Commercial fleet dashboard

Abstract

A system for searching highway transportation information is provided that has a user interface and a dashboard server with a search application configured for searching a plurality of tagged portions of documents. A website server is configured to generate a dashboard for viewing at the user interface. The website server is configured for receiving communication from the search application and returning searched tagged portions of documents to the user interface. A first one of the tagged portions of documents is a technical service bulletin (TSBS), and a second one of the tagged portions of documents is a regulatory activity. In other embodiments, tagged full documents are used in place of, or in addition to, the tagged portions of documents.

Description

Patent ApplicationInventor: John EmersonAttorney Docket No.: 2024PAT00124USCOMMERCIAL FLEET DASHBOARDFIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0001] The subject matter of the present invention relates to a dashboard that is used by the trucking fleets to monitor and search technical service bulletins, and in some additional instances, investigations, recalls, or other activities associated with regulatory information, safety standards, and other requirements. More particularly, the present application involves a dashboard that consolidates transportation regulatory information into one tool for a trucking fleet that can be searched, accessed and displayed for purposes of prioritizing fleet maintenance or assessing and comparing different vehicles.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0002] The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is a Federal agency of the United States department of transportation. The NHTSA issues Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS). This regulatory information is designed to improve safety and prevent or reduce vehicle crashes in the highway transportation sector. The manufacturers of motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment, and those who import and put these items into commerce are required by law to comply with certain product requirements, make certain reports to NHTSA, execute market actions, and apply required product labels.

[0003] NHTSA regulatory activity involves multiple information sources and thousands of pages. These documents are distributed over various websites and databases that each have their own way of presenting and searching these documents. The documents on one website or database cannot be linked to those of another, and using different documents from various sources cannot provide the researcher with an overall picture of the regulatory landscape of a particular topic. There is no tool available for one to easily search, sort, filter, and summarize information pertinent to a fleet of diverse makes, models, and model years to understand the regulatory activity of fleet vehicles.

[0004] The current searching schemes enable only one-dimensional searching that is only partially effective, and tagging of information is not used to return pertinent content.Since such a variety of formats of information is present, separate searching and time intensive labor is necessary to consolidate information found on various sources to form aPatent ApplicationInventor: John EmersonAttorney Docket No.: 2024PAT00124US comprehensive report. Current regulatory information searching may provide only lists of links to articles in newsletter format and cannot be customized or refined to deliver a desired report. Historical perspective of regulatory information is not possible under current searching. Although the segmented searching and document storage capability presently used can allow one to explore small portions of the available data, a comprehensive solution using a tagging system that allows users to find all relevant data with one tool is not known.

[0005] Another issue that hinders the dissemination of information comes in the form of technical service bulletins that are issued by manufactures of transportation products that instruct the owner or service center on problems with the products and how to fix them. These technical service bulletins are often provided in the form of images that are not searchable. Third parties may tag these technical service bulletins after the fact with key words that are then in fact searchable. However, this search and retrieval capability may not be sufficient in all circumstances as it is limited to pulling key words from documents that may be long, nuanced, or graphic heavy.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0006] A full and enabling disclosure of the present invention, including the best mode thereof, directed to one of ordinary skill in the art, is set forth in the specification, which makes reference to the appended figures, in which:

[0007] Fig. l is a dashboard with the power unit tab selected.

[0008] Fig. 2 is a dashboard with the trailer tab selected.

[0009] Fig. 3 is a dashboard with the activity summary tab selected.

[0010] Fig. 4 is an exemplary embodiment of an article display.

[0011] Fig. 5 is an exemplary embodiment of an interpretation display.

[0012] Fig. 6 is a schematic view of a prior system for searching for and accessing transportation regulatory information.

[0013] Fig. 7 is a schematic view of a current system for searching for and accessing transportation regulatory information.

[0014] Fig. 8 is a detailed schematic view of the dashboard server in accordance with one exemplary embodiment.

[0015] Fig. 9 is a schematic view of a portion of the dashboard server relevant to processing technical service bulletins.Patent ApplicationInventor: John EmersonAttorney Docket No.: 2024PAT00124US

[0016] Fig. 10 is a schematic view of a computing system that can be used to implement aspects of the present system.

[0017] The use of identical or similar reference numerals in different figures denotes identical or similar features.DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0018] Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the invention, one or more examples of which are illustrated in the drawings. Each example is provided by way of explanation of the invention, and not meant as a limitation of the invention. For example, features illustrated or described as part of one embodiment can be used with another embodiment to yield still a third embodiment. It is intended that the present invention include these and other modifications and variations.

[0019] The present invention provides for a system of generating a dashboard 10 that presents transportation regulatory information in a format that is easy to search, view, and sort. The dashboard 10 provides the user with a single point source of transportation regulatory information for viewing activity by manufacturer, model, model year, and activity type. The dashboard 10 can be used by a fleet manager of a trucking fleet to better manage the fleet such as by using it for prioritizing preventative maintenance. The system consolidates all of this information into one tool, and uses tags to organize and search the information of various sources. The system saves time and avoids blind spots that could otherwise be present if one were required to navigate to and search different sites to collect the necessary information.

[0020] Fig. 1 is a display of the dashboard 10 for use in searching, sorting, viewing, and accessing transportation regulatory information. The dashboard 10 is used for managing fleets. Graphical displays of regulatory activities 12 are shown on the upper half of the dashboard 10 and are searchable and sortable transportation regulatory matters. The bottom left hand side of the dashboard shows a product display 14 which is a graphical display of products that have been selected by the user and from which the various regulatory activities 12 are shown. The products can be different types of power units (tractors) that are each identified by a manufacturer and by a model and year. The product display 14 lists the name of the product and next to it identification indicia that is used to identify the product in the other portions of the dashboard 10. The identification indicia may be a color,Patent ApplicationInventor: John EmersonAttorney Docket No.: 2024PAT00124US a shape, or a type of cross-hatching that visually distinguishes one product from another. If a larger number of products are present, a scroll down bar could be present in the product display 14 that can be actuated by the user to view additional products and their identification indicia.

