Intelligent agent for identifying intellectual property infringement issues in computer network sites and method of operation thereof
AssigneeLucent Technologies Inc.
InventorMatthew F. Barney
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Abstract
An intelligent agent capable of traversing sites in a computer network to identify intellectual property (IP) infringement issues that may exist in those network sites and a method of identifying such IP infringement issues. In one embodiment, the agent includes: (1) a site database containing sites to be traversed, (2) an IP database containing IP indicia to be compared and (3) a site examiner, associated with the site and IP databases, that traverses the sites identified in the site database, compares data associated with the sites with the IP indicia in the IP database and creates a record of favorable comparisons between the data and the IP indicia.
Claims17
A method of identifying intellectual property (IP) infringement issues associated with sites of a computer network, comprising:
- creating a site database containing sites to be traversed;
- creating an IP database containing IP indicia to be compared, said IP indicia being selected from the group consisting of patent keywords, filenames, wordmarks, watermark-free logo images, and copyrighted textual passages;
- traversing said sites identified in said site database;
- comparing data associated with said sites with said IP indicia in said IP database;
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- creating a record of favorable comparisons between said data and said IP indicia.
For use in traversing sites of a computer network to identify intellectual property (IP) infringement issues associated therewith, an agent, comprising:
- a site database containing sites to be traversed;
- an IP database containing IP indicia to be compared, said IP indicia being selected from the group consisting of patent keywords, filenames, wordmarks, watermark-free logo images, and copyrighted textual passages;
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- a site examiner, associated with said site and IP databases, that traverses said sites identified in said site database, compares data associated with said sites with said IP indicia in said IP database and creates a record of favorable comparisons between said data and said IP indicia.
For use in traversing Internet sites to identify intellectual property (IP) infringement issues associated therewith, an agent, comprising:
- a site database containing sites to be traversed and an examination depth indicator associated with each of said sites;
- an IP database containing IP indicia to be compared, said IP indicia being selected from the group consisting of patent keywords, filenames, wordmarks, watermark-free logo images, and copyrighted textual passages;
- a site examiner, associated with said site and IP databases, that traverses said sites identified in said site database to an extent based on said examination depth indicator and compares data associated with said sites with said IP indicia in said IP database;
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- a favorable comparison database that contains records of favorable comparisons that said site examiner creates during traversal of said sites.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.