Attorney Recommendation Platform for Patent Selection

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Solution Overview

Problem

The patent agency industry faces a serious information asymmetry problem, making it inefficient and difficult for clients to accurately and quickly select suitable patent attorneys due to limited and unreliable information about their professional levels.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus for information interaction that establishes attorney and client information bases, allowing for the matching of attorney demand information with historical application information to generate a list of recommended patent attorneys, ensuring rapid and accurate recommendations.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If clients rely on introductory information about patent attorneys provided by agencies, then they can obtain some basic information, but the information is not credible and cannot guarantee the professional level of attorneys

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation credibilityVSAvoidprofessional level information
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an information processing platform as an intermediary between clients and patent attorneys. This platform independently verifies and processes attorney information, including professional qualifications, case handling experience, and client feedback, to generate objective evaluation results. The platform acts as a neutral mediator that provides credible information to clients, solving the problem of unreliable agency-provided information while maintaining information flow between clients and attorneys.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If clients want to accurately select suitable patent attorneys, then they need reliable professional level information, but the selection process becomes time-consuming and inefficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveattorney selection accuracyVSAvoidselection time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements preliminary action by having the information processing platform pre-collect, verify, and evaluate patent attorney information before clients need to select attorneys. The platform proactively gathers data on attorney qualifications, case handling performance, and client feedback, then processes this information to generate evaluation results and rankings in advance. When clients need to select attorneys, they can immediately access pre-prepared credible information, achieving accurate selection without time-consuming manual verification.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent transforms qualitative attorney attributes into quantifiable evaluation parameters. The platform converts attorney professional level, case handling experience, and client satisfaction into measurable indicators with specific weights. By changing the representation from subjective descriptions to objective numerical parameters, the system enables precise comparison and ranking of attorneys, improving selection accuracy while reducing the time clients need to spend evaluating multiple attorneys.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Quantity of substance

If agencies provide extensive information about patent attorneys, then clients have more data to choose from, but it becomes difficult and inefficient for clients to select suitable attorneys from large amounts of information

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation quantityVSAvoidselection ease
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies segmentation by dividing the comprehensive attorney evaluation into multiple distinct dimensions and indicators. The information processing platform separates attorney assessment into categories such as professional qualifications, case handling experience, client feedback, and specialization areas. Each dimension is evaluated independently and presented to clients as structured, organized data. This segmentation allows clients to easily navigate and compare attorney information across different criteria without being overwhelmed by a mass of unorganized data.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent transforms extensive qualitative information about patent attorneys into standardized quantitative parameters with defined measurement scales and weightings. The platform converts attributes like "professional level" and "case handling capability" into measurable indicators that can be objectively compared. By changing the form of information representation from unstructured text to structured parameters, the system maintains rich information content while dramatically improving ease of comparison and selection for clients.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS20240144405A1Method for information interaction, device, and storage medium
Publication Date: 2024.05.02 NOZO GROUP CO LTD
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AI summary

The present disclosure provides a method for information interaction, including: establishing an attorney information base, attorney information including an attorney professional level; establishing a client information base including information of a plurality of clients, and information of each client includes historical application information; obtaining attorney demand information of a target client, and matching the attorney demand information and the historical application information corresponding to the target client with the attorney information in the attorney information base to generate an attorney list that is matched; and returning the attorney list to a client terminal. This method realizes rapid and accurate attorney recommendation for the client. In addition, an apparatus for information interaction, a device, and a storage medium are provided.