Method, system, and program product for invention mining
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsScott Hicks, James Martin, Douglas Murray, Jeffrey Prince, Diane Rauch
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method, system, and computer program product for invention mining. The method includes: extracting and storing in a first database a predetermined, limited amount of information from all invention disclosures submitted by members of a project team; generating an invention disclosure report using information extracted from each of the invention disclosures; and displaying the invention disclosure report in a user interface (UI), wherein all members of the project team can access the displayed invention disclosure report.
Claims25
A method for invention mining, comprising:
- extracting and storing in a first database a predetermined, limited amount of information from all invention disclosures submitted by members of a project team;
- generating an invention disclosure report using information extracted from each of the invention disclosures;
- and
- displaying the invention disclosure report in a user interface (UI), wherein all members of the project team can access the displayed invention disclosure report.
A system for invention mining, comprising:
- a system for extracting and storing in a first database a predetermined, limited amount of information from all invention disclosures submitted by members of a project team;
- a system for generating an invention disclosure report using information extracted from each of the invention disclosures;
- and
- a system for displaying the invention disclosure report in a user interface (UI), wherein all members of the project team can access the displayed invention disclosure report.
A program product stored on a computer readable medium for invention mining, the computer readable medium comprising program code for performing the following steps:
- extracting and storing in a first database a predetermined, limited amount of information from all invention disclosures submitted by members of a project team;
- generating an invention disclosure report using information extracted from each of the invention disclosures;
- and
- displaying the invention disclosure report in a user interface (UI), wherein all members of the project team can access the displayed invention disclosure report.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.