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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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Page 1: Patent Analytics & Beyond

Almaden Services Research

© 2008 IBM Corporation

Patent Analytics & Beyond

Providing Context for Information

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© 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.