KNOWLEDGE-MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR LAW FIRMS

Patent №

US 8,126,818

Granted

2012-02-28

Filed 2003

Owner

WEST PUBLISHING COMPANY, DBA THOMSON WEST

+4 more

Lab

AI components

3

nlp · kr · planning

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

10751269

The present inventors devised unique systems, methods, interfaces, and software for managing and leveraging knowledge in law firms and potentially other enterprises. For example, one system provides a single user interface for researching case law for online legal research service and identifying and accessing law-firm documents.

AI classification

Natural language1.00
Planning1.00
Knowledge representation0.98
Machine learning0.03
AI hardware0.03
Evolutionary computation0.02
Vision0.01
Speech0.00

Ownership

WEST PUBLISHING COMPANY, DBA THOMSON WEST

assignment · 203570539

WEST SERVICES, INC.

assignment · 208160224

THOMSON REUTERS GLOBAL RESOURCES

assignment · 344440842

THOMSON REUTERS GLOBAL RESOURCES UNLIMITED COMPANY

namechg · 443000218

THOMSON REUTERS ENTERPRISE CENTRE GMBH

assignment · 520620625

Assignors

RHOADS, FORREST, LIGGETT, TRACE

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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