Geographic Map Visualization for IP Rights Data Analysis
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems fail to effectively visualize and interpret large volumes of intellectual property data, limiting the ability to understand geographic distribution and commercial activity related to intellectual property rights, despite advancements in data storage and recording.
Innovation Solution
A data processing system utilizing a geographic map interface that allows users to filter and visualize intellectual property data by geographic area, enabling users to pan, zoom, and restrict data based on criteria such as filing date, technology, and industry, providing macro information and trends.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If large volumes of intellectual property data are stored and recorded, then data storage capacity is improved, but data interpretation and extrapolation ability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a geographic map visualization as an intermediary layer between raw IP data and user analysis. The map serves as a mediator that transforms complex tabular IP data into spatial patterns, making it easier to detect geographic distribution trends without requiring direct interpretation of large datasets. Users interact with visual markers on the map rather than processing raw data records.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs color-coded markers on the geographic map to represent different IP data characteristics. Different colors indicate various IP types, filing statuses, or geographic regions, enabling users to quickly interpret patterns in large datasets through visual differentiation rather than examining individual data records.
2Loss of information
If detailed IP data is displayed in list format, then data completeness is improved, but user ability to expediently digest meaning deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments IP data into multiple visual elements on the geographic map, including markers for individual IP records, color coding for data categories, and overlay information panels. This segmentation allows users to process information in parallel visual chunks rather than sequentially through lists, significantly reducing digestion time while maintaining data completeness through interactive detail viewing.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from one-dimensional list-based data presentation to two-dimensional geographic map visualization. By adding the spatial dimension, the system enables users to perceive patterns, clusters, and distributions that are not visible in linear lists, accelerating comprehension while preserving full data information that can be accessed through map interactions.
Data Source
AI summary
A system (10) to visualize data from an IP rights database as a geographic map having a viewable area. A map display change monitor (23) receives a map change message in relation to a change in the viewable area of the geographic map and generates a display change notification, which includes the geographic coordinates of the current viewable area of the geographic map. An IP rights generator (37) generates a list of IP rights from the IP rights database, in which the geographic address of at least one owner of each IP right is within the geographic area defined by the current map coordinates and also restricts the list of IP rights based on one or more restriction criteria related to the IP rights to form a restricted list of IP rights. An information display generator (26) generates and displays one or more data visualizations derived from the restricted list of IP rights and updates data visualizations upon receiving each successive display change notification.