Information alert method and apparatus

Abstract

The present invention discloses an information alert method and apparatus. The method comprises: acquiring patents subjected to information alert; monitoring whether the above patents comprise a patent whose fee payment deadline is close; if a patent whose fee payment deadline is close is detected, sending information about the patent subject to payment to a user; recording the information about the patent whose annual fee the user chooses to pay; periodically retrieving latest published patent applications related to the subject matter of the patent; and pushing information about the latest published patent applications to the user. According to the information alert method and apparatus provided by the present invention, not only an alert notification concerning annual fee payment can be sent to the user, so as to prevent the user from losing the patent right because of failing to pay the annual fee; but also the information about the patent whose annual fee the user chooses to pay can be recorded, and the latest published patent applications related to the patent information are periodically retrieved and pushed to the user, to help the user rapidly learn the patent protection status and development trend of hot technologies concerning the user, thereby fully utilizing the information about the patent whose annual fee the user chooses to pay, and improving patent management efficiency.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of information processing, in particular to a method and device for reminding users to pay patent annual fees by using information processing technology. Background technique [0002] The patent annual fee refers to the fee that the patentee should pay to the Patent Office every year during the validity period of the patent right. The annual fee is different from year to year. If the patent annual fee is not paid on time, the patent will become invalid. As the number of patent applications for enterprises increases, more and more patents need to be managed and paid annual fees, and management becomes more and more difficult. If the annual fee is not paid in time or the amount paid is wrong, it will cause The profit loss of the enterprise requires a system that can remind users to pay the annual fee. [0003] The existing patent annual fee management system in the prior art can track the patent payment deadline. When...

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Problems solved by technology

At present, although the existing technology can notify the user of the patents that are about to reach the payment deadline, it cannot record the patent information for which the user chooses to pay the annual fee, and cannot know which hot technologies the user cares about, nor can it be based on the technical needs of different users. Track and push the latest published patent applications related to the patents that users choose to pay. Users do not know the current patent protection status of the hot technologies they care about, and they have no way of knowing the development trend of technologies

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