System for analyzing electronic legal invoice data

A system for analyzing electronic invoice data related to intellectual property matters comprising:

• process circuitry configured to store data, wherein the data comprises:
• invoice data comprising service charges, service dates and matter identifiers stored within said process circuitry;
• docketing data comprising said matter identifiers and at least one target date for said intellectual property matters stored in said process circuitry;
• and
• service time period data stored within said process circuitry;
• wherein the process circuitry is further configured to execute routines, wherein the routines comprise:
• a date range calculating routine to calculate a service start date and a service end date based upon said service time period data and said target date;
• and
• an analysis routine to identify said service charges for at least one of said matter identifiers having said service dates between said service start date and said service end date.

A method for analyzing electronic invoice data, the method comprising:

• accessing invoice data stored in memory, the invoice data comprising a matter identifier with service charges and service dates;
• identifying a target date associated with the matter identifier and a service associated with the target date;
• accessing service time period data stored in the memory for the identified service;
• calculating a service start date and a service end date based on the service time period data and the target date;
• identifying from the invoice data the service charges between the service start date and the service end date;
• and
• storing a record in the memory to correlate the at least one service with each of the identified service charges between the service start date and the service end date.