KR20080058309A - An annual fee managing system based on web service - Google Patents

Abstract

A system for managing industrial property based on a web service is provided to enhance stability/efficiency by integrally managing the industrial property registered to each country through the web service and enable a customer to establish a reasonable industrial property policy directly by enabling the customer to inquire a management state of the registered industrial property through the web service. A server(100a) manages industrial property, and generates/provides customized information including managed industrial property data and industrial property management expense data. A client(150) provides the information received from the server in a form corresponding to a user request. The server includes a right database(105) storing detail information of the managed industrial property, a calculation formula database(101) storing an annual fee calculation formula according to an annual fee policy of each country, a fee database(103) storing an agency fee of each agent(133) and country, and an expense calculation server(110) calculating a processing expense by calling the annual fee calculation formula according to the annual fee policy of each country from the calculation formula database and extracting the agency fee of the agent from the fee database.

Description

Web Service Based Industrial Property Management System {An Annual Fee Managing System Based On Web Service}

The present invention relates to a web service-based industrial property management system, and more specifically, to customer by generating customer-specific data including maintenance costs for industrial property rights generated around the world based on web services. It is about a web service based industrial property management system that can promote reasonable industrial property policy.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a conventional industrial property management system.

Annual fees paid for the maintenance of industrial property rights are not only different for each country, but also in the same country.The annual rate of industrial property rights changes frequently, and the annual fee varies depending on the type of rights, the number of claims, and the year of payment. Since the calculation method and the annual fee calculation amount are different, it is difficult to maintain the registration rights scattered in each country.

Therefore, the management of the rights registered in the conventional countries is generally performed by the agent (foreign agent) 10 of the country in which each right occurred in order to reflect the changes in the industrial property policy of each country. .

The annual payment agent (10) of the foreign countries prepares and sends a reminder list or invoice for the rights being managed, and the customer (20) decides whether to pay the reply and responds to each of the overseas agents (10). Act on payment of this annual fee.

On the other hand, instead of the customer 20 delegating and paying orders to various overseas agents 10, annual payments are made for unified and stable management that goes beyond language and regional barriers to rights registered in each country. It is possible for the agent 30 to manage the global annual fee on a one-off basis.

In this case, the annual payment agent 30 receives a case-by-case reminder list of registration rights of various clients 20 from designated agents 10 of rights-generating countries of the world, and receives a case-by-case reminder list received from each country. Produce a reminder list for each customer organized by each customer to provide to the customer (20).

When the customer 20 responds to this, the payment agent 30 sends a payment instruction according to the contents of the reply to the designated agent 10 of the country in which the above right occurred, and each designated agent 10 sends the payment agent 30 In accordance with the payment instructions, the procedure is to pay the annual fee to the designated office.

However, the conventional industrial property management system and method has the following problems.

The current maintenance fee for the rights registered in the countries of the world is calculated based on the reminder list of the designated agent 10, and the reminder list sent to the customer 20 is also based on the information on the global rights of the customer. It is summarized. Therefore, there is a limit that the provision of information on administration costs, processing costs, and other rights is limited to events that occur during the period on a case-by-case basis.

In this case, it is difficult for the customer 20 to have a general view on the management status of the rights to be managed, and it is difficult to check the details of the expenses previously spent on maintenance or to collectively calculate the required costs in the future. .

In addition, the global annual payment agent 30 is also cumbersome because it is necessary to repeat the one-time calculation that calculates the cost by inputting the rights information for each country whenever necessary, and the fees of the agent 10 are also very different for each agent. Difficulties in calculating costs reflecting changes in the commission system of agents

Therefore, the customer 20 has difficulty in comprehensively inquiring and evaluating matters on industrial property rights, such as patent rights, registered in foreign countries, and establishing a reasonable maintenance policy for registration rights.

An object of the present invention is to implement a web service-based industrial property management system that improves the stability and efficiency of management by performing unified management of industrial property rights registered in various countries around the world using web services and providing integrated information. It is.

Another object of the present invention is to implement a web service-based industrial property management system that enables a customer to directly view the industrial property management status registered in each country of the world using a web service to establish a reasonable industrial property policy.

Web service-based industrial property management system according to the present invention for achieving the above object, the management of industrial property rights, and generates and provides customer-specific information including the management of the industrial property data and the maintenance cost of the industrial property rights under management A server; Characterized in that it comprises a client that receives the information including the industrial property data and maintenance costs of the specific customer provided from the server and provides the information in a form that meets the needs of the user.

The server comprises: a rights database for storing detailed information on management industrial property rights; A formula database for storing annual formulas according to industrial property policies of each country; A fee database that stores agency fees for each agent in each country; The annual fee calculation formula according to the industrial property policy of the country in which the industrial property rights occurred for the requested case among the industrial property rights stored in the rights database is called from the calculation database, and the agency fee of the agent representing the country in which the industrial property rights occurred in the fee database is calculated. It is characterized in that it comprises a cost management server that calculates and provides an event processing cost for the detected and requested event.

