# US 2017/0256010 A1 · Patent alert system

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- Number: US 2017/0256010 A1
- Document ID: US20170256010A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/452,212
- Filed: 2017-03-07
- Published: 2017-09-07
- Earliest claimed: 2016-03-07
- Assignees: Allergan, Inc.
- Applicants: Allergan, Inc.
- Inventors: Anish Mohindru; Rong Yang; Sean A. Bulloch
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170256010A1

## CPC

- G06Q 50/184: {Intellectual property management}
- G06F 16/9535: Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
- G06Q 10/107: Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

A computerized publication system comprising an automated alert generation platform for use in monitoring patents or other documents in the public domain, combined with a subscription management module.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A patent alert system, comprising:
a first module designed for alert data identification, parsing, and loading;
a second module designed for alert configuration data, formatting, and alert delivery; and
a third module designed for alert subscription management.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the first module is implemented through a pre-configured data parser, wherein data from an on-line host system is extracted into unique data elements, and loaded to the second module for further configuration.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The system of claim 2, wherein the data from the on-line host system is obtained through a search query.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The system of claim 2, wherein the on-line host system comprises one or more databases.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The system of claim 4, wherein data obtained from the one or more databases is de-duplicated by the first module.

### Claim 6 (depends on 2)

The system of claim 2, wherein the first module further comprises an electronic mail monitor.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The system of claim 6, wherein the electronic mail monitor automatically monitors a designated electronic mail address, extracts hyperlinks embedded in the mail and downloads the compressed file to the data parser.

### Claim 8 (depends on 2)

The system of claim 2, wherein additional alert data elements are manually added to the first module and loaded to the second module.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the second module comprises:
a publication platform; wherefrom an alert publication is generated using data elements extracted by the first module, formatted according to a pre-defined template, and entitled with appropriate categories and topics; and
an alert electronic mail generator, wherein the alert electronic mail generator runs at a set cadence to identify publications flagged for being delivered, and readies the identified publications for delivery.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The system of claim 9, wherein the publication platform further comprises a unit for publication setting wherein manual publications are separated from automatic publications, and are further filtered and processed before delivery.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the third module comprises a user-interface.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The system of claim 11, wherein the user-interface comprises a webpage displaying alert publications generated from the publication platform; and wherein the alert publications are selectable by a subscriber.

### Claim 13 (depends on 11)

The system of claim 11, wherein access to the user-interface webpage is controlled and authenticated via the subscriber's profile.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The system of claim 13, wherein the subscriber's profile comprises first and last name, electronic mail address, title, departments, office location, phone numbers, or combinations thereof.

### Claim 15

A method of publishing alert data from a patent alert system to a subscriber, comprising the steps of:
(a) retrieving alert data from an on-line host system through a search query at a pre-defined cadence;
(b) extracting data elements from the retrieved alert data through a data parser;
(c) reformatting the extracted data elements into a pre-defined template through a publication platform;
(d) assigning reformatted alert data with the appropriate categories and topics through a module designed for alert configuration and publication; and
(e) delivering to the subscriber the reformatted alert data with category and topic titles through a module configured for alert electronic mail generator and subscription management.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The method of claim 15, further comprising the step of building queries before the step of retrieving alert data from the on-line host system, wherein alert data requirements are obtained, a query or queries are proposed, and tested in pre-selected databases hosted by the on-line host system.

### Claim 17 (depends on 15)

The method of claim 15, wherein alert delivery to the subscribers is an automatic process wherein the reformatted alert data is not further processed.

### Claim 18 (depends on 15)

The method of claim 15, wherein alert delivery to the subscriber is a manual process wherein the reformatted alert data is further screened, filtered and edited.