[0021] One of the regulatory activities 12 that is displayed in the dashboard 10 are recalls which are displayed graphically in the recall display 16 in the upper left corner of the dashboard 10. Recalls are communications from a manufacturer to repair or replace a product or have it returned for a refund due to a regulatory non-compliance or defect. Recalls result in a refund or a repair or replacement of the product. The recall display 16 shows the amount of recalls each one of the products from the product display 14 has via a bar graph. The identification indicia from the product display 14 is used in the recall display 16 so that each product is identified without having to list the name of each product illustrated in the recall display 16. The bars of the bar graph are further organized within the product display 14 by manufacturer so that the products of one manufacturer are grouped together and separate from the products of a different manufacturer which are separately grouped together. There are two manufacturers of the power units evaluated in the dashboard 10 of Fig. 1, although other embodiments exist in which one manufacturer or from 3-20 manufacturers of power units are selected and displayed in the dashboard 10.

[0022] An additional one of the regulatory activities 12 that are shown in the dashboard 10 are complaints. Complaints are communications that people or companies deliver to NHTS A or others in which they complain about the quality of the product or services. Each one of the products in the product display 14 may be the subject of one or more complaints which are graphically illustrated in the complaint display 18. The complaint display 18 is formatted the same as the recall display 16 in that it shows the amount of complaints each one of the products from the product display 14 has via a bar graph with the identification indicia from the product display 14 used to make an identification of the particular product. The bars of the bar graph are further organized within the complaint display 18 by manufacturer so that the products of one manufacturer are grouped together and separate from the products of a different manufacturer which are separately grouped together. The user may use the complaint display 18 to visualize the amount of complaints each product has been given.Patent ApplicationInventor: John EmersonAttorney Docket No.: 2024PAT00124US

[0023] Another regulatory activity 12 is TSBS which are technical service bulletins that are documents issued by manufacturers and sent to service centers, mechanics, and dealerships to provide information on servicing the product. The issues reported by technical service bulletins address a range of issues, and customers could be charged by the service center for these repairs. Technical service bulletins can be used for preventative maintenance reasons in that the truck or trailer can be repaired at a convenient time, and at a time before a break down due to that particular issue occurs. The service bulletin display 20 illustrates the number of technical service bulletins issued on each one of the products. The service bulletin display 20 is formatted the same as the recall display 16 and complaint display 18 in that it is constructed as a bar graph with the identification indicia from the product display 14 used to make an identification of the particular product. The bars of the bar graph are further organized within the service bulletin display 20 by manufacturer so that the products of one manufacturer are grouped together and separate from the products of a different manufacturer which are separately grouped together. The user may use the service bulletin display 20 to visualize the amount of technical service bulletins each product has been given.

[0024] Also included in the regulatory activity 12 section are investigations. These are inquiries by NHTSA related to regulatory compliance, or alleged or suspected safety defects. Investigations can be initiated based on a variety of inputs or indicators, and during the investigation NHTSA will conduct a thorough assessment to determine if corrective action is required. The products in the product display 14 that are the subject of an investigation will be graphically illustrated in the investigation display 22. The investigation display 22 identifies the particular product by the identification indicia assigned to it, and organizes the products so that they are grouped according to manufacturer.

[0025] The recall display 16, complaint display 18, service bulletin display 20, and investigation display 22 can all graphically display the information in a similar format. Although shown as a bar graph, the displays 16, 18, 20, 22 could alternatively be pie charts, spider charts, stacked area charts, scatter charts, line charts, ribbon charts, or any other type of graphic capable of presenting the identification and number of products associated with that display 16, 18, 20, 22. Additionally, all of the graphics in each of the displays 16, 18,Patent ApplicationInventor: John EmersonAttorney Docket No.: 2024PAT00124US20, 22 need not be the same but could be different from one of the displays 16, 18, 20, 22 to the next.

[0026] The dashboard 10 also has a service bulletin breakdown display 24 that is located on the bottom of the dashboard 10 next to the product display 14. This display 24 provides a breakdown of the information from the service bulletin display 20. In particular, the information in the service bulletin breakdown display 24 does not organize the information by manufacturer. Instead, the products are grouped according to NHTSA components, which in this instance are portions of the truck and trailer. There can be a large number of NHTSA components that are included in the display 24. Some examples include electrical system, engine and engine cooling, equipment appliance air conditioner, equipment, equipment adaptive mobility, structure, electrical system software, steering, suspension, equipment electrical, powertrain, engine and engine cooling exhaust system, service brakes, service brakes air, fuel system diesel, visibility power window devices and control, latches locks linkages, seat belts, visibility, exterior lighting tail lights, speed control, electrical system ignition, seats, and others. This listing is not exhaustive, and others are possible. The technical service bulletins are classified into one or more of the NHTSA components based upon which one or ones of the NHTSA components they relate. The products are identified by their identification indicia and are grouped into the particular NHTSA component that includes the particular technical service bulletins so that the user can see how many technical service bulletins of a particular product fall within a particular NHTSA component category. The information is presented as a horizontal bar chart, and a scroll down bar can be present to allow one to view additional NHTSA categories that contain a lesser number of product counts as the service bulletin breakdown display 24 may not be large enough to easily accommodate all of the NHTSA categories on one page. The service bulletin breakdown display 24 thus provides an additional breakdown of the technical service bulletins so that their NHTSA category can be identified, as opposed to the service bulletin display 20 that identifies the amount and associated manufacturer of the technical service bulletins.

[0027] Information on the technical service bulletins is further presented on the dashboard 10 in the service bulletin summary 26 which is located on the bottom right hand side of the dashboard 10. The technical service bulletins that are identified in the service bulletin display 20 are presented in the service bulletin summary 26. The summary 26 includes thePatent ApplicationInventor: John EmersonAttorney Docket No.: 2024PAT00124US text of a summary of each one of the technical service bulletins in one column along with the product that was issued the technical service bulletin in the second column. As there may be a large amount of technical service bulletin summaries, a scroll down bar is available to view those which are not initially displayed. If one clicks on a particular technical service bulletin in the service bulletin summary 26, it will display the summary of it for review. In other embodiments, a selection box can be included as well in the service bulletin summary 26 for each bulletin such that if it is selected, the full text of the service bulletin summary 26 is displayed.