The client further includes means for inquiring an estimated cost required for the maintenance of the industrial property rights requested by the client, and the cost management server is configured to request the client according to the estimated cost calculation condition inputted by the client at the time of inquiring the estimated cost. Characterized in that it further comprises an estimated cost calculation means for calculating and providing an estimated cost required for the maintenance of industrial property rights.

The cost management server is characterized in that it comprises a period-based cost calculation means for calculating and providing an estimated cost for a particular period when the condition of the estimated cost calculation specifies a period.

The cost management server checks the matters of each industrial property right of the rights database on a predetermined period basis and generates a reminder including event scheduled in the period and event processing cost information for the event, and provides the client to the client. It is characterized by including a means for injecting.

The client is characterized in that it further comprises a reply input means for allowing the customer to access the server to enter the reply whether the event included in the reminder proceeds.

Web service based industrial property management system according to an embodiment of the present invention, characterized in that it further comprises a means for retrieving and reading the reminder for the management target industrial property rights or the reply to the reminder.

The server is characterized in that it further comprises a bill management means for creating a bill corresponding to the reply input to the server and providing it to the client.

The client has a means for inquiring data on the expenditures for the maintenance of the managed industrial property rights, and the server manages the maintenance of the corresponding customer industrial property rights according to the inquiry condition of the expenditures input from the client. It is characterized in that it further comprises an expenditure cost management means for detecting the past expenditure data to provide to the client.

The client may further include a new request input means for allowing a customer to input a management target industrial property to be newly managed by accessing the server.

The client may further include a right inquiry means for allowing the customer to access the server and inquire detailed information about an incident requested by a management target industrial property right.

In the present invention, since industrial property management information registered in various countries of the world is provided to a customer in the form of a web service, data utilization is excellent, and industrial property management information can be provided in a format that meets the needs of the customer. Therefore, in the customer's system, it is possible to build a consistent and reliable system by integrating the entire process from the application stage of the managed industrial property right to the management stage after registration.

The present invention improves the stability and efficiency of industrial property maintenance by providing unified information on industrial property rights registered in various countries of the world, and it is reasonable because customers can directly view the status of industrial property management by using web services. It will be possible to establish an annual loan policy.

Hereinafter, a configuration of a preferred embodiment of a web service based industrial property management system according to the present invention having the above configuration will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a web service based industrial property management system according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a cost management server according to an embodiment of the present invention. 4A, 4B, 4C, and 4D illustrate a client user interface screen on which a list of search condition input values, returned information data, XML of returned information data, and an inquiry result are output, respectively.

5A and 5B illustrate a list of search condition input values and a list of returned information data when a current reminder is queried, and FIGS. 6A and 6B illustrate input values and return values thereof when registering a reply to a reminder, respectively. And FIG. 6D respectively illustrate a search condition input value and a return value for viewing a reply to a reminder or a reminder from the start of management to the current period.

7A and 7B illustrate an input condition list and an information data list returned when an expected cost is queried, respectively. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a link state of a web page provided by a foreign office in a detailed information providing unit in an embodiment of the present invention.

The web service-based industrial property management system 100 according to the present invention includes a server 100a which performs maintenance of industrial property rights requested by a customer 301, and a specific customer 301 provided by the server 100a. It includes a client 150 that is provided with information necessary for establishing a policy of maintaining the industrial property rights of the company in a form that meets the needs of the user.

The server 100a of the embodiment of the present invention includes databases for generating and storing various types of information for maintenance of industrial property rights requested by the customer 301, and maintaining the managed industrial property data and industrial property rights. The customer-specific information including the management cost is generated and provided to the client 150.

The server 100a according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a rights database 105 in which detailed information on industrial property rights requested for management is stored, and a calculation database 101 in which an annual fee calculation formula according to an annual fee policy of each country is stored. And a fee database 103 storing agency fees for each agent of each country, and a cost management server 110 that calculates and provides a case processing necessary cost for the requested rights.

In the rights database 105 of this embodiment, detailed information on the industrial property rights of various customers registered in each country of the world, that is, the country, application number, application date, notification number, notification date, priority of the rights in which the rights are entered Information such as claim date, international application date, registration number, type of right, date of establishment registration, year of payment, number of claims, number of independent terms and number of dependent terms are stored.

In addition, the rights database 105 is created and updated by a new request from the customer 301, and the changed information according to the passage of time, the revocation of all or part of the rights, the change of maintenance contents, and the result of the maintenance action. Save the update.

The formula database 101 of the present embodiment reflects the policy on industrial property rights registered in various countries of the world, and stores a formula for annual fees to be paid to the bureaus of rights-generating countries 121 and 131 to maintain their rights.

