EP2695112A2

EP2695112A2 - Method for collecting information, computer programme product and business model therefor

Info

Publication number: EP2695112A2
Application number: EP12751248.1A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Jozo MAMIC; Petr Nemec; Dietrich VON RICHTHOFEN; Serafin VON ROON; Jan STÜTZ; Henning Thienemann
Original assignee: Bluepatent GmbH
Current assignee: Bluepatent GmbH
Priority date: 2011-03-25
Filing date: 2012-03-26
Publication date: 2014-02-12
Also published as: WO2012130430A3; WO2012130430A2; WO2012130430A9; US20140019202A1

Abstract

The invention relates to a method using crowdsourcing in order to search the relevant prior art used for assessing the right for protection of patents. The invention, in particular according to claims 1, 16 and 17, discloses an effective method for providing and collecting information by means of an Internet browser, comprising the following steps: providing a first memory location and at least two memory sublocations on a server, the memory sublocations being combined with the first memory location and the first memory location being writable with data by a first group of users via an Internet browser. In order to verbally describe an object, product or method that is to be searched and represent it on a browser, the first group of users loads a description of the searchable object into the first memory of the server. The first and the second memory sublocations can be written with data by a second group of users via an Internet browser. The user carrying out the search, i.e. the crowd searcher, provides in this way information that applies to the searchable object, product or method, i.e. the subject matter of the search. The user can provide a termination signal when the button "Submit" is pressed by the web searcher. In this case, the input in the first and second memory sublocations is stored by the user on the server.

Description

Method for collecting information, computer program product and business model

Methods are known from the prior art for searching for crowdsourcing-relevant prior art which is used to evaluate the patentability of patents. US 20080270255 A1 discloses such a method and, moreover, according to the peer-to-patent model, such methods are known.

From the prior art, there are the disadvantages that it comes to inappropriate and too few substantial search results, provided that the searchers of crowdsourcing are not protected by copyright. This is because intellectual property rights are very complicated and difficult to understand.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a method of providing a business process and computer program product which mitigates the disadvantages of the prior art.

This object is achieved with the features of the method according to claim 1, 16, 17. Further advantageous embodiments will become apparent from the dependent claims. The method for providing and collecting information using an Internet browser, comprising the following steps:

Providing a first storage space and at least two sub storage locations on a server, wherein the sub storage spaces are associated with the first storage space, and wherein the first storage space is writable by a first user group with data via an internet browser. In order to verbally circumscribe an object, product or method to be researched and display it accordingly on a browser, the first user group, advantageously equipped with write permissions by the operators of the website, loads a description of the object to be searched into this first memory of the server ,

The first and second sub memory storage locations may be described by a second user group via an Internet browser with data. In this case, the researching user, that is, the crowd researcher, provides information that applies to the object to be searched for, the product or the method, that is, the research subject. By the user, a termination signal can be provided by a button When this happens, the input in the first and second sub memory locations is stored by the user on the server.

Advantageously, the first sub memory location can only be written with predefined values or the data described can be subjected to a validation on the basis of the predefined values. These predefined values are taken from the first user group, e.g. from the operator of the website. In particular, the predefined values of the first sub memory location are assigned quantitative, numerical values, for example 0, 1, 2 or 3. Thus, the user can only select these values if he wants to input appropriate information about the research object in the first memory location. These values represent how much the input information matches the research item; for example, "0" for no match, "1" for the match not being explicit but out of context, "2" for the match to be similar, and "3" for the match Information literally, or substantially exactly matches the research subject.

In addition, the method discloses that a first file storage location is provided on the server, which in turn is associated with the first storage location and the first and second sub storage locations. At this file storage location, the crowd researcher can upload the piece of evidence containing the information that matches the search item. This piece of evidence may be a text document, a PDF document, an image, film, sound or other file.

The second sub memory location serves to establish the cross reference between the indication of the degree of correspondence in the first sub memory location with the indicating source, ie the piece of evidence. This means that, for example, page, row or column details are entered by the user in the second sub memory location.

Preferably, the user can provide only the completion signal when both a piece of evidence in the first file memory of the server is highly loaded, and if a degree of match in the first sub memory space between the information and the research subject is indicated, and also the cross reference in the second sub memory location is stored. A preferred embodiment of the method discloses providing a third sub memory location on the server. The third sub memory location is assigned to the first memory location. This third sub memory location can only be described by the processor of the first user group, in particular via an Internet browser. Preferably, the third sub memory location data is a quantitative, numerical value.

