging technology message, realize second order so that the function that multistage technology message is excavated.

[description of drawings]

Fig. 1 is the applied environment synoptic diagram of visualization technique information excavating system of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a visualization technique information excavating system functional block diagram of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is the functional module pie graph of automatic statistical module shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is the functional module pie graph of the module of Data mining shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is the functional module pie graph of the module of dynamic scan shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is the synoptic diagram of an information report.

Fig. 7 is the dynamic scan figure that comprises an information report and one scan submodule.

Fig. 8 is the generative process process flow diagram of an information report.

Fig. 9 is the process flow diagram of a visualization technique information mining method.

Figure 10 is the process flow diagram that shows to advance rank excavation message details.

[embodiment]

Consult Fig. 1, be depicted as the applied environment synoptic diagram of visualization technique information excavating system of the present invention.System applies of the present invention is in the three-tier architecture environment that client computer 10, an application server 12 and local database server 15 and remote database server 16 are constituted.Wherein client computer 10 links to each other with application server 12 by network 11, and network 11 can be an intranet Intranet, also can be the communication network of Internet or other type.Application server 12 links to each other with local database server 15 by connecting 13, connecting 13 is that a kind of database connects, as the open type data storehouse connect (Open DatabaseConnectivity, ODBC), perhaps Java database connection (Java Database Connectivity, JDBC) etc.Remote database server 16 links to each other with application server 12 by external network 14, and external network 14 is external communication networks, as Internet etc.Application server 12 obtains the needed information of user by remote database server 16.Local database server 15 is used for the information that access is obtained from remote database server 16, and is used for the new information that access generates via the application server 12 above-mentioned information of obtaining of processing.

Consult Fig. 2, be depicted as the functional block diagram of visualization technique information excavating system of the present invention.Client computer 10 includes a user interface 100 and an output unit 101.User interface 100 provides an interactive user interface for the user, so that the user carries out corresponding operating, comprises to visualization technique information excavating system of the present invention and sends various instructions etc.Output unit 101 is used to export the technical information form that visualization technique information excavating system of the present invention is generated.

In application server 12, in having an automatic statistical module 120, a Data mining module 121 and a dynamic scan module 122.Automatically statistical module 120 is used for obtaining information needed and generating corresponding information report from the data designated storehouse according to user instruction.Data mining module 121 is used for entering rank according to the form that user instruction is generated from automatic statistical module 120 and excavates needed information.Dynamic scan module 122 is used for the form that generated according to the automatic statistical module 120 of user instruction dynamic scan, and Data mining module 121 is entered rank excavate the information of gained and show.Remote database server 16 includes a remote data base 160.This remote data base 160 stores the required various information of user.Such as, when the required information of user is various patent information, this remote data base 160 can be the patent database of variant country, as United States Patent (USP) trademark office (United States Patent and Trademark Office) patent database, EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE (European Patent Office) patent database, China national Department of Intellectual Property (StateIntellectual Property Office of P.R.C) patent database etc., and the patent family data storehouse, as U.S. LexisNexis company by patent family data storehouse that its website provided.Local database server 15 includes a local data base 150, is used to store the various information of being downloaded, as Patent data and patent family data etc.

Figure 3 shows that the functional module pie graph of automatic statistical module 120 among Fig. 2.In embodiments of the present invention, statistical module 120 includes a message and obtains submodule 1201, a download of information submodule 1202, report component definition submodule 1203, field generation submodule 1204, a report generation submodule 1205 and form transmission submodule 1206 automatically.Wherein, message is obtained submodule 1201 and is used to obtain the message that the user is imported from client computer 10, and these messages include the download of information condition.The download of information condition that download of information submodule 1202 is used for importing according to the user is from the needed information of remote data base 160 download user.The message that report component definition submodule 1203 is used for importing according to the user defines the constituent components of information report.Such as, when the information of being downloaded was patent information and needs generation patent information form, the assembly of this patent information form of definable was year and patent classification.Field generates the field that submodule 1204 is used for defining according to report component submodule 1203 defined report components and download of information submodule 1202 generation forms.As including year when the information report assembly, and the time range of institute's download message be 1986 to calendar year 2001, then field generates submodule 1204 and generates 16 time fields for this information report.And for example include classification when the information report assembly, and the information of being downloaded is when including A and B two kinds, field generates submodule 1204 and is two classification field of this information report generation.Report generation submodule 1205 is used for the information downloaded according to the download of information submodule and field and generates the form field that submodule 1204 generated and generate an information report.The information report that is generated is stored in local data base 150.The information report that form transmission submodule 1206 is used for being generated sends to the associated user for information.

