KR101797485B1 - Method for providing personnal analysis service of patent document - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for providing a patent document search service is disclosed. According to various embodiments of the present invention, the method for providing a patent document search service performed by a computing system comprises the steps of: assigning at least one web folder through a user device; receiving at least one search query through the user device; extracting a classification code of a stored patent document when at least one patent document is stored in the assigned web folder, assigning a weighted value to a patent document having the same classification code, and reflecting the weighted value on a preset default rank value so as to determine a rank value of patent documents searched by the search query; and aligning the patent documents according to the determined rank value, and outputting the patent documents through the user device.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a patent document search service providing method,

Various embodiments of the present invention relate to a method for providing a patent document search service, and more particularly, to a method for a patent searcher to search technical literature in a desired field more conveniently.

If there is a need to search for prior art documents for an inventor's specific technology, the patent searcher searches for a similar patent through a prior art search program or a portal site.

In addition, when a project such as a patent map is to be executed, the patent searcher may perform a search operation by designating a storage folder provided in the prior art search program and storing the desired patent literature. The patent literature stored in such a storage folder is mostly related to the technical field filtered by the patent searcher.

However, since the conventional prior art search program merely mechanically substitutes the keyword or the like input by the user into the search algorithm, it does not consider the technology stored in the storage folder intended by the user or intended by the user, Exposed. Accordingly, there is a problem that the process of analyzing a large number of patents in a technical field that is not intended by the user or containing a large amount of noise in the searched patent document is complicated and takes a long time.

Korean Registered Patent No. 10-1362092 (Publication date: 2014.02.13)

An object of the present invention is to provide a patent search service tailored to a user search intention by determining rank values of patent documents based on patent documents stored in a web folder or noise documents selected by a user.

The problems to be solved by the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned problems, and other problems which are not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing a patent document search service performed by a computing system, the method comprising: receiving at least one web folder through a user device; Receiving at least one search query including information for searching a patent document through the user device; Calling and retrieving a plurality of patent documents corresponding to the at least one search query from a storage unit or an external server; If at least one patent document is stored in the designated web folder, extracting a classification code of at least one patent document stored in the designated web folder; A weight value is assigned to a patent document having the same classification code as the extracted classification code among the patent documents searched by the search query, the weight value is reflected to a preset default rank value, Determining a rank value of the plurality of pixels; And sorting the patent documents retrieved by the search query according to the determined rank value and outputting through the user device.

In some embodiments, the method of providing a patent document search service may further include the step of, when the designated folder is empty, sorting the patent documents retrieved by the search query according to the default rank value and outputting through the user device .

In some embodiments, the classification code may include at least one of an International Patent Classification (IPC), a Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC), or a Japanese Patent Classification Code (F-TERM).

In some embodiments, the method of providing a patent document search service includes: outputting a storage item assigned to each of the aligned patent documents; And storing the patent document corresponding to the storage item in the designated web folder in response to receiving the user selection input for the storage item.

In some embodiments, the method of providing a patent document search service further includes the step of, when at least one patent document is stored in the designated web folder, further outputting a rank reflection item to at least a part of the screen of the user device; Converting the active state or the inactive state of the rank reflection mode providing the patent documents based on the rank value according to the user selection input for the rank reflection item; And selectively arranging the patent documents according to the active state or the inactive state of the rank reflection mode and outputting the sorted documents through the user device.

In some embodiments, the method of providing a patent document search service includes determining at least one of the sorted patent documents as a noise document according to a user selection input; And removing the noise document from among the patent documents retrieved by the new search query when a new search query is inputted through the user apparatus.

In some embodiments, determining the rank value comprises: identifying all classification codes of patent documents stored in the web folder; Confirming the number of patent documents corresponding to each classification code for each identified classification code; Calculating a redundancy rate of each classification code by dividing the number of patent documents identified for each classification code by the total number of patent patents; Assigning weights to the patent documents having the respective classification codes based on the respective redundancy rates of the calculated classification codes; And determining the rank value based on the assigned weight.

In some embodiments, the step of assigning weights includes assigning weights to the particular patent document based on a classification code having the largest redundancy rate when the particular patent document has more than one classification code .

In some embodiments, the step of assigning weights comprises: if the noise document selected by the user is present, checking the classification code corresponding to the noise document; And assigning a downward value to a patent document having a classification code corresponding to the noise document among the patent documents stored in the web folder.