[0028] The dashboard 10 includes filtering selections 28 that can be used by the user to filter the content that is displayed in the dashboard 10. The filtering selections 28 may include a vast number of vehicles such as trucks, automobiles, and otherwise. The user may select only those vehicles that are then presented into the product display 14 and consequently in the other areas of the dashboard 10. The vehicles that are not selected in the filtering selections 28 are not presented on the dashboard 10. The filtering selections 28 may be variously configured to filter the data presented in the dashboard 10. For example, the filtering selections 28 may include a text filter such that a keyword or words that are entered will then filter the data displayed in the dashboard 10 to present only those items in the various displays 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26 that include those keyword or words. The filtering selections 28 may also include a date selection that can be utilized to cause information to be presented on the dashboard 10 that is within a particular date range, or is before or after a particular date. The filtering selections 28 are provided so that the user can further refine the volume or type of data that is displayed in the dashboard 10.

[0029] Tabs 30, 32, 34 are included at the bottom of the dashboard 10 that allow one to reconfigure the dashboard 10. Fig. 1 shows tab 30 actuated which is the power unit dashboard 10 that has selected products that are power units instead of trailers. One could modify the search criteria on the dashboard 10 so that trailers were instead selected instead of power units so that the products that are shown on the power unit dashboard 10 are trailers and no power units. Naming tab 30 as the power unit tab 30 is for sake of convenience as the information presented can always be changed, but it may be the case that the dashboard defaults to power units that are selected when the user first picks the power unit tab 30. If the user selects the trailers tab 32, the dashboard changes to present data related to trailers as shown for example in Fig. 2. Here, the products that are selectedPatent ApplicationInventor: John EmersonAttorney Docket No.: 2024PAT00124US with the filtering selections 28 are trailers and not power units. The dashboard includes displays 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24 that are the same as those previously discussed with respect to Fig. 1 and a repeat of this information is not necessary. However, the products that are graphically illustrated in the displays 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24 are trailers instead of power units to allow the user to obtain similar information about this portion of the trucking fleet. The upper displays 16, 18, 20, 22 are sized differently than those in Fig. 1 because the amount of products that are displayed may be larger or smaller than those of Fig. 1. In order to make the information more easily visualized, the dashboard 10 may reconfigure the size of these displays 16, 18, 20, 22 to accommodate displays that have larger or smaller product variations to put onto the bar graphs.

[0030] If the user selects the activity summary tab 34 the dashboard 10 will transition to the display as illustrated in Fig. 3. Here, the displays are arranged differently than those previously shown with respect to the dashboard 10 configuration in Figs. 1 and 2. The displays that are presented display the information in a different way as well. The complaint display 18 is located in the upper left hand comer of the dashboard 10 and displays information on the complaints that have been made against the selected products. The complaint display 18 is a listing of the product and next to it a summary of the complaint. The option may be present for the user to select a particular complaint and so that the entire complaint is then presented to the user for reading. As the complaint display 18 may not be able to present all of the selected complaints, a scroll down bar is present to allow the user to scroll down in the complaint display 18 to see those complaints that are also present with the selected products that could not be visualized in the provided space. A horizontal scroll bar can also be present to allow the user to see portions of the summary that are not able to be visualized entirely within the complaint display 18. Additionally three additional columns are present in the complaint display 18 that cannot be seen in Fig. 3 but would be seen if the user continues to scroll horizontally within the complaint display 18. These include the year the complaint was made, the quarter of the year the complaint was made, and the month in which the complaint was made. The complaint display 18 in this embodiment does not include any graphics but only includes text of the complaints.

[0031] Next to the complaint display 18 is the service bulletin display 20 that is presented the same way as the complaint display 18 in that no graphics are present and only text listings of the technical service bulletins are presented. The listing includes the name ofPatent ApplicationInventor: John EmersonAttorney Docket No.: 2024PAT00124US the particular product and next to it the summary of the technical service bulletin. The option may be present for the user to select a particular technical service bulletin which causes the entire technical service bulletin to be displayed for reading. Scroll bars can be provided to allow one to view additional technical service bulletins in the selected products, and / or to allow for text in the summary portion to be read. No graphics are displayed in the service bulletin display 20, and only text is presented. Only two columns are presented in the service bulletin display 20, those being the name of the product and a summary of the technical service bulletin.

[0032] The recall display 16 is in the middle of the dashboard 10 and extends from the left to right side of the dashboard 10 and provides information on the recalls associated with the selected products. The recall display 16 includes only text information and has no graphical information. Each one of the products that is associated with a particular recall is listed in the left hand column of the recall display 16 followed by subsequent columns that are a defect description, a consequence of having the defect, and then finally the corrective action to be taken by the dealer or repair shop. Scroll bars can again be utilized by the user in the recall display 16 to see the four columns completely and to see recalls that are not capable of being displayed in the recall display 16 due to space limitations. Clicking on the recall may cause the entire recall to be displayed to the user.

[0033] The investigation display 22 is present in the dashboard 10 and is again text based with no graphics. Six columns are present in the investigation display 22 and scroll bars are present to allow the user to move vertically downward to visualize additional investigations, and horizontally to visualize columns and text not able to be shown due to space limitations. The columns include the name of the product that is the subject of the investigation, the subject of the investigation, the summary of the investigation, the year the investigation was initiated, the quarter of the year the investigation was started, and the month of the year the investigation was started. The option may be present to allow the user to click on a particular investigation to see the entire investigation.

[0034] A graphical summary display 36 is displayed on the dashboard 10 and includes a graphical display of all of the selected products. Each product is listed with a stacked bar chart that sized by using the quantity of each one of the technical service bulletins, complaints, investigations, and recalls associated with that particular one of the products.Patent ApplicationInventor: John EmersonAttorney Docket No.: 2024PAT00124USAll of the selected products are included in the graphical summary display 36, and scroll bars are present to visualize those products that are not able to be shown due to space. The graphical summary display 36 allows the user a way to visualize the volume of issues associated with a particular one of the selected products.

[0035] The dashboard 10 includes filtering selections 28 that can be used to select particular products of interest for display in the dashboard 10. In Fig. 3, the selected products are both power units and trailers of tractor trailers. One, two, three, or all of the various manufacturers could be selected in the filtering selections 28 to further filter the information shown. The filtering selections 28 also include text searching for the technical service bulletins, the complaints, and the recalls. The user may type keywords into this text searching that causes the selected products to be further filtered to those having that particular text in that particular technical service bulletin, complaint, or recall. It is to be understood that the types of filtering selections that are present within the filtering selections 28 can be varied in other embodiments and those shown are only exemplary.

