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US 2016/0110428 A1Published application
Method and system for finding labeled information and connecting concepts
OwnerAleksey V. Vasenkov, Irina A. Vasenkovainventors
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Abstract
It is possible to partially or fully automate analysis of synthetic data to find labeled information and authored connecting concepts. This can help individuals to find experts in relevant domains, to identify non-obvious solutions to their R&D problems, to serve as a catalyst (input) for innovation, or to categorize prior art relevant to a technological concept seeking venture capital funding, a scientific area for new product development, and/or a patent application in question.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- a) receiving a set of keywords representing prior knowledge;
- b) preparing an analysis database comprising a set of information items by performing a set of acts comprising:
- i) identifying one or more relevant documents by searching one or more existing initial databases utilizing the set of keywords;
- ii) for each relevant document identified by searching one or more existing initial databases utilizing the set of keywords;
- A) retrieving a copy of that document;
- and
- B) separating the retrieved copy of that document into individual paragraphs;
- and
- iii) clustering the individual paragraphs into a plurality of labeled clusters, wherein the information items are the labeled clusters;
- c) generating a plurality of topics, wherein the plurality of topics comprises multiple topics for each information item comprised by the analysis database;
- d) calculating a similarity for each pair of topics from a plurality of pairs of topics, wherein each pair of topics from the plurality of pairs of topics comprises topics from different information items from the analysis database;
- e) determining, for each pair of topics from the plurality of pairs of topics, based on the similarity calculated for that pair of topics, whether that pair of topics represents a connection to include in a result set;
- f) presenting the result set, wherein presenting the result set comprises, for each pair of topics determined to represent a connection to include in the result set:
- i) presenting a connection label comprising one or more keywords determined based on that pair of topics;
- and
- ii) identifying the information items from which the topics from that pair of topics were obtained.
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A system comprising:
- a) a user computer configured to access and to interact with an interface operable to:
- i) provide a set of keywords to a set of one or more server computers;
- ii) cause the set of one or more server computers to perform a set of data analysis steps using the set of keywords;
- and
- iii) present a result set determined based on performance of the set of data analysis steps;
- and
- b) the set of one or more server computers, wherein the set of one or more server computers is configured to, based on receiving an input from the user computer via the interface:
- i) perform the set of data analysis steps, the set of data analysis steps comprising:
- A) creating an analysis database comprising a set of information items by performing a set of acts comprising:
- I) identifying one or more relevant documents by searching one or more preexisting databases utilizing the set of keywords;
- II) for each relevant document identified by searching one or more existing initial databases utilizing the set of keywords:
- 1) retrieving a copy of that document;
- and
- 2) separating the retrieved copy of that document into individual paragraphs;
- and
- III) clustering the individual paragraphs into a plurality of labeled clusters, wherein the information items are the labeled clusters;
- B) generating a plurality of topics, wherein the plurality of topics comprises multiple topics for each information item comprised by the analysis database;
- C) calculating a similarity for each pair of topics from a plurality of pairs of topics, wherein each pair of topics from the plurality of pairs of topics comprises topics from different information items from the analysis database;
- D) determining, for each pair of topics from the plurality of pairs of topics, based on the similarity calculated for that pair of topics, whether that pair of topics represents a connection to include in the result set;
- ii) send the result set to the user computer, wherein the result set comprises, for each pair of topics determined to represent a connection to include in the result set:
- A) a connection label comprising one or more keywords determined based on that pair of topics;
- and
- B) identification of the information items from which the topics from that pair of topics were obtained.
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A machine comprising:
- a) a user computer configured to present an interface operable by a user to:
- i) provide input to a means for automatically identifying connecting concepts;
- and
- ii) receive a result from the means for automatically identifying connecting concepts;
- and
- b) the means for automatically identifying connecting concepts.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.