In some embodiments, the step of assigning the weights may include the step of, when there is a patent document having the same classification code as the classification code of the noise document among the patent documents stored in the web folder, And assigning weights to patent documents having the classification codes.

In the method for providing a patent document search service according to an embodiment of the present invention, a weight value is given to a patent document based on classification codes of patent documents stored in a web folder, and a rank value of patent documents is determined based on the weight value. It is possible to provide a service in which patent documents in the technical field can be retrieved more effectively.

The effects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned effects, and other effects not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

1 is a block diagram of a patent document search system according to various embodiments of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram of a server according to various embodiments of the present invention.
3 is an exemplary diagram illustrating an operation performed in a server or a program according to various embodiments of the present invention.
4 to 5 are exemplary views of a patent search method according to various embodiments of the present invention.
Figures 6-9 are illustrations of content related to the rank value of the patent literature in accordance with various embodiments of the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The advantages and features of the present invention and the manner of achieving them will become apparent with reference to the embodiments described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood, however, that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but may be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein, Is provided to fully convey the scope of the present invention to a technician, and the present invention is only defined by the scope of the claims.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of illustrating embodiments and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. In the present specification, the singular form includes plural forms unless otherwise specified in the specification. The terms " comprises "and / or" comprising "used in the specification do not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other elements in addition to the stated element. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout the specification and "and / or" include each and every combination of one or more of the elements mentioned. Although "first "," second "and the like are used to describe various components, it is needless to say that these components are not limited by these terms. These terms are used only to distinguish one component from another. Therefore, it goes without saying that the first component mentioned below may be the second component within the technical scope of the present invention.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein may be used in a sense that is commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. In addition, commonly used predefined terms are not ideally or excessively interpreted unless explicitly defined otherwise.

The terms spatially relative, "below", "beneath", "lower", "above", "upper" And can be used to easily describe a correlation between an element and other elements. Spatially relative terms should be understood in terms of the directions shown in the drawings, including the different directions of components at the time of use or operation. For example, when inverting an element shown in the figures, an element described as "below" or "beneath" of another element may be placed "above" another element . Thus, the exemplary term "below" can include both downward and upward directions. The components can also be oriented in different directions, so that spatially relative terms can be interpreted according to orientation.

The "patent literature" referred to in this document may be referred to as referring to patents, utility models or other documents related to intellectual property rights (eg, IP literature).

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a patent document search system 10 according to various embodiments of the present invention.

As shown, the patent document search system 10 may include a user device 100 and a server 200.

User device 100 is an electronic device used by a user searching patent literature. Such a user device 100 may be, for example, a variety of types of computing devices, such as a smartphone, a tablet or a computer, and may include a display module, memory, processor and wireless communication module for patent document search . The user device 100 may communicate with the server 200 through a network to provide the user with functions related to patent document search.

The server 200 is a device or a program that serves an intensive function to provide functions related to patent document search to the user device 100 via a network. The specific configuration of the server 200 will be described later with reference to FIG.

2 is a block diagram of a server 200 according to various embodiments of the present invention.

As shown, the server 200 includes a communication module 210, a control unit 220, a storage unit 230, a web folder management unit 240, a rank value management unit 250, and a screen interface unit 260 .

The communication module 210 may connect the communication between the user device 100 and the server 200. For example, the communication module 210 may be connected to the network via wireless or wired communication to communicate with the user device 100.

The control unit 220 may perform a data processing function to control the signal flow between the overall operation such as power supply control of the user apparatus 100 and the internal configuration of the client apparatus 100 and to process the data. The control unit 220 may include at least one processor.

The storage unit 230 may store data received or generated from the control unit 220, the user device 100, or other components of the patent document search system 10. [ The storage unit 230 may include, for example, a memory, a cache, a buffer, and the like, and may be composed of software, firmware, hardware, or a combination of at least two of them.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the storage unit 230 may store a plurality of patent documents, a web folder allocation area, a UI item, a result list, and various graphical interfaces related thereto.