In other words, even if the rights of the same substantive content are set, each country must be registered and registered in accordance with the secularism of industrial property rights. In many countries, the registration fee is calculated by dividing the fee paid at the time of establishment registration and the annual or annual payment to maintain the rights after registration. Therefore, in order to maintain the rights, the annual fee, which is the annual or annual fee, is charged in addition to the registration registration fee. shall.

However, the standard for imposing registration fees differs depending on the ideology and purpose of each country's industrial policy, so the formula for calculating the annual fee also varies from country to country.

As such, the annual fee differs from country to country, and in the same country, the types of rights (for example, patent rights, utility model rights, design rights, etc.), the number of claims, and the costs calculated by the year of payment are all different. In order to ensure consistent and efficient maintenance of industrial property rights scattered throughout the country, it is required to have formulas based on industrial property systems and annual policy of each country.

Formula database 101 of the embodiment of the present invention stores a calculation formula for calculating the annual fee of the country in which the rights occurred for the rights delegated to the payment agent, the cost management server 110 if the rights are entered the rights It will automatically calculate and provide an annual fee for.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the calculation formula for calculating the annual fee is the country in which the rights were generated for the entered industrial property rights, application number, application date, notification number, notification date, priority claim date, international application date, registration number, right It is a formula for calculating the registration fee for the relevant year or round by using information such as the type, date of registration, year of payment, number of claims, number of independent terms and number of dependent terms.

For example, when calculating the annual fee for a patent in Korea, the annual fee is calculated based on the base fee for the year of payment and the additional fee for additional claims, and the patent annual fee is premium every three years. The annual fee will be calculated.

For example, an annual fee for a patent registered in the United States is paid three times for the entire duration of the payment. Each payment is due three years, six months, seven years, six months, and 11 years, six months. Considering the matters, the annual fee is calculated by using the registration fee of each round as the annual fee for the year of payment.

In the fee database 103 of the embodiment of the present invention, the agent fee information for the agent who pays the annual fee in the country where the managed industrial property right has occurred is stored. Agency fee information for each agent is stored and, if the agent's fee differs depending on the year of payment or the number of claims, information about that agent is also stored.

In addition, the web service-based industrial property management system 100 of the embodiment of the present invention, according to the own industrial property policy of the customer 301 or the server administrator 300, the agent to perform industrial property management in each rights-generating country You can let them choose.

To this end, the client 150 of the present embodiment includes a means for designating an agent for the customer 301 or the server manager 300 to perform industrial property management, and the server 100a is provided to the agent input from the client 150. The rights database 105 or the customer information database 102 is updated according to the information on the information. If there is a change in the fee, the information in the fee database 103 is changed or updated.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the incident processing cost is calculated by the amount including the annual fee, which is the current due amount calculated by the annual rate calculation formula of each country, and the payment agent fee of the country in which the industrial property right for the case occurred. .

The cost management server 110 of the present invention, when there is a request for calculating the cost for annual payment, calls the annual fee calculation formula of the country where the right occurs, and calculates the annual fee for the year, and the agent agency fee in the calculated amount. Detect and add to calculate the required cost.

When the cost management server 110 according to the embodiment of the present invention calculates the requested incident processing cost, it is possible to calculate the fee by selectively adding the fees of the global payment agent.

In addition, the results calculated by the cost management server 110 can be converted into US dollars to calculate the cost required on a single basis for industrial property rights in each country worldwide.

The cost management server 110 according to the embodiment of the present invention can calculate the cost of the new industrial property rights newly input from the client 150, and collectively necessary for the individual industrial property rights stored in the rights database 105. It is also possible to calculate the cost.

For example, the cost management server 110 of the embodiment of the present invention calculates the current cost for the new input right when a new data input is detected, or pulls the entire industrial property rights in the rights database 105 at regular intervals. It is possible to calculate and store the costs necessary to maintain the rights of the

The cost management server 110 calculates a maintenance cost based on information about the newly entered industrial property rights or information stored in the rights database 105. The cost management server 110 calls the calculation formula for calculating the annual fee of the country in which the industrial property right occurred in the calculation database 101, and extracts the fee information of the designated agents 122 and 133 for managing the industrial property right. Calculate the cost of paying annual fees. For example, the cost management server 110 calculates an annual fee to be paid for the year, an agent fee, and the sum of the costs, and provides the same to the client 150.

The cost management server 110 according to the present embodiment includes an estimated cost calculating means 113 that calculates and provides a maintenance cost for a requested industrial property right to the client 150. As shown in FIG. 3, the estimated cost calculating means 113 of the present embodiment calculates the estimated cost by designating a period cost calculating means 113a for calculating and providing an estimated cost for a specific period and a calculation target range of industrial property rights. It is characterized in that it comprises a projected cost calculation means (113b) for each right and the estimated cost calculation means (113c) for each customer to calculate the estimated cost for each customer.