[0036] The dashboard 10 can be configured so that fewer or more of the regulatory activities 12 are presented. Fleet managers that utilize the dashboard may want to see the technical service bulletins because these reports relate to items that can be maintained or fixed to keep the trucking fleet in good working order. Additional regulatory activities that may be added to the dashboard 10 in the various embodiments include inconsequential petitions. Inconsequential Petitions (IPs) Receipts are regulatory activities 12 that are petitions for inconsequential noncompliance of manufacturers in which they submit a petition to NHTSA for a determination that a previously declared non-compliance is inconsequential to vehicle safety and therefore does not require a recall. In these instances, the manufacturer will identify the specific regulatory information or standard that is not met, and provide an explanation as to why such noncompliance is inconsequential to motor vehicle safety. These petitions could be allowed by NHTSA to excuse the manufacturer from the obligation to execute a recall, or denied based upon the particular facts of the matter.

[0037] Another regulatory activity 12 that could be present in the dashboard 10 in other embodiments include EWRs. These are early warning reports that are provided by the manufacturers to comply with Federal regulation mandates. The EWRs could be, forPatent ApplicationInventor: John EmersonAttorney Docket No.: 2024PAT00124US example, the number of reportable claims submitted for a given time period. The reporting requirements for manufactures may be different depending on the size of the manufacturer and the product they are producing. Adding or removing various regulatory activities 12 can be made in the filtering selections 28 display. In some embodiments, the dashboard 10 is provided so that the type of regulatory activities 12 that are displayed on the dashboard 10 are not able to be changed and are set.

[0038] Additional information can be presented on the dashboard 10 above and beyond regulatory activities 12. This additional information may be presented to the user and not included in the graphical displays that count the number of regulatory activities 12 such as the activity summary 34 and the graphical summary display 36. However, this additional information can be placed onto the dashboard 10 with the other displays that include regulatory activities 12 and just not be included in the counting of the regulatory activities 12. One such type of information are articles, which are articles published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration which is a subagency of the Department of Transportation. An article display 38 that shows a display of articles is shown in Fig. 4 and this article display 38 could be included in the dashboard 10 in the previously described embodiments upon selection of same in the filtering selections 28. These articles are desirable for someone responsible for complying with transportation regulations. The article display 38 does not include graphics but is instead presented in a text based chart format. The article display 38 shows only those articles that have been selected by the user as per his or her selected search criteria. To further filter the articles displayed, the filtering selections 28 can be made to select a type of article that is displayed such types including advanced notice of proposed rulemaking, final rule, notice of proposed rulemaking, other, petition for reconsideration, proposed rule, public hearing, and request for comments. Further filtering of the articles are possible via the filtering selections 28 so that the articles are filtered upon whether the article touches a particular code of Federal regulations (CFR). The code of Federal regulations is the codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal register by the departments and agencies of the Federal Government. The filtering selection 28 can be configured so that the presentation of the articles will be further filtered to one or more specific sections of the code of Federal regulations to which the articles in the article display 38 will be limited. Examples of specific sections of the CFR that can be selected from title 49 that relates to transportation include 49 CFR §501, §509, §510, §511, §573, §574, §575, §595, and §599. However,Patent ApplicationInventor: John EmersonAttorney Docket No.: 2024PAT00124US other sections from the CFR could be included as well in the filtering selection 28 for limiting the articles provided in the article display 38.

[0039] Additional filtering of the articles in the filtering selections 28 are possible in that they may be selected based upon Federal motor vehicle safety standards. The Federal motor vehicle safety standards (FMVSS) are U.S. Federal vehicle regulations specifying performance, and labelling requirements for motor vehicles and regulated automobile safety-related components. Specific ones of these standards can be selected by the user in order to limit the articles shown in the article display 38 to only those that include some discussion or interpretation of the selected FMVSS. Examples of specific ones of the FMVSS that can be selected in the filtering selections 28 include FMVSS 255, 226, 301, 101, 102, 103, 104, 136, 138, and 139. The article display 38 in Fig. 4 is shown by itself, but it is to be understood that it can be included in a portion of the dashboard 10 with other displays as described.

[0040] The articles in the article display 38 can be further refined based upon company type so that only articles related to that type of transportation company are displayed. The company types that can be selected include auto manufacturer, child seat manufacturer, heavy vehicle manufacturer, motorcycle manufacturer, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), off road vehicles, tire manufacturer, power unit manufacturer, and trailer manufacturer. This list can be added to or modified in other exemplary embodiments. Further refinement in the filtering selections 28 includes a text search in which text input into the search refinement will cause the abstracts of the articles to be searched, to which only those articles having the input text will be shown in the article display 38.

[0041] The article display 38 includes one row for each article, and various columns that include data or links for that particular article. The first column on the left hand side is the NHTSA docket number of the particular article. Currently, there is not a docket index available to search via NHTSA docket numbers, and the present dashboard 10 provides a link between the NHTSA docket numbers and the articles they reference. In this manner, one can sort or search for articles based upon the NHTSA docket number, and one can associate the NHTSA docket number with the other information in the row in Fig. 4. The article display 38 includes a date column that provides the date of each article, and this dataPatent ApplicationInventor: John EmersonAttorney Docket No.: 2024PAT00124US allows the articles to be filtered in the article display 38 by a time selection in the filtering selections 28. The article display 38 includes a document type column that lists the article’s document type, and a title column which is the title of the article. An abstract column is also included and is a column that displays the particular abstract of the article in question. This abstract can be searched by the filtering selections 28 so that key words from the abstract are identified to give the user access to the relevant article in question. Also included in the article display 38 is a column that provides the user with a link that can be clicked to open up a new window that is directed to a website that includes the article in question. For example, the first article in the article display 38 includes a link to federalregister.gov of the article for Revisions to Civil Penalty Amounts that can be read by the user. The last column in the article display 38 lists for each article the CFRs and / or FMVSSs that are implicated in that particular article. There may be any number of, or no, CFRs and / or FMVVSs in this column associated with the article in question.

[0042] The article display 38 lacks graphics and can be scrolled downward in the vertical direction, with a scroll bar on the right hand side, so that the rest of the articles that are returned based upon the selected search criteria can be viewed and accessed. The amount of articles shown at any one time on the article display 38 is limited by the amount of articles and the text size of the information that can be displayed.