The web folder management unit 240 can support the user to specify or create a web folder provided by the patent document search system 10. [ According to various embodiments, a web folder may refer to at least one storage space provided on the web for a particular user account. The web folder management unit 240 can display a UI item accessible to the web folder through the display unit of the user device 100 by providing the UI item to the user device 100. [

According to some embodiments, the web folder manager 240 may store certain patent documents in a web folder and manage stored patent documents. The web folder management unit 240 may store the patent documents stored in the web folder in the web folder of the logged-in user account. The web folder management unit 240 may allocate a web folder for each user account.

The rank value management unit 250 may arrange the patent documents by adding different rank values to the patent documents to be displayed by the search query. For example, the rank value management unit 250 may determine a rank value of patent documents corresponding to each classification code based on a default rank value, a classification code of patent documents stored in a web folder, or a noise document. The rank value management unit 250 may reflect a weight or a downward value with respect to the default rank value based on a specific condition for each patent document.

The screen interface unit 260 can manage various UI items in the screen or the screen output to the user device 100. For example, the screen interface 260 may generate a result list for a plurality of patent documents, and may include a plurality of patent documents, such as a storage item, a noise item, a rank reflecting item, UI items can be displayed.

According to various embodiments, the web folder management unit 240, the rank value management unit 250, and the screen interface unit 260 separately perform at least some functions of the control unit 220 in order to distinguish the functions from the general functions of the control unit 220 And may be a functional configuration as shown. In FIG. 2, the web folder management unit 240, the rank value management unit 250, and the screen interface unit 260 are illustrated as being separate from the control unit 220, but they may be configured as one module.

 The function of the web folder management unit 240, the rank value management unit 250, the screen interface unit 260 and the control unit 220 may be implemented in the form of a routine, an instruction, or a program stored in the memory of the storage unit 230 Can be implemented. These programs can be downloaded and installed on the Web, operated directly on the Web, or downloaded from the App Store and the like. Furthermore, routines, instructions or programs formed to perform the above operations may also be stored in a computer-readable storage medium.

FIG. 3 is an exemplary view showing an operation performed in the server 200 or the program according to various embodiments of the present invention. For the description of Fig. 3, the description will be made with reference to Figs. 4 to 9. Fig. FIGS. 4 to 5 are exemplary views of a patent search method according to various embodiments of the present invention, and FIGS. 6 to 9 are examples of contents related to rank values of patent documents.

First, the user can log in to the server 200 through the user device 100 (S310). For example, a user may access a specific web page capable of performing a patent document search function to perform a login operation. It is also possible to perform an operation such as membership addition other than login. When login or membership is performed, the server 200 can check the logged-in user account and call the data assigned to the user account. Such data may be, for example, patent documents stored in a web folder in a previous search through the user account.

Next, the server 200 may receive a search query through the user device 100 (S320). The search query may be, for example, a keyword for searching patent documents belonging to a specific technical field, applicant information, and the like, but is not limited thereto.

The server 200 may call one or more patent documents corresponding to the search query from the external server through the storage unit 230 or the communication module 210. [

Next, the server 200 can check whether the patent document is stored in the web folder (S340). If the patent document is not stored in the web folder, the result list can be outputted by the default rank value. The default rank value may be a basic numerical value used to list patent documents corresponding to a search query according to a policy set in the server 200 or an administrator's setting input. For example, a specific value may be calculated as a default rank value according to the ascending order or the descending order of the filing year, the document year, etc., but is not limited thereto.

Referring to FIG. 4, information on a specific patent document is displayed in a search result list in a specific search query. For example, a representative of a specific patent, a name of an invention, an applicant, an application number, and the like are disclosed. Currently, the 'click-to-instantly save item' is inactive and the web folder is not specified. Although not shown in Fig. 4, since the web folder is not specified, the result list based on the rank value is not displayed, and only the result list based on the default rank value is displayed. 4 is a screen showing the contents of a specific patent document among the result list.

In this state, when the user clicks the storage item 403, the server 200 can store the patent document in the web folder. In response to receiving the selection input for the storage item 403, the server 200 sends a query screen or a guidance screen to the user device 100). ≪ / RTI > Accordingly, the user can easily store the patent documents close to the search field in the web folder during the patent document search. In addition, the accuracy of the patent documents to be searched in the future by such a storing action can be improved through the following algorithm.

