System and method for managing intellectual property

US7797253B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

• Scott M. Frank · Dunwoody, US
• Carol T. Beckham · Marietta, US
• Christopher M. Arena · Duluth, US
• Martin L. McLendon · Tucker, US
• Shannon M. Short · Atlanta, US
• JoAnn M. Sherman · New Boston, US
• Steven Overcash · Grayson, US
• Michael Bishop · Atlanta, US
• Vernon Meadows · Lilburn, US
• LaVeria Baker · Atlanta, US
• Amy L. Sherwood · Marietta, US
• Mary Van Ehrlich · Atlanta, US
• Michael Charles Stevens · San Jose, US
• Adam Jaffe · Mayfield Heights, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 30, 2005
• Grant date: Sep 14, 2010
• Expiry date: Apr 30, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q50/184
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to methods and systems for intellectual property management. In an embodiment, a system includes an intellectual property asset inventory system to manage an inventory of intellectual property assets. A product inventory system manages an inventory of products, where the inventory of products correspond to a plurality of products and one or more of the products of the plurality of products are associated with one or more of the intellectual property assets of the plurality of intellectual property assets. A marketing management system manages a plurality of marketing projects, where one or more of the marketing projects of the plurality of marketing projects are associated with at least one of (i) one or more products of the plurality of products, and (ii) one or more intellectual property assets of the plurality of intellectual property assets.