[0043] In addition to articles, another type of non-regulatory activity that can be presented on the dashboard 10 are interpretation letters. Interpretation letters are issued in response to an inquiry from the industry about a particular standard or regulatory information. The interpretation letters look at the particular facts and law and offer an explanation to the individual or company’s question. The letters offer details that enhance the understanding of regulatory information and how they apply to specific situations. The filtering selections 28 can be made so that the interpretation display 40 as shown in Fig. 5 can be added to the dashboard 10 as presented in various embodiments. The filtering selections 28 can be used to search and limit the interpretation letters to desired parameters. One such search criteria is the various companies that are named in the interpretation letters such as the company requesting the interpretation or a company otherwise listed in the text of the interpretation. Another filtering criteria for the interpretation letters is the particular code of Federal regulations (CFR) that is discussed or mentioned in that particular interpretation letter. Another filtering criteria selectable in the filtering selections 28 is the United States CodePatent ApplicationInventor: John EmersonAttorney Docket No.: 2024PAT00124US(USC) that is interpreted in the letter or is otherwise mentioned in the interpretation letter. The company types could also be selected by the user so that interpretation letters are displayed that are only relevant to those types. The filtering selections 28 can be used to limit the displayed interpretation letters to only those that include the input text.

[0044] The interpretation display 40 does not include any graphics and is a text based display. As shown in Fig. 5, the interpretation display 40 has one row for each interpretation letter and a number of columns that provide information on each one of the interpretation letters. The first column lists the date of the letter, and the second column provides text of the letter. The third column lists the company that requested the interpretation letter, and a fourth column provides the footnotes from that particular interpretation letter. The fifth column in the chart display 36 is a reference column that lists the FMVSS rule or rules that are implicated in the interpretation. The sixth column is a link to an external website that can be accessed upon clicking to direct the user to a copy of the interpretation letter. The website that could be access via clicking of the link may be nhtsa.gov on which the interpretation letters could be located. The last column in the interpretation display 40 is labeled as CFR / USC which includes for that particular interpretation letter which CFR and / or USC rules or laws are interpreted or otherwise discussed. A scroll bar is located on the right side of the interpretation display 40 that can be slid up or down to view data in the interpretation display 40 that can’t be fit all into one view. Use of the various selection criteria in the filtering selections 28 will limit the interpretation letters in the interpretation display 40 to be only those that meet the search criteria, and may allow for the interpretation display 40 be or not be displayed on the dashboard 10.

[0045] A prior system of searching and accessing transportation regulatory information is shown in Fig. 6. Here, the user employs a user interface 72 that can be a lap top computer, cell phone, or any other computing device. The user interface 72 is connected to a network 74 that can be any type of public or private communication network. In some instance, the network 74 is the internet. If the user wants to search and access transportation regulatory information such as laws that are in USC code, a first database 76 can be accessed as found at web address govinfo.gov. The first database 76 has a first search criteria 78 that is a full text search. Using this full text search, the first search criteria 78 can return first documents 80 that are in this instance various USC code. If the user instead wishes to access CFRPatent ApplicationInventor: John EmersonAttorney Docket No.: 2024PAT00124US code, he or she may access from the user interface 72 a second database 82 that is accessed over the network 74 and is separate and remote from the first database 76. The second database 82 has an address of ecfr.gov, and has a second search criteria 84 that is a text search. The second database 82 has a repository of second documents 86 that are CFR code. Using this text search, the appropriate CFR code can be obtained by the user at the second database.

[0046] Additional transportation regulatory information can be accessed from the prior system. A third database 88 has a web address of federalregister.gov and includes a third search criteria 90 that allows the user to execute a text search, a type search (this involves selecting final rule, proposed rule, or notice), a topic search, and a sort by date. Using the third search criteria 90, the third database 88 accesses its third documents 92 which include final rules, proposed rules, and notices and returns those that meet the search criteria. The prior system may also have a fourth database 94 located at nhtsa.gov that includes various documents relevant to the NHTSA. The fourth database 94 has a fourth search criteria 96 that allows documents to be search in the fourth database 94 by data, product type, VIN number, or by text searching. The fourth documents 98 in the fourth database 94 are recalls, investigations, and interpretation letters that can be accessed upon using the desired fourth search criteria 96.

[0047] As can be appreciated, to access transportation regulatory information and laws, the user must use the user interface 72 and navigate to various websites to reach the various databases 76, 82, 88, 94. Each one of these databases 76, 82, 88 94 requires the user to read and understand how the desired information is organized and has their own specific search criteria 78, 84, 90, 96 that has to be understood and correctly utilized. The documents that are desired may not be in the database 76, 82, 88, 94 that is accessed, and the search functionality may not be sufficient in the variously designed websites to properly locate the desired documents. The prior system also does not have the ability to present data on the transportation regulatory information such as the amounts of regulatory activities 12, graphical trends of regulatory activities 12, manufacturer amounts of regulatory activities 12, break downs into NHTSA components, summaries of technical service bulletins, high levels of data filtering, and accurate search results. As large number of computer inputs must be made to navigate to all of the different transportation regulatory information to access them on different sites, the processing speed and requirements ofPatent ApplicationInventor: John EmersonAttorney Docket No.: 2024PAT00124US such a system are demanding. A dashboard 10 display of all of the various transportation regulatory information is not possible under the current state of the art.

[0048] One exemplary embodiment of a system 70 that can display the dashboard 10 and function as discussed previously with respect to Figs. 1-5 is shown with reference to Fig. 7. A user interface 72 is utilized by the user and can be a laptop or other appropriate digital device that can communicate through the network 74 which may be a public or private network such as the internet. Using the user interface 72, the user may access the dashboard server 100 through the network 74 which is capable of generating the dashboard 10. The dashboard server 100 has one or more applications, the search application 102 being one of them that can be used to drive the desired searches and search refinements as per the user’s needs. The search application 102 may receive inputs from the user through the filtering selections 28. Many of the relevant documents concerning the transportation regulatory information and laws that the user will need are accessible via the dashboard server 100 such that only a single search application 102 can be utilized by the user. In this manner, he or she will not need to go out and access various search criteria 78, 84, 90, 96 but can execute his or her search from a single search application 102. The documents are tagged by the dashboard server 100 so that all of them can be searched by the search application 102. In this regard, the dashboard server 100 can include some entire documents, some abstracts / summaries of documents, and some links to the document. These tagged full documents 106 include the entire text of the interpretation letters. Clicking on one of these documents on the dashboard will cause the document to be displayed without need to consult an external database 76, 82, 88, 94 remote from the dashboard server 100.

