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Patent Analytics & Beyond. Providing Context for Information. The BlackBerry Patents. Five patents on the subject of RF communication with mobile processors Judge threatened an injunction which would have forced RIM/Blackberry to shut down service - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Almaden Services Research
© 2008 IBM Corporation
Patent Analytics & Beyond
Providing Context for Information
Almaden Services Research
© 2008 IBM Corporation
The BlackBerry Patents
Five patents on the subject of RF communication with mobile processors
Judge threatened an injunction which would have forced RIM/Blackberry to shut down service
On the surface they appear to read very directly on RIM’s business
But are these patents really what they appear to be?
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Claims Originality of Blackberry Patent
All five patents have very lengthy, extensive claim language, around electronic mail devices
Very little text in these claims is original.
Taking context into consideration, the technical merit of these patents is questionable.
$120M / patent licensed an appropriate valuation?
Term First OccurredDifference in Days
Support
application programs stored 7/25/1995 644 14
information added 8/20/1991 2079 50
interface stores 4/29/1997 0 30
network storing 10/15/1991 2023 167
information network 12/25/1990 2317 86
network information 12/25/1990 2317 135
application program stored 7/25/1995 644 14
mail systems 5/23/1995 707 66
adds information 7/25/1995 644 10
destination transmits 7/25/1995 644 20
processors occurs 4/29/1997 0 3
information accessible 11/6/1990 2366 79
electronic mail 7/11/1995 658 133
interface switch 7/25/1995 644 18
network switch 7/30/1991 2100 91
gateway switch 7/25/1995 644 27
transmitting originated 1/1/1991 2310 39
stored originated 7/25/1995 644 19
interface receiving 9/28/1993 1309 243
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Other examples of how text analysis can provide context
Identify related content Taxonomy Creation Synonym Generation Duplicate Detection Emerging issues Correlations between
structured and unstructured data
Orthogonal Filtering Significance based
Alerts
The need for information context is not confined to Patents
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HBO TV Series: The Wire
Thesis: many of societies most systemic problems are enabled by poor/inaccurate/incomplete information about what is really going on.
–Law enforcement–The “Street”–Government–Education–Judiciary–Local Press
The decline of mainstream media may indicate this problem is going to get worse.
Video
“The bigger the lie, the more they believe”- Detective William “Bunk” Moreland
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Is widespread information availability the solution or the problem?
The good news–Largely homogeneous access to the same information
–Largely unfiltered by any controlling authority
–Limitless diversity of opinion and endless discussion
–The community will police itself.
–“Wisdom of Crowds”
The not so good news–Shrinking market share of traditional media
–Lack of vetting
–Individuals tend to seek out information sources having similar views
–Greater potential rewards of purposeful deception
–Lies based on accurate information are harder to detect
Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn't mean you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar. – Edward R. Murrow
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Today’s information context challenges
PhishingJunk InformationNews/publishing
FakeryComplex/Opaque
financial vehiclesTargeted Personal
Finance SchemesCriminal Fakery
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The Vegemite Ban ExampleInnovating with “Misinformation”
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Vegemite Ban: the long tail (tale)
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Some News Sources Confirm
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The Denial (10/25/06)
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And the Discussion goes on…is it, or isn’t it banned?
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Tracing the Source
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Providing Information Context as a Service
Service Systems Framework
–Co Creation of Value Information Service Supply
Chain Factors Effecting Service
System Evolution–Technology change
–Economic shifts
–Culture
–Globalization
–Community Pressures
–Market Competition
–Governance
Source: Prof. Stephen Kwan, SJSU
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Credibility Scoring (“net cred”)
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Conclusions
Information without proper context can cause errors, confusion, and even serious economic disruption
We have demonstrated how text analysis in the patent space can help provide context far more effectively than manual methods
We feel these methods generalize to other types of unstructured information
The ability to provide better information context and validation will be key to individual and corporate survival in a world where a smaller and smaller percentage of information comes from “authoritative” sources.