Pay-for-access legal research system with access to open web content
US11386471B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 5, 2006 |
| Grant date | Jul 12, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 26, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/06
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
To facilitate legal research, companies, such as Thomson West provide subscription-based (pay-for-access) online information-retrieval systems. Seeking to improve these and related systems, the present inventors recognized researchers often need to access open web content that is outside their subscription-based system. Accordingly, the present inventors devised systems, methods, and software that automatically search for and identify open web documents in response to queries within the subscription-based system and/or automatically search for and identify pay-for-access content in response to receiving open web queries.
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