In order to be able to describe a research object on the basis of a plurality of individual elements, a particularly preferred embodiment comprises providing a second and / or further memory space analogous to the first memory location on the server. In particular, this each comprises at least two sub storage locations, and / or also a third sub storage space. The above-mentioned file storage space is also assigned to the second and possibly further storage space. Thus, a list can be created, wherein the individual features or the individual elements of the research subject are described and / or reproduced in the individual memory locations. Then the step can be carried out: editing, formatting and / or editing the data of at least the first memory location, but in particular the second and / or the further memory location, such that these can be displayed in list form in an Internet browser, and editing, Formatting and / or processing of the first and second sub-storage locations, but in particular also the sub-storage of the second and / or a third or further storage space, such that these as input fields in list form respectively the data of the first, second and / or third memory location can be displayed assigned in an Internet browser.

It is preferable to provide on the server a second file storage space for receiving one or more files which is assigned to all storage locations in their entirety, or is assigned to specific storage locations or one. Therein, e.g. explanatory graphical representation or descriptions to a single element or even the entirety of the individual elements are filed. This is preferably done only by the user group of the editors. Of course, it is conceivable to provide a plurality of file storage locations for graphical clarification for each research item.

A computer program product is also disclosed which makes it possible to carry out the above-mentioned embodiments of the method on a server. Further preferred embodiments will become apparent from the dependent claims and from the description. The process enables the provision of an innovative service that helps companies better defend themselves against unauthorized claims or infringers of their own intellectual property rights. The target group includes all medium-sized and larger companies that are either restricted in their entrepreneurial capacity by (supposedly unlawfully granted) patents or whose protected products, innovations, brands or designs are copied.

The override of a blocking right, z. B of a patent is economically desirable for companies in several respects: provisions made by the company for possible patent disputes are released. License payments are eliminated. Protected markets are now accessible. Individual companies can potentially save tens of millions of dollars - blocking patents can therefore be crucial to existence.

To question the validity of interfering patents is legitimate and a common means in the world of intellectual property rights. To do this, companies seek specialized documents proving that the patent in question was wrongly granted. However, due to the variety of disciplines and the increasingly globally distributed knowledge, classical patent researchers are less and less able to access all kinds of relevant sources.

The damage caused by product piracy is steadily increasing. The website, with the help of its user group of crowd searchers, provides the necessary evidence to uncover the infringement of an intellectual property right, thus protecting the innovations of its customers and making claims for damages enforceable.

This is where the method and the business idea set in: the research object 104 of the customer's search call 104, eg A company, are made available to a global community via a web platform 102 by professionals, the crowd searchers (Figure 1). This increases the probability, for. For example, finding documents relevant to successful patent defense - in relation to a classic patent search - enormously.

Similar services are currently offered only in the US market. In the process, the subject of the research is published in the original wording using the patent specifications. The information is therefore only accessible to patent professionals who work with the Jargon of the patent system are familiar. Crucial for the success of the research service described above is the involvement of technical experts, who in case of doubt can not do anything with the "patent Latin".

The market environment in which the process or business model is to be applied is a very solid, growth-oriented starting point. According to estimates by Deutsche Bank, the global trading volume for patents will reach USD 500 billion in 2010, a trend rising further. An increasing number of patent applications and the increasing number of patent litigation associated with them make the service of patent research an increasingly popular commodity. The operator's method and business model is thus to provide a web portal which enables companies or other actors to conduct particularly high-quality searches on the state of the art or other research subjects, in particular for assessing the validity of intellectual property rights or patents but also for other purposes such as revealing IPR infringements. Fig. 1 shows the Internet page 102 as an example. In addition to information about patents or property rights per se, messages, and a personal account area, the user of the website immediately sees the latest search calls 104, which have a file number

The key to success is that enough searchers can be acquired for crowdsourcing research via the Internet. The pool of researchers consists of technical experts from various disciplines, relevant interested laymen and patent experts. The individual researcher of the community is guided on the website in a clear manner and therefore does not need to have in-depth knowledge of the complex patent system. Researchers around the globe can contribute to research.