Referring to FIG. 5, a patent document stored in a Web folder 503 is disclosed. The user can click the storage item 501 while the web folder 503 is designated and the server 200 stores the patent document corresponding to the storage item 501 in the web folder 503. [

According to some embodiments, the server 200 may determine the noise literature by user selection input. Such a noise document is an element that is not exposed in future searches or affects the rank value.

Specifically, the server 200 may further display the noise item 505. [ Although not shown, this noise item 505 may be assigned to each of the patent documents arranged in the result list. When receiving the user selection input for the noise item, the server 200 can determine the patent document corresponding to the noise item as the noise document. Then, when the user inputs a new search query, the server 200 can remove the noise document from the patent documents searched by the new search query and display it. With this function, the user can easily remove the noise documents which are far from the intended technical field in the search process, and the server 200 recognizes the patent documents in the technical fields that the user thinks unnecessary, So that it is not exposed.

In addition, the noise documents recognized by the server 200 can be reflected not only in the future search process, but also in calculating the rank value of patent documents. A detailed description thereof will be given later.

According to some embodiments, the server 200 may provide the result list providing function based on the rank value in parallel with the function of the general patent search system based on the default rank value. That is, the server 200 can operate the rank reflection mode. When the rank reflecting mode is activated, the server 200 can sort the patent documents according to rank values based on patent documents or noise documents stored in a web folder. When the rank reflecting mode is deactivated, the server 200 can sort and provide patent documents to the user device 100 only by the default rank value. To this end, the server 200 may provide a rank reflecting item 507 as in FIG. The server 200 may selectively operate the rank reflecting mode according to a user selection input for turning on / off the rank reflecting item 507. [ Although not shown, when the rank reflecting item 507 is turned on or off, the contents or the order of the patent documents included in the result list may be changed.

Referring back to FIG. 3, if the patent document is stored in the web folder, the server 200 may extract the classification code of patent documents stored in the web folder (S350). According to various embodiments, the classification code may include, but is not limited to, International Patent Classification (IPC), Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) or Japanese Patent Classification Code (F-TERM) It may contain various types of information that classify internationally.

The server 200 may assign a weight value to the patent document having the same classification code (S360), and may determine the rank value of the patent documents by reflecting the weight value to the predetermined rank value (S370). In this case, the server 200 may determine the rank value by further considering the noise document selected by the user.

Referring to FIG. 6 as a specific example, patent documents 601 stored in a web folder and noise documents 603 selected by the user are shown. As a non-limiting example, patent documents 601 stored in a web folder may be stored in a separate storage area from the noise documents 603, but are not limited thereto.

Patent documents 601 stored in Web folders have at least one classification code (e.g., IPC classification). The server 200 may extract all classification codes of the patent documents stored in the web folder as shown in FIG. For example, nine classification codes can be extracted from seven patent documents stored in the Web folder. Each patent document has a plurality of classification codes, so that the number of patents overlapping each classification code is calculated. Then, the server 200 can calculate the redundancy rate by dividing the number of patents having the classification codes by the classification codes into the total number of patents (e.g., 7).

Then, the server 200 divides the calculated redundancy rate into a plurality of sections as shown in FIG. 8, and can determine a weight to be reflected in the default rank value (original rank value) for each classification code. Such a table can be set in advance, but is not limited to a specific value or a specific section. Once the weight is determined, the rank value of the patent documents can be determined by reflecting the weight to the default rank value.

According to various embodiments, when a specific patent document has two or more classification codes, the rank value of the specific patent literature may be calculated based on a classification code having the highest redundancy rate among two or more classification codes.

Referring to FIG. 9, an algorithm for determining a downward value based on a classification code corresponding to a noise document (deleted patent) is disclosed. Specifically, the server 200 extracts all classification codes (for example, IPC classification) corresponding to the noise document and determines a rank value to be applied to the patent having the classification code. For example, a rank value of a patent document having a classification code of a noise document may be determined as " original rank value - original rank value * 0.1 ". Here, the downward value (for example, subtracting the original rank value * 0.1) may be determined as various values, and the " original rank value " may correspond to the rank value reflecting the weight value by the default rank value or the redundancy rate.

According to various embodiments, when the classification code of the noise document is overlapped with the classification code of the patent document stored in the web folder, the server 200 may reflect the rank value based on the stored patent document. For example, " B60S 5 " corresponds to a patent document stored in a web folder and a classification code corresponding to a noise document. In this case, the original rank value (the rank value to which the weight according to the redundancy rate is applied) is applied to the patent having the classification code without applying the downward value. Even if some patent documents are classified as noise documents, relevant patent documents are not omitted.