Figure 4 shows that the functional module pie graph of Data mining module 121 among Fig. 2.This Data mining module 121 includes a condition obtaining sub-module 1211, a condition is set up a submodule 1212 and an information inquiry submodule 1213.Condition obtaining sub-module 1211 is used to obtain into the condition of rank mined information and the instruction of dynamic scan.Condition is set up submodule 1212 and is used for generating the SQL query statement according to the rank excavation condition of being obtained of advancing.Information inquiry submodule 1213 is used for excavating the information report that condition query report generation submodule 1205 is generated according to entering rank, to obtain required information.

Figure 5 shows that the functional module pie graph of dynamic scan module 122 among Fig. 2.This dynamic scan module 122 includes one scan submodule 1221, a display sub-module 1222, data judgement submodule 1223 and a mark submodule 1224.Scanning submodule 1221 is used to scan the information report that report generation submodule 1205 is generated.Display sub-module 1222 is used for the dynamic scan figure of scanning submodule 1221 and the information report that report generation submodule 1205 is generated are shown in client computer 10.Data judges that submodule 1223 is used for determining whether the contained information of information report meets into rank excavation condition.Mark submodule 1224 is used for information report comprised and meets rank into and excavate the field of conditional information and be marked with a predetermined color.

Consult Fig. 6, be depicted as the synoptic diagram of an information report 600.This information report 600 includes two assemblies: year and classification.This in year scope be 1986 to calendar year 2001, therefore annual assembly is assigned with 16 fields in this table.In this information report 600, include A and B two macrotaxonomies.Wherein category-A includes A1, A2, A3 and four groups of A4 again, and A4 is divided into A41 and A42 two classes again.Equally, category-B includes B1, B2 and three groups of B3, and B2 is divided into B21 and B22 two classes again.Like this, classification component is assigned with nine field: A1, A2, A3, A41, A42, B1, B21, B22 and B3.Numeral is depicted as the information content of each annual institute corresponding informance classification in the table.In embodiments of the present invention, by clicking the numerical value in each field, can obtain the tabulation of this numerical value institute corresponding informance.

Figure 7 shows that the dynamic scan figure that comprises an information report 600 and one scan submodule 1221.This scanning submodule 1221 includes one scan pointer 12210.In embodiment of the present invention, scanning submodule 1221 is to carry out in a kind of mode of radar scanning.In other embodiment of the present invention, its form of expression is not limited thereto, and scans whole information report 600 as the form that can adopt a kind of draw curtain.After obtaining scan instruction, scan pointer 12210 begins to scan whole information report 600 from dynamic scan figure arbitrary of scanning submodule 1221.In embodiments of the present invention, scan pointer 12210 is that ten two o'clock positions from this dynamic scan figure begin scanning.If adopt the form of draw curtain, one side scan pointer 12210 can be from the corresponding another side of being scanned up to of information report 600.In the present embodiment, each field in the information report 600 all has an angle Ф 1 with respect to the initial scanning position of scan pointer 12210 and the central point O of dynamic scan figure, and the angle that scan pointer 12210 scannings are turned over is Ф 2.When scan pointer 12210 scanning information forms 600 a certain fields, data judges that submodule 1223 judges in this field whether digital institute corresponding informance meets into rank and excavate the message condition.If meet, then as Ф 2 during greater than Ф 1, this field can be labeled predetermined color.Promptly be labeled a predetermined color as pairing B21 sorting field in 1989 among the figure.