[0049] It may also be the case that the dashboard server 100 does not have the entire text of the document therein. Instead, the dashboard sever 100 may have portions of the document which are tagged thereon. These are identified as the tagged portions of documents 104 and include tags which can be read by the search application 102 so that this document can be returned in the search. These tagged portions of documents 104 can be displayed on the dashboard 10 upon making the appropriate inputs with the search application 102. These documents are not included in full on the dashboard 10 but instead summaries and abstracts of the documents such as recalls, inconsequential petitions, investigations, and TSBS issued are included on the dashboard 10 along with links to thePatent ApplicationInventor: John EmersonAttorney Docket No.: 2024PAT00124US full documents on an external website. For the regulatory activity 12 that is the TSBS regulatory activity, summaries of bulletins are provided but no links to the full TSBS report. However, in other embodiments a full link to the TSBS report could be included in the dashboard 10. For recalls, a summary is provided along with a link to an online location that includes all NHTSA documents for that recall. For the investigations regulatory activity 12, a summary of the investigation is provided but no link to the full investigation is provided. However, in other embodiments of the system, a link to an external website can be provided that can be followed to obtain the full text of the investigation. For the IP receipt, a summary is provided along with a link to the Federal Register at which the full inconsequential petition report can be viewed, and the docket number is provided but no external link. If the regulatory activity 12 is an EWR, statistics are provided with no detail and no link. For articles, abstracts are provided with a link to the Federal Register to view the article, and a docket number is provided but with no link. All of this may be changed in other embodiments in which links or the full document could be present in the dashboard 10 or located on the dashboard server 100.

[0050] Should the user desire the entire document be retrieved and viewed, the dashboard server 100 may communicate with the external database 76, 82, 88, 94 through the network 74 without having to get any extra input from the user via the user interface 72. In the disclosed embodiment, the CFR code and USC code are tagged to allow them to be displayed in the search results as returned by the dashboard, but the full text of the CFR code, USC code, and any other laws are not provided by the dashboard 10. There may be no link to the CFR code, USC code or other laws provided by the dashboard 10. In other embodiments, the dashboard 10 may provide links to the CFR code, USC code or other laws so that the user can navigate to that site and read their full text. However, the CFR code, USC code or other laws are tagged to allow the search application to know whether or not to return their identification in a search selected by the user. In the Fig. 7 embodiment, the dashboard server 100 communicates with the third database 88 to retrieve one of the third documents 92 which in this instance can be a final rule. Alternatively, the dashboard server 100 can provide a link on the dashboard 10 that if clicked by the user on the dashboard 10 causes a separate window to be opened on the user interface 72 apart from the window in which the dashboard 10 is located and the user display 72 communicates over the network 74 directly to the third database 88 which pulls up the full third document 92 such as the final rule. This technique still reduces processing time and improves thePatent ApplicationInventor: John EmersonAttorney Docket No.: 2024PAT00124US speed because the user does not have to input anything into the third search criteria 90 to access this full third document 92. Instead, the external link on the dashboard 10 has the required web routing built in to automatically cause the full third document 92 to be displayed. It is to be understood that the system 70 as outlined in Fig. 7 is only exemplary and that others are possible. For example, the dashboard server 100 is shown as linking only to the third database 88 that includes the Federal Register. The dashboard server 100 could additionally or alternatively link to one or more additional databases 76, 82, 94 that could include, for example, the NHTSA database.

[0051] Fig. 8 is a more detailed schematic view of the dashboard server 100 of Fig. 7. The dashboard server 100 includes a server memory 108 that is in communication with a processor 112 and an input / output unit 110 that are likewise in communication with one another. The input / output unit 110 includes basic routines that help to transfer information within the dashboard server 100. The server memory 108 includes a search application 102 that is responsible for obtaining the requested documents for the dashboard server 100. In order to do this, the various documents are tagged as per the various searching criteria. As an example, a particular document could be tagged as technical service bulletin report document type regulatory activity 12, a September 7, 2023 date, an Intemational86002007 product, an auto manufacturer type, and a power unit type. Other tags can be applied to this document as desired, and tags to all of the documents in the database could be further applied. The search application 102 may query the portion tags 114 and the full tags 118 to return all of the tags that are desired.

[0052] The server memory 108 has a tagged portions of documents 104 software module that is a data set of only parts of the document that are set with tags. In this regard, the entire document is not present within the server memory 108, but the relevant portion tags 114 are in fact present within the tagged portions of documents 104. This being the case, the search application 102 can call up the portion tags 114 to identify which documents have the desired tags. This information can be returned by the search application 102 to the website server 122 to indicate to the website server 122 what information to display to the user. Since the actual document may be desired to be viewed by the user, the tagged portions of documents 104 includes an external link document data set 116 that includes a link to an external site that if followed opens up the document in question. The external link document data set 116 can be captured by the search application 102 and then sent toPatent ApplicationInventor: John EmersonAttorney Docket No.: 2024PAT00124US the website server 122 for being viewed by the user and is actionable such that if clicked in the dashboard 10 a separate window is opened on the display and the desired document in the external database 76, 82, 88, 94 is opened. The tagged portions of documents 104 may be abstracts or summaries of the documents.

[0053] The server memory 108 also has a tagged full documents 106 software module that is also searchable by the search application 102. The tagged full documents 106 has the document text 120 that is the entire text of the document (in some embodiments the interpretation letters), and each one of these entire texts is tagged with the full tags 118. The search application 102 may query the full tags 118 and if the desired search criteria is discovered in any of the full tags 118, then the search application 102 will return these tags to the website server 122 along with any of the relevant full document text 120 as per the particular dashboard 10 display.

[0054] The website server 122 operates to generate and present the dashboard 10 on the user interface 72. The search query made by the user on the user interface 72 will be transferred to the website server 122 which will in turn cause the search application 102 to return the correct search results due to the tags in the portion tags 114 and full tags 118. The website server 122 is provisioned with software instructions that display the correct dashboard 10 display to the user at the user interface 72 and the correct content will be returned by the search application 102. The website server 122 can be a software application in the server memory 108 and need not be a separate server or computer from the server memory 108 or outside of the dashboard server 100. In other embodiments, however, the website server 122 is not a software application and may be a separate computer or server that receives search results and transmits them to the user interface 72. As such, the website server 122 may be a computer component or software or otherwise variously configured.

