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Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 08, 2014
Applicant:

Iprova Sarl, Lausanne, CH;

Inventors:

Debmalya Biswas, Lausanne, CH;

Julian C. Nolan, Pully, CH;

Matthew J. Lawrenson, Bussingny, CH;

Assignee:

IPROVA SARL, Lausanne, CH;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 16/2457 (2019.01); G06F 16/35 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/24578 (2019.01); G06F 16/35 (2019.01);
Abstract

According to the present invention there is provided a computer-enabled method of assisting to generate an innovation, the method comprising the steps of: retrieving from a database a first set of more than two documents belonging to a first domain (D); retrieving from said database a second set of more than two documents belonging to a second domain (D); selecting all possible combinations of documents from the first set with all documents in said second set, and for each combination of documents: determining a composite novelty score, a composite proximity score and a composite impact score; and based on all of the determined composite novelty scores and/or composite proximity scores and/or composite impact scores, providing a recommendation which can assist to generate an innovation.


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