Referring to Fig. 9, a typical flow of a successful business transaction is described and the key players are graphed for the business flow. Arrows make necessary information and medium flows and their direction visible. In addition, the main customer benefit in the form of reduced costs is also included as a central point - it represents the main motivation for potential customers to participate in the process and business model and an order on the website of the operator: i. Firm A is massively restricted by the protection right X of the competitor company B.

Company A wants to go on the offensive and therefore approaches the operator. ii. The operator analyzes with company A the property right X of the opponent. It determines the extent to which this third-party protection law should be limited, as of when a search is to be interpreted as successful or partially successful and how high is the performance-related remuneration. The amount depends on the provisions, license payments and / or the value in dispute of ongoing patent infringement proceedings and must be individually negotiated and contractually determined. iii. Company A pays an adjustment fee to the operator. This creates a search call 104 for the property right X or for the claim (s) of the property right X with a comparison form 100. The claims of the property right X to be taken form the research subject, which is subdivided into several easily understandable individual elements. which in turn accurately reflect the research subject in their community. If the operator now creates the comparison form 100 for the research subject in the search call 104, he applies the above-mentioned explanations of the method. iv. This search call 104 including comparison form is published on the website 102 of the operator. v. In addition, a reward will be awarded, which will be paid to successful researchers. A researcher is successful if the researched information is suitable for fulfilling the objectives defined in the contract concluded with Company A and, in particular, significantly limiting or eliminating the scope of protection or the protective effect of the above-mentioned property right. vi. The operator submits the content of the research to company A or publishes the content on website 102 in consultation with company A. By reassessing the property rights, customer A can either release provisions, renegotiate license agreements or win infringement and nullity proceedings. vii. If the success criteria negotiated with company A are met, the operator receives the pre-negotiated success fee from company A. viii. The operator pays out the award and the rewards to the successful researchers. Possibly. The operator pays premiums to its most active searchers at regular intervals. The core of the invention, of the method or of the business model lies in the form of the search call 104, in particular in the comparison form 100 for the research subject. This comparison form 100 is called BluePrint. Comparative Form 100 is shown by way of example in FIG. 4 in a first embodiment and in FIG. 10 in a second similar embodiment. The method and its use make it possible to structure, explain, query and answer the individual elements 120 of a research object. The BluePrint thus offers the users, ie the crowd searchers, the opportunity to compare their researched information on a website point by point with the contents of a patent without even having seen or understood the patent. Through this comparison function, which can additionally evaluate the results with mathematical algorithms, even a patent layperson can analyze whether his researched documents are relevant. The BluePrint 100 is a patent description and Verklausulierungen exempted, tabular description of the subject matter and the claim. This BluePrint 100 is a kind of translation of the patent claim into a language understandable to patent laypersons.

The individual elements 120, 130, 140, 150, etc. of a research subject can in the BluePrint 100 with technical explanations, with so-called "pop-ups" (shown in Fig. 10 in the form of footnotes 188) or with links to z. In addition, figures and representations are provided which again explain the research subject In Figure 10, the individual elements of the Blue Print are written (not shown) and provided with footnotes 188. In a lower area, the footnotes are 188 provided with explanatory text.

The aim is to make the technical approach to the research object as easy and entertaining as possible for the technical expert, to reduce the training period to a minimum in order to best motivate him to work on the research website. This ensures that Even a non-patented researcher, so the "Patentlaie", the research subject can understand.

The developed comparison form 100 and, where appropriate, the developed algorithms and the community of searchers or users can also be used to enforce the protective effect of intellectual property rights, such as patents, trademarks and designs. For this, companies can upload detailed descriptions and images of their protected products or processes the operator's website. The research community searches for plagiarism of these products and provides the evidence (for example, sales receipts, catalogs, etc.) for a violation of intellectual property rights. The general procedure is described below step by step:

In a first step, an object to be researched, z. Example, a claim 104a of a patent or a potential injury object 104b in tabular form with respect to its individual elements 120,130 shown and published (Fig. 2).

According to one embodiment, the searcher must log in as a user in order to use a fillable BluePrint 100 according to FIGS. 4 and 10. Before, the researcher can already use an unfinished version of BluePrint. This is shown in Fig. 2.

If the searcher knows a document or factual situation that matches the subject matter of the search, the searcher may, in a next step, upload evidence of the facts, such as photographs, documents or published documents, to the website of the operator. Fig. 3 shows a web page for uploading a document and a button 118 for uploading.