[0055] The system 70 converts very inconvenient and inconsistent formats into a form that is user friendly with search and sort features designed for the needs of manufacturers. The information in the documents is transformed using natural language processing tools. The use of tags on the information classifies the information, and ensures the filtered content is pertinent for the user of the dashboard 10. In order to build the system, a software package can be used to visualize the data. Source code can be used to collect the data from thePatent ApplicationInventor: John EmersonAttorney Docket No.: 2024PAT00124US various databases 76, 82, 88, 94 and transform this data into usable formats by the system 70 for display on the dashboard 10. Comprehensive cross-references are built to categorize the data from these databases 76, 82, 88, 94 by FMVSS, US code, CFR, and NHTSA designations. The tagging of information via the different categories as discussed previously with respect to the description of the dashboard 10 views is a unique approach to achieving a tool useful for a manufacturer.

[0056] Fig. 9 is a block diagram of a portion of the server memory 108 and of a fourth database 94 to show how some of the tagged portions of documents 104 can be processed and handled by the system 70. The fourth database 94 includes fourth documents 98 that are .pdf files of technical service bulletins. These technical service bulletins could be many pages long and are stored in the fourth database 94 as image files. Unfortunately, it is not possible to search .pdf images so to account for this NHTSA may tag these image files for searching. Since the tags may not always be accurate or sufficient, it may be the case that relevant information in the technical service bulletins is missed and searching does not return the correct or most relevant technical service bulletin to the user. The server memory 108 may retrieve the image .pdf 98 and process it within the tagged portions of documents 104 software module. The tagged portions of documents 104 can include an artificial intelligence (Al) conversion module 62 that can read the .pdf image 98. Upon doing so, the Al module 62 produces a one-half page summary of the .pdf image 98 that is in a searchable format. This half page summary is identified in Fig. 9 as the tagged one-page summary of the technical service bulletin 114 and may allow for better searching than the keyword tagging provided by NHTSA of the technical service bulletin.

[0057] An additional feature of the system 70 can now be discussed in relation to the Al conversion module 62 that is separate from that which condenses the .pdf 98 to a searchable format. The various embodiments of the system 70 as discussed allow the user to access the entire text of a particular matter such as the entire text of an article, technical service bulletin, investigation, complaint, recall, interpretation, or otherwise. As an additional feature, the user may be presented with a selection option that if actuated causes the Al conversion module 62 to input the entire text and produce from it a one page, or a one half page, summary of the entire text. This one or one half page summary produced by the Al conversion module 62 and presented to the user on the dashboard 10 can be read to get aPatent ApplicationInventor: John EmersonAttorney Docket No.: 2024PAT00124US general overview of the entire article instead of reading the entire article, or as a compliment to reading the entire article.

[0058] Referring now to Fig. 10, an example block diagram of a computing system 42 is shown that is capable of implementing aspects of the present system. For example, the computing system 42 can be used to implement the user interface 72, the dashboard server 100, or any of the databases 76, 82, 88, 94. The computing system 42 includes at least one central processing unit (CPU) 44, a system memory 52, and a system bus 50 that couples the system memory 52 to the central processing unit 44. The system memory 52 includes a random access memory (RAM) 54 and a read only memory (ROM) 56. A basic input / output system that contains the basic routines that help to transfer information between elements within the computing system 42, such as during startup, is stored in the ROM 56. The computing system 42 includes a mass storage device 61 that is able to store software instructions and data. The mass storage device 61 and its associated computer- readable storage media provide non-volatile, non-transitory data storage for the computing system 42. The computer-readable storage media could be a hard disk, a solid state disk, or any tangible physical device from which the CPU 44 can read data.

[0059] The computer readable storage media may be volatile or non-volatile, removable or non-removable media implemented in any method for storage of information such as computer readable software instructions. Computer readable storage media may include RAM, ROM, EPROM, EEPROM, flash memory or other types of solid state memory, CD- ROMs, DVDs, cassettes, magnetic tape, magnetic disk or any other medium capable of storing information for the computing system 42.

[0060] The computing system 42 may be in a network environment using logical connections to remote network devices through the network 74. The computing system 42 may connect to the network 74 through the network interface unit 46. The computing system 42 includes an input / output unit 48 for receiving and processing input from a number of other devices such as user display screens. The mass storage device 61 and the RAM 54 can store software instructions and data. The software instructions include an operating system 60 suitable for controlling the operation of the computing system 42. The mass storage device 61 has a software application 58 that is executed by the CPU 44 toPatent ApplicationInventor: John EmersonAttorney Docket No.: 2024PAT00124US cause the computing system 42 to provide the functionality of the computing system 42 as discussed herein.

[0061] The present invention improves the functioning of a computer. The generation of the dashboard 10 provides greater efficiency to computing devices used to generate and host a website, as well as to computing devices used to access the website. By providing desired transportation regulatory information in a single location, fewer pages of the website need to be presented to a user, such as a fleet manager, in order to obtain the relevant transportation regulatory information. Fewer websites will need to be accessed in order to obtain the relevant transportation regulatory information, and a single search can be conducted on one instead of having to do multiple different searches on various websites. A user will, on average, click fewer search items and pages of a website in order to find the relevant transportation regulatory information. The present system reduces the processing burden of all computing devices involved.

[0062] Providing a single dashboard 10 that searches and visualizes the data relating to transportation regulatory information and can compare different types of regulatory activities 12 provides advantages over existing user interfaces. Previous user interfaces required a user to switch from multiple views of different data and try to piece different types of data together to both obtain all the relevant transportation regulatory information and to compare the regulatory activity to one another. This requires more time and clicks to interact with data from the websites. The methods, systems, and dashboard 10 of the present disclosure provide improvements with regard to increased flexibility in viewing data, faster data comparisons, and real time data updates. The prior systems required one to use different search databases and use different types of searching from database to database, and did not allow for comparisons of regulatory activity by manufacturer type, make, or to one another. The present system uses searching from a single dashboard 10 that allows for these comparisons, and requires but a single search type be used instead of different searching capability from different websites. The dashboard 10 may be optimized for viewing a fleet of vehicles or products, and not just one vehicle or product.