For example, the cost calculation means 113a according to the present embodiment may calculate the cost required to maintain the rights until the expiration date of the requested right in accordance with the calculation condition input from the client 150, and for the next one or three years. It is also possible to calculate the costs for each period, and it is possible to calculate the costs for each quarter or each month.

The cost calculation means 113b for each embodiment of the present invention may calculate costs for individual rights, calculate costs for all industrial property rights to be managed, and calculate an expected cost for each type of right. In addition, it is possible to calculate the expected costs for the registration costs of some specific countries, or to vary the range of the rights to be calculated, such as rights within a certain period and a range of reference numbers, based on the registration date. Do.

In addition, the target range for which the expected cost is calculated may be calculated under various ranges except for each of the above cases, and two or more conditions may be added to calculate the estimated cost for the industrial property rights in the corresponding range.

The cost calculation means 113c for each customer of the present embodiment provides the client 150 with the calculation result of the maintenance cost for the request right by each customer registered worldwide for each customer or each business place. The cost calculation means 113c for each customer may selectively work together with the cost calculation means 113a for each period and the cost calculation means 113b for each right in accordance with a state in which another expected cost calculation condition is input, which means The same can be applied to the cost calculation means 113a and the right cost calculation means 113b.

The cost management server 110 according to an embodiment of the present invention checks an event to occur within a predetermined period with respect to the requested industrial property rights, and includes information on an event processing cost for an event scheduled to occur in the period (hereinafter referred to as 'reminder'). Is generated for each customer and provided to the client.

The reminding means 115 of the present embodiment informs that the annual payment period for the rights registered in each country is due and provides an estimated cost, thereby providing the right for the invalidity rights or the excessive maintenance costs. The purpose of the present invention is to allow for the relinquishment of all or part of the plan, and to establish the maintenance costs early and pay the expenses within a reasonable period.

The reminding means 115 of the present embodiment generates a reminder including information on the current occurrence and the event processing cost information and transmits the reminder to the client 150 so that the customer 301 can view or download the reminder list. At the same time or alternatively, it is possible to generate a reminder list and deliver it on / offline to the customer 301 to request a reply.

Web service based industrial property management system 100 of the embodiment of the present invention, the reply management means 116 for registering the customer's reply to the reminder after the reminder is generated and provided to the customer by the reminding means It is further provided.

The reply management means 116 of the present embodiment may be configured such that the server manager 300 receives and registers the reply of the customer 301 to the reminder, or the customer 301 can directly input through the client 150. It is possible and it is possible to register the reply in other ways depending on the embodiment.

As shown in Figure 6a, Figure 6b, reply management means 116 is a ' Reminder  It receives the input information such as 'information', 'rights', 'response contents', 'management number' and judges the validity of reply registration and sends an error message as a return value or a message indicating that the reply was successfully registered. .

On the other hand, the reply of the customer 301 is preferably configured to include the customer's selection of whether to maintain / abandon / partially abandon the rights included in the reminder.

Since the information included in the reply of the customer 301 is accompanied by a change in the detailed information on the customer information in the customer information database 102 and the industrial property rights in the rights database 105, the part that requires careful selection and security of the customer is required. to be.

Therefore, in the embodiment of the present invention, when the customer 301 registers the reply in the client 150, the client 301 registers the reply by signing the certificate with a highly secure certificate.

In addition, as shown in Figures 6c and 6d of the present invention Example  In the web service based industrial property management system (100) To reminders  While the customer 301 can check the registration status of the reply of the customer 301 directly using the web service, it is also possible to check the registration status of the reply by written notification in parallel thereto.

Reading of reply is related to the reply Reminder  Can be performed simultaneously or independently of the readings, and In the embodiment  Pulling Reminder  or To reminders  Retrieval and retrieval of replies, and from the past (at the time of delegation) on managed industrial property rights, Reminder  or To reminders  It is equipped with the structure which can provide the whole reply to a reading. In this case, the customer enters a condition for the search period and the target range (e.g., type of right, country, control range, etc.). Reminder  or To reminders  It is possible to search and read the reply.

The server 100a of the embodiment of the present invention includes a bill managing means 117 for generating a bill for the customer 301 or providing the generated bill to the client 150. That is, when the reply from the client 150 to the client 301 is registered, the invoice management means 117 generates a bill for recalculating the incident handling costs corresponding to the contents of the reply and provides it to the client 150. do.

In this case, the invoice provided by the invoice management means 117 is configured to be viewed or downloaded by the customer through the client 150, in parallel or optionally, the server administrator 300 by writing the invoice in writing and offline It is possible to send to the customer 301.

When the cost management server 110 detects a new data input of the client 150, the cost management server calculates the current cost for the new input industrial property right or maintains the current right for each period for the rights of the rights database 105. It is possible to update the rights database 105 by calculating the cost required for.