FIG. 4 and FIG. 10 show the search call 104 with the fillable comparison form 100. The searcher can systematically compare his own search step by step with the individual elements 120, 130 of the searched research subject and also the degree of agreement for each individual element in-by input to the corresponding first sub-memory location 124, 126-and prove-by input to the corresponding second sub-memory location 134, 136.

For each feature of the tabular BluePrint 100, the searcher can now specify how far, in his opinion, his search results with the Object of search matches. For this purpose, fields 124, 134 such as: "literal", "similar", "in context" are "not specified", whereby the researcher can make his assessment of the correspondence between the search result and the research subject. This is shown with reference to FIG. 4a and in continuation with FIG. 4b or FIG. Through this automated feature comparison, ie with the BluePrint, the researcher can independently analyze whether his determined documents are relevant.

In addition to providing a simple, structured list-like description of the research subject, the BluePrint 100 can also include a feedback feature for the researcher. As a result, he can set a value, e.g. receive a qualitative progress value in the form of a progress bar 116 (Figure 10) or progress tachometer or even a concrete percentage that reflects the degree of correspondence (not shown).

This comparison between the patent in question and the researched document is based on a sophisticated algorithm representing the essential intellectual property of the operator, and e.g. B. also a weight 128 of individual features 120, 130, 140, etc. allowed. Thanks to this automated procedure, the BluePrint 100's technical staff can simply preselect the number of search results. Of course, the highly relevant research results have to be processed again by the patent law experts of the operator. 7 shows the view or overview of different search submissions from different searchers. In particular, the quality of the various submissions is specified and can be assigned to a user. Depending on the submission, the workflow or status of submission will be adjusted. After the researcher has completed and sent the BluePrint 100, he receives a confirmation via the input (Fig. 5). This can also be done via email.

In the personal user area of the website, the researcher has the opportunity to survey all his submissions, and further, a reworking can also be carried out (FIG. 6). In this case, the search sees its submissions and a corresponding status, shown in Fig. 6 in the table and columns.

Fig. 8 describes the technical construction of the invention. It is on a server 106th a first storage location 120 is provided. This corresponds to an element (eg point 2.3, Fig. 4) of BluePrint 100. This can be created by the employees of the operator. This first memory location 120 has two further sub memory locations 124, 126 assigned to the server 106. The sub storage locations 124, 126 correspond to the input fields in FIG. 4, which can be filled out by the search engine, ie the user. In the first sub memory location 124, the degree of coincidence is entered. This can be done in various ways, in the present embodiment with the input of the values 1 for literal, 2 for similar, 3 for contextual or 0 for no match. The sub memory location 3 is provided with a routine for checking the validity of the input, which outputs an error if a value other than 0, 1, 2, 3 is input.

It is conceivable that here the user does not have to enter any numerical values but can select prefabricated terms, and that then the assignment to values takes place internally. However, it is relevant to the invention that numerical values are assigned to these statements of agreement.

The second sub memory location 126 corresponds to the input field in FIG. 4 or FIG. 10, in which the user indicates the exact location in the highly loaded document or piece of evidence. Here is free text usable. Preferably, the entire search call 104 can not be dispatched unless an entry to sub memory location 126 is not present for each sub memory location 124 having a value greater than zero. This prevents incomplete completed comparison forms 100 from being submitted.

Furthermore, also assigned to the first memory location 120, a third sub memory location 128 may additionally be provided on the server 1. This is not visible to the user. This is of the highest importance to the operator of the operator who creates the search call 104 and the BluePrint 100. For here a quantitative weighting 128 of the respective single element 120 in relation to the other individual elements 130, 140 of the search call 04 can be stored.

In order to be able to create a search call 104 with several elements, such as twelve elements in FIG. 4, several memory locations according to the example are required in twelve memory locations 120, 130, 140, 150, 160, etc. of these memory locations 130, 140 , 150, 160, etc. are analogous to the first storage space 120 at least two sub storage locations 124, 126 and 134, 138 - and thus a total of 24 sub storage locations according to Fig. 4 - assigned. In addition, according to a favorable embodiment, in each case a third sub memory location 128 and 138 (and further) may be provided for storing the weighting of the respective element. First file storage space 108 is provided on server 106, which in turn is the first one

Memory space 120 and the first and second sub memory space 124, 126, or the entire memory locations 130, 140, 150, etc. is assigned in its entirety. At this file storage location 108, the crowd searcher may upload the piece of evidence containing the information that matches the search item. This piece of evidence may be a text document, a PDF document, an image, film, sound or other file.

