System and method for supplying company data
OwnerRichard Franklininventor
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Abstract
A method of providing information regarding companies to users, including entering multiple articles into an online database, prompting a user to submit a query from a remote terminal, searching the online database based on the query submitted by the user, and providing the user with information based on the results of the search, wherein the articles includes publicly available press releases released within a given time period relating to a particular industry group.
Claims29
A method of providing information regarding companies to users, comprising:
- (a) entering a plurality of articles into an online database;
- (b) prompting a user to submit a query from a remote terminal;
- (c) searching the online database based on the query submitted by the user;
- and
- (d) providing the user with information based on the results of the search,
- wherein the plurality of articles comprises publicly available press releases released within a given time period relating to a particular industry group.
A method of providing information regarding companies to users, comprising:
- (a) entering a plurality of press releases into a database;
- (b) associating one or more of a set of criteria with each article in the database using an engine;
- (c) prompting a user to provide one or more search criteria;
- (d) prompting the user to provide one or more search terms;
- (e) searching the database based on the search criteria and search terms submitted by the user;
- and
- (f) providing the user with information based on the results of the search.
A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a data structure for storing information relating to companies, comprising:
- an attribute relating to the text of an article;
- an attribute relating to the geographic location of the company;
- an attribute relating to the industry subsector of the company;
- and
- an attribute relating to the clinical area of the company.
A system for providing information relating to companies, comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory in communication with said processor;
- a database stored in said memory;
- a display in communication with said processor;
- and
- an input device in communication with said processor,
- wherein said database comprises all publicly available press releases released during a predetermined time period relating to a particular industry;
- and
- wherein in response to the entry of one or more search terms and one or more search criteria by a user using said input device, said processor searches said database using the entered one or more search terms and one or more search criteria and provides the search results to the user on said display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.