In addition, the cost management server 110 calculates costs by calculating the current or future estimated costs for individual rights or a group of rights requested by the customer 301 through the client 150 regardless of the information in the rights database 105. It is possible to provide to the requesting client 150.

Even in this case, the cost management server 110 of the present invention calls the annual fee calculation formula of the country in which the industrial property right occurred, and calculates the annual fee for the year or year, and detects and adds the agent's agency fee to the calculated amount. To calculate the required cost.

Web service-based industrial property management system 100 of the embodiment of the present invention includes a payment cost management means 118 for managing information about the costs previously paid by the customer for the rights to the requested case.

The payment cost management means 118 of the embodiment of the present invention creates and updates the payment cost database 108 that stores the cost data paid by the customer 301 for industrial property rights, and the client 150 via the client 150. (301) allows access to cost information paid for the maintenance of past industrial property rights.

For example, the server manager 300 or the customer 301 may request the client 150 to access the server 100a to view the cost details paid in the past. For example, the user may request reading by setting a period for each type of right or a range of rights designated by the customer 301.

The cost management server 110 detects the payment cost information of the customer 301 from the payment cost database 108 and provides it to the client 150 according to the request of the client 150, and the client 150 is the server 100a. ) Provides the information provided in the appropriate format to the customer 301 to view the status of payment.

Therefore, the customer 301 can check the information such as whether the annual fee for the industrial property rights he or she commissioned has been properly paid, and whether the right remains valid as a result of payment. Therefore, it can be used as a reference for the establishment of an annual fee management policy.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the cost management server 110, to provide the server manager 300 and the customer 301 with the appropriate information for establishing a reasonable annual payment policy for the rights registered in the government offices of the world It provides a detailed information providing means 119 for.

The detailed information providing means 119 of the present embodiment detects and provides detailed information on individual rights to the client 150 from the rights database 105 or from a database provided by the national offices 121 and 131 where the requested rights are generated.

For example, the detailed information providing means 119 provides the client 150 with detailed and various information such as the duration of the industrial property right, the date of setting registration, the number of claims, the right holder, the right of the registered right, and the like. The customer 301 can judge the right of the industrial property right and refer to the determination of whether to pay the annual fee.

In addition, the detailed information providing means 119 provides the client 150 with a document such as a patent publication stored in the rights database of the offices 121 and 131 in which the rights are generated for the selected individual rights, so that the customer 301 can read them. In addition, the client 301 can easily determine the actual matters of the rights and determine the right to give up and some rights to give up. In this case, the detailed information providing means 119 may provide a link to an Internet address of a web page provided by the government offices 121 and 131, and the database provided by the offices 121 and 131 as a web service is configured as a database. It is possible to provide to the client 150.

Web service-based industrial property management system 100 of the embodiment of the present invention includes a new request management means 111 for managing information on the new request rights, the new request management means 111 is a customer 301 or server The manager 300 further includes a new request input means for inputting a new request through the client 150 and a new request confirmation means for confirming the input item.

For example, if the customer 301 requests the global payment agent to manage the industrial property rights registered in each country in the world, the customer 301 provides the payment agent with the details of the new requested industrial property rights offline. Then, the server manager 300 may form the rights database 105 by inputting detailed information about the newly requested right from the customer 301, and the client 301 may directly connect the client ( (150) may also input the details of the new referral rights.

In addition, since the information on the newly requested right is the most basic premise in the maintenance of the future rights, the web service-based industrial property management system 100 of the present embodiment includes the cost management server 110. ), A new request confirmation means for checking the registration status of the newly requested case is further provided.

In this case, the new request confirmation means detects the newly requested right according to the new transfer status inquiry of the client 150 and provides it to the client 150 so that the customer 301 can check it. Will proceed with the process of confirming the new transfer status offline.

In addition, the web service-based industrial property management system 100 of the present embodiment further includes a delegation matter management means 112 that enables the customer to view detailed information on the rights that have been previously delegated management. Therefore, the server manager 300 or the customer 301 can look up and view the current status of the industrial property rights delegated to the management object at any time by the delegation inquiry inquiry means.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when the server 100a provides the information to the client 150 by using the web service, the server 100a is described in xml so that the information utilization in the client 150 may be improved.

For example, the client 150 converts an output format using data described in xml or easily utilizes the information provided in xml when interworking with other industrial property management programs in the client system. It becomes possible to operate the system that integrates the management system and the annual fee management system.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the information exchange between the server 100a and the client 150 may be performed by a simple object access protocol (SOAP), but is not limited thereto.

The following describes the operation of the preferred embodiment of the web service based industrial property management system according to the present invention having the above configuration.

9 and 10 are flowcharts illustrating each step of providing a service by a web service based industrial property management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Looking at the process of performing the management of industrial property rights registered in each country of the world by the web service-based industrial property management system 100 according to the present invention.