A second file storage location 110 is to be provided on the server 106 for receiving one or more files which is assigned to all storage locations 120, 130, 140, etc. in their entirety, or is assigned only to specific storage locations or to one. Therein, e.g. explanatory graphical representation or descriptions to a single element or even the entirety of the individual elements are filed. This is preferably done only by the user group of the editors. Of course, it is conceivable to provide a plurality of file storage locations for graphical clarification for each research item.

It is also conceivable that a third or even fourth file storage space is provided on the server 106, each storage space next to the first and second sub memory space still a third and fourth sub memory is assigned, so that it is possible for the user, for each search call more as just one piece of evidence to upload to another file store. Thus, a comparison form could be provided which allows the comparison of several proof documents with the individual elements. Thus, also in the patent examination system, the inventive step would have to be evaluated and processed by the crowd searchers. Also, indirect patent infringements would be possible to work on. The individual embodiments are not intended to limit the invention, but rather the individual features of the various embodiments are useful to combine with each other.

Claims

Claims:

A method of providing and collecting information using an Internet browser, comprising the following steps:

Providing a first memory space (120) and at least two sub memory locations (124, 126) on a server (106),

Wherein the sub memory locations (124, 126) are associated with the first memory location (120),

and wherein the first memory location (120) is writable by a first user group of data via an internet browser,

• and the first and second sub memory storage space (124, 126) of a second user group via an Internet browser with data is writable, wherein by the second user group, a termination signal (114) is provided;

Describing the first memory location (120) by the first user group;

Providing, editing and / or formatting the data of the first memory location (120) such that the data can be displayed in an Internet browser;

Performing an automatic storage of the data in the first and second sub-storage locations (124, 126), wherein the storage operation is initiated by the termination signal (114).

2. The method of claim 1 comprising the steps of:

• describing the first and second sub memory locations (124, 126) by the second user group;

• providing a termination signal (114) of the write operation by the second user group.

3. The method according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that

the first sub memory location (124) can only be written with predefined values or the described data are subjected to a validation on the basis of the predefined values,

and the predefined values are set by the first user group. Method according to one or more preceding claims, characterized in that quantitative, numerical values are assigned to the predefined values of the first sub memory location (124).

Method according to one or more of the preceding claims comprising the steps:

Providing a third sub memory location (128) on the server (106),

Wherein the third sub memory location (128) is associated with the first memory location (120);

• Describe the third sub memory location (128) by the first user group via an internet browser.

Method according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the data of the third sub memory location (128) are quantitative, numerical values.

Method according to one or more of the preceding claims comprising the steps:

Providing at least one second storage space (130) according to the first storage space (120) according to claim 1 on the server (106),

in particular with at least two sub-storage locations (134, 136), and / or with a third sub-storage space (138), in particular according to claim 5 and / or 6,

Wherein the sub-storage locations (134, 136) are associated with the second storage space (130), and wherein the second storage space (130) is writable by the first user group with data via an Internet browser;

Describing the second memory location (130) by the first user group,

Wherein the first and second sub memory storage locations (134, 136) of the second memory location (130) are writable by the second user group via an internet browser with data,

Wherein a termination signal (114) can be provided by the second user group,

Performing an automatic storage of the data in the first and second sub memory locations (124, 126, 134, 136) of the first and second memory locations (120, 130) of the server (106),

And wherein the storing process is initiated by the termination signal (114).

8. The method according to one or more of the preceding claims comprising the step:

Provide at least one additional storage space (140, 150, 160, ...) on the

Server (106), in analogous form, handling and processing the first and / or second memory space (120, 130), in particular according to claim 1 and or claim 7.

9. The method according to one or more of the preceding claims comprising the steps:

· Editing, formatting and / or editing the data of at least the first one

Memory space (120), but in particular also of the second and / or further memory location (130, 140), such that they can be displayed in list form in an Internet browser;

Editing, formatting and / or editing the first and second sub memory locations (124, 126), but in particular also the sub memory locations of the second and / or third or further memory location (134, 146, 144, 146), such that these are input fields in list form in each case the data of the first, second and / or third memory location (130, 140, 150) assigned in an Internet browser are displayed.