[0063] The present system therefore improves computer functionality, and improves how the computer stores and retrieves data by using the dashboard 10 and the tagging system with the data being displayed on the dashboard 10. These features are not conventional 1Patent ApplicationInventor: John EmersonAttorney Docket No.: 2024PAT00124US and enable a claimed system to achieve benefits over conventional databases, such as increased flexibility, faster search times, and smaller memory requirements. This is because multiple searches on various websites will not have to be performed, and collection and comparison of data is not even possible with existing systems as no transportation regulatory system even is capable of comparing regulatory activity. Therefore, the system does not simply involve using general purpose computers to implement an abstract idea, but instead provides a solution to a problem in the software arts.

[0064] While the present subject matter has been described in detail with respect to specific embodiments and methods thereof, it will be appreciated that those skilled in the art, upon attaining an understanding of the foregoing may readily produce alterations to, variations of, and equivalents to such embodiments. Accordingly, the scope of the present disclosure is by way of example rather than by way of limitation, and the subject disclosure does not preclude inclusion of such modifications, variations and / or additions to the present subject matter as would be apparent.

Claims

Patent ApplicationInventor: John EmersonAttorney Docket No.: 2024PAT00124USCLAIMSWhat is claimed is:

1. A system for searching highway transportation information, comprising: a user interface; a dashboard server comprising: a search application configured for searching a plurality of tagged portions of documents; a website server configured to generate a dashboard for viewing at the user interface, wherein the website server is configured for receiving communication from the search application and returning searched tagged portions of documents to the user interface; wherein a first one of the tagged portions of documents is a technical service bulletin (TSBS) that is searched by the search application and communicated to the website server and returned to the user interface; and wherein a second one of the tagged portions of documents is a regulatory activity that is searched by the search application and communicated to the website server and returned to the user interface.

2. The system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the dashboard server has a server memory that has the search application and the website server, wherein the plurality of tagged portions of documents are located on the server memory.

3. The system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the plurality of tagged portions of documents has portion tags that identify the plurality of tagged portions of documents and are searched by the search application and communicated to the website server and sent to the user interface for display; wherein the plurality of tagged portions of documents has an external link document data set that has links to external databases that is obtained by the search application and sent to the website server and displayed on the user interface, wherein if actuated at the user interface the links to external databases causes full documents from the external databases to be displayed at the user interface.Patent ApplicationInventor: John EmersonAttorney Docket No.: 2024PAT00124US4. The system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the search application is configured for searching a plurality of tagged full documents; wherein the website server is configured for receiving communication from the search application that is a first one of the tagged full documents and returning the first one of the tagged full documents to the user interface.

5. The system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the regulatory activity is a recall, and wherein the plurality of tagged portions of documents comprising: investigations; and complaints.

6. The system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the plurality of tagged portions of documents comprising: early warning reports (EWRs); final rules; and inconsequential petitions (IPs) receipts.

7. The system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the plurality of tagged portions of documents comprising National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) articles.

8. The system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the plurality of tagged portions of documents comprising interpretation letters.

9. The system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the plurality of tagged portions of documents comprising technical service bulletins (TSBS), and wherein the searched tagged portions of documents returned to the user interface comprising the technical service bulletins (TSBS); wherein the dashboard has a service bulletin display that graphically displays amounts of the technical service bulletins (TSBS) associated with selected products.Patent ApplicationInventor: John EmersonAttorney Docket No.: 2024PAT00124US10. The system as set forth in claim 9, wherein the dashboard has a service bulletin breakdown display that graphically displays amounts of the technical service bulletins (TSBS) for the selected products classified into National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) components; and wherein the dashboard has a service bulletin summary that displays text of a summary of each one of the technical service bulletins (TSBS) and identifies the selected products associated with each one of the technical service bulletins (TSBS).

11. The system as set forth in claim 10, wherein the regulatory activity are recalls, and wherein the plurality of tagged portions of documents comprising complaints and investigations, and wherein the searched tagged portions of documents returned to the user interface comprising the complains, the recalls, and the investigations; wherein the dashboard has a recall display that graphically displays amounts of the recalls associated with the selected products; wherein the dashboard has a complaint display that graphically displays amounts of the complaints associated with the selected products; and wherein the dashboard has an investigation display that graphically displays amounts of the investigations associated with the selected products.

12. The system as set forth in claim 5, wherein the plurality of tagged portions of documents comprising technical service bulletins (TSBS) and recalls, and wherein the searched tagged portions of documents returned to the user interface comprising the technical service bulletins (TSBS), the recalls, the investigations and the complaints; wherein the dashboard has a complaint display that displays text of a summary of each one of the complaints and identifies the selected products associated with each one of the complaints; wherein the dashboard has a service bulletin display that displays text of a summary of each one of the technical service bulletins (TSBS) andPatent ApplicationInventor: John EmersonAttorney Docket No.: 2024PAT00124US identifies the selected products associated with each one of the technical service bulletins (TSBS); wherein the dashboard has a recall display that displays text of a description, a consequence of having the defect, and corrective action of the recalls and identifies the selected products associated with each one of the recalls; wherein the dashboard has an investigation display that displays text of a summary of the investigations and identifies the selected products associated with each one of the investigations; and a graphical summary display that graphically displays amounts of the complaints, the technical service bulletins (TSBS), the recalls, and the investigations associated with each one of the selected products.

13. The system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the dashboard server receives a .pdf image of a technical service bulletin (TSBS), and wherein the dashboard server has an artificial intelligence module to process the .pdf image and produce a searchable summary of the technical service bulletin (TSBS) that is the first one of the tagged portions of documents.

14. A system for searching highway transportation information, comprising: a user interface; a dashboard server comprising: a search application configured for searching a plurality of tagged full documents; a website server configured to generate a dashboard for viewing at the user interface, wherein the website server is configured for receiving communication from the search application and returning searched tagged full documents to the user interface; wherein a first one of the tagged full documents is a technical service bulletin (TSBS) that is searched by the search application and communicated to the website server and returned to the user interface;Patent ApplicationInventor: John EmersonAttorney Docket No.: 2024PAT00124US wherein a second one of the tagged full documents is a regulatory activity that is searched by the search application and communicated to the website server and returned to the user interface.

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