In the case of managing industrial property rights registered in various countries of the world through the web service-based industrial property management system 100 of the embodiment of the present invention, the customer 301 receives a list of newly requested rights through the client 150. Directly input or send a new request rights list to the server administrator 300 offline to enter the server administrator (300).

In this case, the input value input at the time of a new request may include a country, a right type, a registration number, an application number, an annual number, a clause, an expiration date, a final status, an agent name, and a management number.

The cost management server 110 detects whether a new request right list is input from the data input from the client 150 (step 200).

When the new request right list is detected, the cost management server 110 generates new transfer status data in xml as shown in FIG. 4C and transmits it to the client 150 (S201). The client 150 generates a new transfer status list from the xml received from the server 100a and provides it to the customer.

In parallel, the server manager sends the new transfer status to the customer offline so that the customer can check it.

When the new transfer status is confirmed by the customer, the cost management server 110 detects detailed information on each newly transferred right from the industrial property information database provided by the government offices 121 and 131 as a web service.

The cost management server 110 generates the rights database 105 itself by storing information detected in the industrial property information database provided by the government offices 121 and 131 of each country corresponding to each item constituting the rights database 105. Update (step 201).

For example, in the embodiment of the present invention, the rights database 105 includes the rights generating country, the applicant, the registrant, the registration number, the reference number, the application number, the year of payment, the number of claims, the deadline, the expiration date, the final status, the name of the agent, Various information is included, including the name of the invention and the like. Accordingly, the server manager 300 and the customer 301 may request to view the delegated event by inputting various search conditions through the input values shown in FIG. 4A (step 204).

When the delegated matter management unit 112 detects the delegated view request from the client 150, the information data corresponding to the input condition is detected in the rights database, and the client 150 is described as xml having the return value of FIG. 4B. (Step 205).

The client 150 outputs the return value described in xml of FIG. 4C on the user interface in the form of a list in a predetermined format as shown in FIG.

On the other hand, look at the process of regularly managed industrial property rights to be managed by the web service-based industrial property management system 100 of the embodiment of the present invention.

The server manager 300 receives the reminder list and the annual policy information from designated agents 122 and 133 of the world, and inputs the related information to the server 100a.

The cost management server 110 detects whether the changed policy information is input from the client 150 (operation 210).

The cost management server 110 detects whether there is a change in the annual fee policy and updates the calculation database 101 (S211, S212). In addition, the cost management server 110 detects whether there is a change in the agent fee and updates the fee database 103 (steps 213 and 215).

The reminding means 115 determines whether a predetermined period of time set in the system for generating a reminder has elapsed when there is no change in the annual fee policy and the agent fee (step 216).

The reminding means 115 detects whether there is a right for the entire industrial property rights in the rights database 105 in which the information is stored within a certain period (for example, next 3 months) (step 217). .

If there is a right that the date of occurrence of the event is within a certain period of time, the current event processing costs, including the current annual fee and agent fees, are calculated directly or the current event processing costs, which are already calculated and stored, are detected (step 218).

It is determined whether the review of the entire rights of the rights database 105 is completed, and when the review is completed, a reminder is generated for each customer and provided to the client 150 (steps 219 and 220).

The period in which the reminder is generated by the reminding means 115 is determined according to the business policy of the global payment agent, and the time required for sending the reminder list to the customer and registering the reply and the reply is registered. Depending on the time it takes to generate and send the invoice and make the payment, and the payment instruction, various periods such as month, quarter, half year, and year can be set in consideration of the period sufficient for the designated agent to proceed with the annual payment process. It is.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when the reminding means 115 generates a reminder for each customer and transmits the reminder to the client 150, the customer 301 logged in from the client 150 can read the corresponding information. .

For example, as shown in FIG. 5A, a customer may request a service (GetReminderDome / Int) for querying a reminder through a client, and correspondingly, the reminding means may return the return value of FIG. A reminder having a return value such as a number, an application number, an agent code, a payment due date, an annual value, a customer care number, an expected cost, etc. is generated in xml and provided to the client 150 (step 220).

On the other hand, the reminder generated by the reminding means 115 may be converted into a file of various formats or output and provided to the customer 301 through various routes including an internet website or an email. (Step 220).

In the embodiment of the present invention, after the reminder is provided to each customer 301, the reply is inputted by the input value and the return value from the client 150 as shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B. Step 231).

The input of the reply according to the present embodiment may be directly performed by the customer 301, but the server manager 300 may receive the reply of the customer 301 offline and register the content of the reply.

In the present embodiment, the content of the reply indicates whether the action included in the reminder list will be taken to maintain the right in the current period, and whether the action will be retained for the entire claim for the right to take action. It may include a matter of whether or not to maintain the rights of the claims only.