Consult Fig. 8, be depicted as the generative process process flow diagram of information report 600.In embodiments of the present invention, be to be that example describes from the patent database of countries in the world or each patent tissue, to download Patent data and to generate the patent information form.At first, at step S801, message is obtained submodule 1201 and is obtained the patent download condition that the user is imported from client computer 10.This download condition comprises keyword, applicant, inventor etc.At step S802, download of information submodule 1202 is downloaded patent information and is stored in local data base 150 according to above-mentioned download condition from remote data base 160 (being the patent database of various countries or each patent tissue).At step S803, message is obtained submodule 1201 and is obtained the patent classification data that the user imports.These grouped datas include type data such as International Classification of Patents, US patent class or User Defined classification.At step S804, message is obtained submodule 1201 and is obtained date type and the scope thereof that the user imports.This date type includes the date of application of patent, open date or date of declaration.If the date is to be unit with the year, date range can be 1986-2001.If the date is to be unit with the moon, then date range can be 1986.1-2001.12.At step S805,1203 definition of report component definition submodule constitute the assembly of form.In embodiments of the present invention, be that date of application with the classification of patent and patent is the assembly that constitutes form.Wherein, the date of application of patent is to be unit with the year.At step S806, whether the date range that field generation submodule 1204 definite above-mentioned users are imported is greater than zero.If described date range is not more than zero, that is the patent data of only adding up a certain year or certain January, then flow process jumps to step S808.If described date range is greater than zero, at step S807, field generates submodule 1204 generates the patent information form according to the unit on this date range and date date field.At step S808, field generates submodule 1204 generates the patent information form according to the patent classification data that the user imported type field.The type field that is generated is based on the lowest-order classification of patent.Type A as patent is divided into A1, A2, A3 and A4 four classes, and wherein A4 is divided into A41 and A42 two classes again, then will set A1, A2, A3, A41 and five fields of A42 under the type A.At step S809, patent information that report generation submodule 1205 integrate informations download submodule 1202 is downloaded and field generate the form field generation patent information form that submodule 1204 is generated.The patent information form that is generated can send submodule 1206 by form and send to relative clients carrying out patent statistics or to advance rank analysis etc., and is stored in local data base 150.

Consult Fig. 9, be depicted as the process flow diagram of a visualization technique information mining method.This visualization technique information mining method is used for that the above-mentioned patent information form that generates is entered rank to be handled, with the required patent information of further acquisition.At step S901, condition obtaining sub-module 1211 is obtained the condition and the one scan instruction of into rank inquiry.This scan instruction is used to activate scanning submodule 1221 so that the above-mentioned patent information form that is generated is carried out dynamic scan.At step S902, condition is set up submodule 1212 and is generated the SQL query statement according to the rank querying condition that advances that is obtained.At step S903, institute's canned data form 600 in the information inquiry submodule 1213 inquiry local data bases 150.In embodiments of the present invention, this information report 600 is meant the above-mentioned patent information form that generates.At step S904, information inquiry submodule 1213 obtains required information.

At step S905, the dynamic scan figure of display sub-module 1222 reading scan submodules 1221 and the above-mentioned patent information form that generates.In the present invention, the dynamic scan figure of described scanning submodule 1221 and patent information form are to show (as shown in Figure 7) in the mode that superposes.At step S906, scanning submodule 1221 scanning patent information forms.When the every scanning one patent information form field of the scan pointer 12210 of scanning submodule 1221, at step S907, data judges that submodule 1223 determines to be scanned the pairing patent information of field and whether include the information that information inquiry submodule 1213 is obtained.Do not include the information that information inquiry submodule 1213 is obtained if be scanned the pairing patent information of field, then flow process jumps to step S909.Include the information that information inquiry submodule 1213 is obtained if be scanned the pairing patent information of field, when then the angle Ф 2 that is turned over when scan pointer 12210 is greater than the set angle Ф 1 of this field, at step S908, mark submodule 1224 is scanned field with this and is marked with a predetermined color.At step S909, data judges that submodule 1223 judges whether all been scanned of all fields of patent information form, if also have not scanning of field, then jumps to step S906 and repeats above step.If all fields of patent information form all scan, at step S910, the patent information form that display sub-module 1222 shows through overscanning.At this moment, the dynamic scan figure of scanning submodule 1221 disappears, and all shows as predetermined color with the information inquiry submodule 1213 information-related field of obtaining.