The rank values are determined for the patent documents by the above-described embodiments. When the search query is input through the user device 100, the server 200 can confirm the patent documents corresponding to the search query and apply the determined rank value to the identified patent documents.

3, when the rank value is determined by the above-described embodiments, the server 200 arranges the patent documents retrieved by the search query based on the determined rank value, generates a list of the result lists And output it through the user device 100 (S380).

The user can easily store the patent documents corresponding to the desired technical field in the searching process or exclude them from being exposed in the search process in the future, and the server 200 can store the patent documents corresponding to the stored or excluded patent documents The user can be provided with a more personalized patent search function by analyzing the search intention of the user.

The steps of a method or algorithm described in connection with the embodiments of the present invention may be embodied directly in hardware, in software modules executed in hardware, or in a combination of both. The software module may be a random access memory (RAM), a read only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable ROM (EPROM), an electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM), a flash memory, a hard disk, a removable disk, a CD- May reside in any form of computer readable recording medium known in the art to which the invention pertains.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be practical exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, You will understand. Therefore, it should be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive.

10: Patent Document Searching System 100:
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Claims (10)

A method of providing a patent literature search service performed by a computing system,
Receiving at least one web folder through a user device;
Receiving at least one search query including information for searching a patent document through the user device;
Calling and retrieving a plurality of patent documents corresponding to the at least one search query from a storage unit or an external server;
If at least one patent document is stored in the designated web folder, extracting a classification code of at least one patent document stored in the designated web folder;
A weight value is assigned to a patent document having the same classification code as the extracted classification code among the patent documents searched by the search query, the weight value is reflected to a preset default rank value, Determining a rank value of the plurality of pixels; And
And sorting the patent documents retrieved by the search query according to the determined rank value, and outputting the retrieved patent documents through the user device. The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising the step of sorting the patent documents retrieved by the retrieval query according to the default rank value and outputting through the user device without reflecting the weight value when the designated web folder is empty, Service delivery method. The method according to claim 1,
The classification code includes:
The method comprising at least one of an International Patent Classification (IPC), a Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) or a Japanese Patent Classification Code (F-TERM). 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
Outputting a storage item assigned to each of the patent documents searched and sorted by the search query; And
Further comprising storing in the designated web folder a patent document corresponding to the storage item of the patent documents retrieved by the search query in response to receiving a user selection input for the storage item. Delivery method. The method according to claim 1,
Outputting a rank reflection item to at least a part of the screen of the user device when at least one patent document is stored in the designated web folder;
Converting the active state or the inactive state of the rank reflection mode providing the patent documents based on the rank value according to the user selection input for the rank reflection item; And
And sorting patent documents selectively according to an active state or an inactive state of the rank reflection mode, and outputting the sorted documents through the user device. The method according to claim 1,
Determining at least one of the sorted patent documents as a noise document according to a user selection input; And
Further comprising the step of, when receiving a new search query through the user device, removing the noise document among the patent documents searched by the new search query. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the step of determining the rank value comprises:
Confirming all classification codes of patent documents stored in the web folder;
Confirming the number of patent documents corresponding to each classification code for each identified classification code;
Calculating a redundancy rate of each classification code by dividing the number of patent documents identified for each classification code by the total number of patent patents;
Assigning weights of patent documents having the respective classification codes based on the respective redundancy rates of the calculated classification codes; And
And determining the rank value based on the assigned weight. 8. The method of claim 7,
Wherein the assigning of the weights comprises:
And assigning a weight to the specific patent document based on a classification code having the largest redundancy rate when the specific patent document has two or more classification codes. 8. The method of claim 7,
Wherein the assigning of the weights comprises:
Checking a classification code corresponding to the noise document when the noise document selected by the user is present; And
And assigning a downward value to a patent document having a classification code corresponding to the noise document among the patent documents stored in the web folder. 10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the assigning of the weights comprises:
When there is a patent document having the same classification code as the classification code of the noise document among the patent documents stored in the web folder, the weight value is assigned to the patent document having the classification code based only on the redundancy rate The method comprising the steps of:

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