In addition, as shown in FIGS. 6C and 6D, in the case of the web service-based industrial property management system according to the embodiment of the present invention, a reply (or reminder details) for a reminder registered in the server 100a may be inquired. do.

For example, when the client 150 requests a reply (or reminder) inquiry for a reminder by specifying a payment period, a reply period, and the like (see ReminderSearchDome / GetReminderSearchInt) as shown in FIG. As shown, the data return value included in the registered reply (or reminder) such as country, right type, registration number, application number, agent code, due date of payment, annual fee, payment fee, reply date, etc. send.

In the present embodiment, when the reply from the customer 301 is input, the invoice management means 117 prepares an invoice for the cost corresponding to the content of the reply and provides it to the client 150 (step 232).

This invoice may include the current annual fee for the rights included in the reminder, the rights required to take action by reply, the payment fees for the country in which the rights occurred, and the fees for the global payment agent.

The cost management server 110 transmits the bill to the client 150 so that the customer 301 can view it, or the customer 301 can view and download it on a web page, or send it to the customer 301 by webmail. The server manager 300 may output the bill and send it to the customer 150 offline.

While the invoice is sent and the payment is confirmed, a payment instruction is given to designated agents 122 and 133 of the country where each right is generated, and a procedure for maintaining the right is performed (step 233).

When payment of the expenses by the designated representatives 122 and 133 is completed, the related information is transmitted to the server manager 300 and the customer 301, and the customer information database 102, the rights database 105, and the payment to correspond to the case processing completion. The cost database 108 is updated (steps 235 and 240).

For example, by completing the case, the duration of the right may expire, the renunciation of the right or the abandonment of the rights, the change of the designated representative 122, 133, etc. may occur, or the total cost paid by the final expense may also be changed. The server manager 300 inputs the changes to the client 150, and the cost management server 110 that detects the information input of the client 150 includes the customer information database 102, the rights database 105, and the payment cost database. Update each of the 108 (step 240).

The server manager 300 or the customer 301 may request an inquiry of the matters in which payment has been made in the past for a certain period or a range of rights through the payment status inquiry screen of the client 150 (step 250). ). The payment cost control means 118 searches the payment cost database 108 according to the entered conditional formula, and pays the annual fee, the agent's cost in the country where the rights are generated, and the global payment agent in order to maintain a range of rights. In step 251, the client 150 provides the client 150 with information including a fee paid to the client.

When retrieving the matters related to the cost paid in the embodiment of the present invention, the client 150 may inquire the search conditions such as the rights generation country, registration number, payment date, payment deadline date, registration right holder, etc. as input values. The server 100a may provide the client 150 with data including a total cost, an annual fee amount, information on a designated agent fee, etc. as a return value for each case, for each payment date, and for each payment due date.

The global payment agent or customer 150 can use the payment cost database 108 search results to review and verify that the customer's annual policy is appropriate and can be used as a reference to formulate future policy. .

In addition, when the server manager 300 or the customer 301 inputs the target price and the calculation condition for calculating the estimated cost through the client 150, the server 100a costs the cost required for maintaining the target right according to the input condition. It calculates and provides it to the client 150 (step 241).

For example, as shown in FIG. 7A, the client 150 adds a calculation condition to request an expected cost (GetFeeDome / GetFeeInt). In this case, the client 150 may request a calculation of the expected cost by designating a certain range of rights, It is possible to designate a request for costing for a period, or to designate a customer for requesting costing, and to request a costing by combining a range or period of target rights or conditions for the customer 301 ( Step 245).

The cost estimating means selectively extracts information such as the country of origin, filing date, notification date, registration date, deadline, and number of claims from the rights database, and extracts the fee information of the agent of the country where the rights are generated. The calculation is provided to the client 150 (steps 243 and 245).

For example, when a period is designated, the estimated cost calculating means 113 detects a right in which the occurrence of the event is scheduled in the rights database 105, and calls the annual fee calculation formula of the country in which the right occurred in the calculation database 101. Calculate the annual fee for events that occur during that designated period. In addition, the fee database 103 detects the agent's payment agent fee and adds it with each annual fee to calculate an expected cost for handling the case (step 243).

As shown in FIG. 7B, the expected cost calculating means includes data such as right type, application number, registration number, due date of payment, customer management number, annual payment, number of items, expiration date, and period for which estimated cost is calculated. The client 301 generates the xml and transmits the generated client to the client 301.

In addition, in one embodiment of the present invention, the calculation of the expected cost is calculated only for the past requested rights registered in the rights database 105, but in another embodiment, the customer 301 may have a matter about a range of rights. This can also be done by inputting directly to calculate the costs required to maintain these rights.

In this case, the estimated cost calculating means 113 checks whether enough information has been input to calculate the cost, calls the annual fee calculation formula of the rights-generating country according to the input conditions, and detects the representative cost to calculate the estimated cost.