Consult Figure 10, be depicted as the process flow diagram that shows to advance rank excavation message details.At step S1001, condition obtaining sub-module 1211 is obtained the click commands of a certain field in a pair of patent information form.This field is meant and the information-related field of being obtained.At step S1002, display sub-module 1222 shows pairing all the patent tabulations of this field, and in embodiments of the present invention, this tabulation is the series arrangement with the patent No..Wherein, the patent No. that belongs to the information of obtaining can show with predetermined color.At step S1003, condition obtaining sub-module 1211 is obtained the click commands to a certain patent in the patent tabulation.At step S1004, display sub-module 1222 shows the details of these patents, as scanning document of full patent texts or the like.

Claims (10)

1. visualization technique information excavating system, it comprises client, application server and database server, is used for advancing rank digging technology information by network from the database of database server, it is characterized in that this system comprises:

One Data mining module is used to into rank digging technology information, comprising:

One condition obtaining sub-module is used to obtain the into condition and the dynamic scanning command of rank excavation message;

One information inquiry submodule is used for advancing the required information of rank inquiry according to advancing rank excavation condition from a technical information form of database;

One dynamic scan module comprises:

The one scan submodule is used for the scanning technique information report;

One display sub-module is used to show the dynamic scan figure and the technical information form of above-mentioned scanning submodule;

One judges submodule, is used for determining whether the information of technical information form meets into rank excavation condition; And

One mark submodule, the information field of rank excavation condition is marked with a predetermined color to be used for meeting the technical information form into.

2. visualization technique information excavating system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that the Data mining module more includes a condition and sets up submodule, is used for generating the SQL query statement according to the rank excavation condition of being obtained of advancing.

3. visualization technique information excavating system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, the scanning submodule includes the one scan pointer, is used for each field of dynamic scan technical information form.

4. a visualization technique information mining method is used for advancing rank digging technology information from local data base, it is characterized in that including following steps:

(a) obtain querying condition and scan instruction;

(b) set up inquiry;

(c) the inquiry local data base is to obtain Query Result;

(d) the dynamic scan figure and the information report of reading scan submodule, wherein each field has a reference by location value Φ 1 with respect to dynamic scan figure in the information report, and the scanning submodule has the one scan pointer, and this scan pointer has a dynamic position parameter Φ 2;

(e) each field of scanning information form, when being scanned up to a certain field, the reference by location value Φ 1 of this field is identical with the location parameter Φ 2 of scan pointer;

(f) judge whether the technical information in this field comprises above-mentioned Query Result;

(g) technical information in this field comprises above-mentioned Query Result, then when Φ 1 and Φ 2 change, with this technical information field mark one predetermined color.

5. visualization technique information mining method as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, step (b) is to generate the SQL query statement according to querying condition.

6. visualization technique information mining method as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, the dynamic scan figure of scanning submodule and information report are to show in the mode that superposes in the step (d).

7. visualization technique information mining method as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, step (g) more includes following steps afterwards:

(h) judge whether in the information report all been scanned of all fields;

(i) if been scanned not also, then flow process goes to step (e).

8. visualization technique information mining method as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that, step (f) more includes following step:

If this field does not comprise above-mentioned Query Result, flow process goes to step (h).

9. a visualization technique information mining method is used for advancing rank digging technology message from local data base, it is characterized in that including following steps:

(a) obtain querying condition and scan instruction;

(b) inquire about local data base to obtain Query Result according to querying condition;

(c) the dynamic scan figure and the information report of reading scan submodule, wherein each field has a reference by location value Φ 1 with respect to dynamic scan figure in the information report, and the scanning submodule has the one scan pointer, and this scan pointer has a dynamic position parameter Φ 2;

(d) each field of scanning information form, when being scanned up to a certain field, the reference by location value Φ 1 of this field is identical with the location parameter Φ 2 of scan pointer;

(e) information in this field comprises above-mentioned Query Result, then when Φ 1 and Φ 2 change, with this field mark one predetermined color;

(f) obtain click commands, show information list corresponding to this field to institute's tag field.

10. visualization technique information mining method as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that, step (f) more includes following steps afterwards: obtain the click commands to information in the information list, show the details of institute's click information.

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