10. The method according to one or more of the preceding claims comprising the step:

Processing the values of the second sub-memory locations (126, 136, 146) over the number of memory locations (120, 130, 140, etc.) such that a total value is generated which represents the values of the second sub-memory locations (126, 136, 146 ) in its entirety, in particular by averaging over the values of the second sub storage locations.

11. The method according to one or more of the preceding claims comprising the step:

Processing the values of the second sub memory locations (126, 136, 146) with the values of the third sub memory locations (128, 138, 148), via the number of memory locations in such a way that a total value is generated which contains the values of the second memory locations in its memory Entity represents, in particular by means of middle Iwertbildung on the values of the second sub storage locations (126, 136).

12. The method according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the first, second and / or further storage space (120, 130, 140, etc.) and / or the first, second and / or further storage space (120, 130, 140. etc.) are provided with respective rights for writing in such a way that the first, second and / or further memory location (120, 130, 140, etc.) and / or the respective third sub memory location (128, 138, 148, etc.) assigned to the first, second and / or further memory location can be written exclusively by the first user group.

13. The method according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the first or the first and second sub memory location (124, 126, 134, 136, 144, etc.) is / are provided with rights for writing in such a way that the first or the first and second sub memory location (124, 126, 134, 136, 144, etc.) is writable by the first and second user groups.

14. The method according to one or more of the preceding claims comprising the step:

Providing at least a first file storage location (108) on the server (106), said file storage location (108) being commonly associated with the first or first and second or first, second and further storage locations (120, 130, 140, etc);

Providing a routine for uploading a file to the data storage location (108) using an internet browser. 15. The method according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the termination signal (114) is exclusively generated when in the data storage space (108) on the server (106) a file has been uploaded by high.

16. The method according to one or more of the preceding claims comprising the step:

Providing at least one second file storage location (110) on the server (106), wherein said file storage space (106) is associated with the first or the first and second or the first, second and further storage locations (120, 130, 140, etc.) ; Providing a routine for uploading a file to the second data storage location (110) using an Internet browser by the first user group.

17. Computer program product for carrying out a method according to one or more of the preceding claims.

18. A method of providing and gathering information comprising the following steps:

Issuing a search call (104) via the Internet using an Internet platform, the search call (104) comprising a detailed description of a research subject,

• characterized in that in the search call (104) the individual features (120, 130, 140, etc.) of the research subject with the aid of a form (100) for comparison and input queried so that a researcher to a structured Comparison of a researched by him object with the subject of the search call (104) is guided.

19. The method according to one or more of the preceding claims, comprising the following step:

Use of the method according to one or more of the preceding claims and use of a computer program product according to claim 17 in the way

Allowing one or more of the methods of claim 18 and / or claims 20 to 29 to be performed.

20. The method according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the form (100) comprises a selection field (124, 134, 144, etc.), with the help of which the searcher can indicate to what extent a respective feature of his researched object matches the subject of the search call (104).

21. The method according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized characterized in that the form (100 has at least one input field (126, 136, 146, etc.) in which the searcher can provide citation sites and or other clues as to why a particular feature of the subject of the retrieval call (104) is associated with the the object he researched matches.

22. The method according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the completed form (100) loaded together with the researched subject on the Internet platform (102) or on the server (106) of the Internet platform high (102) become.

23. The method according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the fully or partially completed form (100) manually and / or computer-aided according to a match of the subject of the search call (104) are evaluated with the researched object.

24. The method according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the evaluation results are displayed to the respective searcher. 25. The method according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the individual features different weights (128, 138, 148th etc.) are assigned for the evaluation of the match.

26. The method according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that computer-assisted partially filled forms

(100) can be combined with each other to get to the subject of the search call (104) with the help of two researched objects.

27. Method according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the search calls are state of the art

Doing research that looks for a specific item or process that has become available to the public on or before a given date.

28. Method according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the search calls are infringement searches in which a search is made for a specific object or method with which a commercial property right was or will be violated.

29. The method according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the searcher for a successful entries with high agreement.

30. The method according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the customers who apply for a search call, only have to pay the full reward to the researchers if they want to receive the researched documents.