In the process of calculating the expected cost, the server manager or the customer may further include a step of designating a specific agent to act for the annual payment from the agent of the country where the rights are generated according to the selection of the customer. As shown in Fig. 8, detailed information on the rights is detected from the rights information database provided by the government office where the rights are generated so that the server administrator 300 or the customer 301 can check the status and validity of the rights to be calculated. May be provided to the client 150.

According to the present invention, the estimated cost calculating means 113 of the embodiment contributes to establishing an annual fee management policy of the server manager 300 or the customer 301 by calculating the estimated cost as described above. As the estimated cost for future maintenance is calculated and provided, the judgment as to whether the right can be maintained can be reasonably performed.

Web service-based industrial property management system of the embodiment of the present invention can be produced as a computer program for implementing on a computer system including a server and a client computer, the computer program is stored in various types of storage media including the hard disk of the PC It is possible to be stored.

The scope of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, but is determined by the matters described in the claims, and it is obvious that the present invention includes various modifications and adaptations made by those skilled in the art in the ranges equivalent to those described in the claims.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a conventional industrial property management system.

Figure 2 is a block diagram illustrating a web service based industrial property management system of an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a cost management server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4A, 4B, 4C, and 4D are diagrams illustrating a client user interface screen on which a list of input conditions, returned information data, XML of returned information data, and an inquiry result are output, respectively, when a mandate is inquired;

5A and 5B are views illustrating an input condition list and an information data list returned when a reminder list is queried;

6A and 6B illustrate a list of input values and return values when registering a reply to a reminder, respectively.

6C and 6D illustrate a reminder or a list of input data and a list of returned information data when a reply inquiry is made to a reminder, respectively.

7A and 7B are diagrams each illustrating an input condition list and an information data list returned when an estimated cost is inquired.

8 is a diagram illustrating a link state of a web page provided by a foreign government office in a detailed information providing unit in an embodiment of the present invention.

9 is a flowchart illustrating each step of providing a service by a web service based industrial property management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

10 is a flowchart illustrating each step of service provision by a web service based industrial property management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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A server which manages industrial property rights and generates and provides customer-specific information including management industrial property data and maintenance costs of the industrial property rights; Web service based industrial property management system comprising a client for receiving information including the industrial property data and maintenance costs of a specific customer provided by the server and providing the information in a form that meets the needs of the user. The method according to claim 1, wherein the server, A rights database for storing detailed information on the industrial property to be managed; A formula database for storing annual formulas according to industrial property policies of each country; A fee database that stores agency fees for each agent in each country; The annual fee calculation formula according to the industrial property policy of the country in which the industrial property rights occurred for the requested case among the industrial property rights stored in the rights database is called from the calculation database, and the agency fee of the agent representing the country in which the industrial property rights occurred in the fee database is calculated. Web service based industrial property management system, characterized in that it comprises a cost management server that calculates and provides an event processing cost for the detected and requested event. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The client further includes a means for inquiring an estimated cost for the maintenance of the industrial property rights requested by the customer, The cost management server further includes an estimated cost calculating means for calculating and providing an estimated cost required for the maintenance of the requested industrial property rights according to the estimated cost calculation condition inputted by the client when the estimated cost is inquired. Web service based industrial property management system. The method of claim 3, wherein the cost management server, Web service based industrial property management system, characterized in that it comprises a period-based cost calculation means for calculating and providing an estimated cost for a particular period when the condition of the expected cost calculation specifies a period. The method of claim 2, wherein the cost management server, Reminding means for checking the matters for each industrial property rights of the rights database on a predetermined period basis to generate a reminder including the event scheduled within the period and the event processing cost information for the event and to provide to the client Web service based industrial property management system, characterized in that. The method of claim 5, wherein the client, Web service based industrial property management system, characterized in that it further comprises a reply input means for allowing a customer to access the server to enter the reply whether the event included in the reminder proceeds. The method according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the web service based industrial property management system, Web service-based industrial property management system, characterized in that it further comprises a means to search for and view the reminder for the industrial property rights to be managed or the reply to the reminder. The method according to claim 6, wherein the server, And a bill management means for creating a bill corresponding to a reply inputted to the server and providing the bill to the client. The method according to claim 1, wherein the client has a means for querying data on the expenses spent for the maintenance of the managed industrial property rights, The server further comprises a spending cost management means for detecting the cost data previously spent for the maintenance of the customer industrial property rights to the client according to the inquiry condition of the expenditure input from the client to provide to the client Based industrial property management system. The method according to claim 1, wherein the client, Web service based industrial property management system, characterized in that it further comprises a new request input means for the customer to access the server to enter the management target industrial property to be managed newly. The method of claim 10, wherein the client, Web service based industrial property management system, characterized in that it further comprises a right inquiry means for allowing the customer to access the server to look up detailed information on the event requested by the management industrial property rights.

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