Business Intelligence: Patent, Trend, and Business Opportunity Analysis

BI (Business Intelligence) is an umbrella terms that include applications, infrastructure, and tools, and best practices that enable access to and analysis of information to improve and optimize decisions and performance and sense the potential pros and cons of enterprises. The application covers a wide range of areas, including inventory management, logistics management, hotel management, finance services, customer services, eShopping, online payment, commercial marketing, and healthcare. This report provides an overview of BI and thorough patent mining results that reflect major vendors' patent deployment status and technology readiness.

Table of Contents
1. Patent Mining
1.1 Patent Search
1.1.1 Selecting a Patent Database
1.1.2 Identifying Search Keywords
1.1.3 Data Selection
1.1.4 Data Analysis
2. Trends Analysis Using Data Mining
2.1.1 Analysis of Trends by Country
2.1.2 Analysis of Trends by Field
2.1.3 Analysis of Trends by Key Technology
2.1.4 Analysis of Trends by Relevant Technology
3. Conclusion
3.1 BI Patents are More Commonly Used in Computer Technology, Followed by IT Methods for Management
3.2 Natural Language Data Processing is the Most Commonly Used Technology for BI, Followed by Expert Systems
Appendix
Glossary of Terms
List of Companies
List of Tables
Table 1 BI Patent Key Technology/Relevant Technology Matrix Analysis: International Assignees
Table 2 BI Patent Key Technology/Relevant Technology Matrix Analysis: Taiwanese Assignees
List of Figures
Figure 1: BI Patent Distribution Share by Country
Figure 2: BI Patent Distribution Share by Field: International Assignees
Figure 3: BI Patent Distribution Share by Field: Taiwanese Assignees
Figure 4: BI Patent Distribution Share by Key Technology: International Assignees
Figure 5: BI Patent Distribution Share by Key Technology: Taiwanese Assignees
Figure 6: BI Patent Distribution Share by Key Technology: International Assignees
Figure 7: BI Patent Distribution Share by Key Technology: Taiwanese Assignees

List of topics:

Analysis of 1,791 BI (Business Intelligence) patents submitted by international assignees and approved by the USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office)
Patent distribution share by country, by sector, and by technology field, and includes patent counts by key and relevant technology