public static string readOthersData(string[,] masterInventorList)
{
String lineOfFile; // this is the file of others' document data.
{
//string temp = masterInventorList[0, 0]; // this works! Can see mIL.
//var fileName = string.Format("{0}\\goodotherdata100-short.csv", Directory.GetCurrentDirectory());
var fileName = string.Format("{0}\\goodotherdata100-fake.csv", Directory.GetCurrentDirectory());
string patentNumber, patentDate11, inventorNames, assignee, patentTitle, APD, CPCcodes;
using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(fileName))
{
string currentLine;
// currentLine will be null when the StreamReader reaches the end of file
string[,] masterRiskList = new string[10000, 24]; // store others' docouments of concern
int concernedEntryCounter = 0;
string docPath = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments);
//fileOut = new System.IO.StreamWriter("out1.txt");
while ((currentLine = sr.ReadLine()) != null)
{
(patentNumber, patentDate11, inventorNames, assignee, patentTitle, APD, CPCcodes) = getOthersFields(currentLine);
//return (patentNumber, patentDate11, inventorNames, assignee, patentTitle, APD, CPCcodes);
// iterate over inventor names
// create other versions of names
// split "inventors" into as many full names as there are inventors
string[] inventorsFullNames;
int numberInventors;
inventorsFullNames = inventorNames.Split(';');
numberInventors = inventorsFullNames.Length;
bool somethingToWrite = false;
for (int i = 1; i < numberInventors + 1; i++)
{
string fullName = inventorsFullNames[i - 1];
string lastName, firstName, middleName;
//
// delete addresses (in parentheses)
// delete quote and commas
//
string regex = "(\\[.*\\])|(\".*\")|('.*')|(\\(.*\\))";
string fullName_cleaned = Regex.Replace(fullName, regex, "");
fullName_cleaned = Regex.Replace(fullName_cleaned, @",", ""); // remove commas
fullName_cleaned = fullName_cleaned.Trim('"'); // delete quotes
fullName_cleaned = fullName_cleaned.Replace(".", string.Empty); // delete periods
fullName_cleaned = fullName_cleaned.Replace("-", string.Empty); // delete hyphens
fullName_cleaned = fullName_cleaned.ToUpper(); // convert to upper
string[] inventorNameFragments;
inventorNameFragments = fullName_cleaned.Split(' ');
int numberOfNameFragments = inventorNameFragments.Length;
lastName = inventorNameFragments[0];
try
{
firstName = inventorNameFragments[1];
}
catch
{
firstName = "";
}
try
{
middleName = inventorNameFragments[2];
}
catch
{
middleName = "";
}
// DETERMINE NAME OPTIONS FOR THIS "OTHER" DOCUMENT.
string space = Convert.ToString(' ');
string LFM, LF, LF1; // LFM = Last, First, Middle, LF = last first, LF1 = last and first letter of first.
string LFM1, LF1M1; // LFM1 = last first middle initial, LF1M1 = last and first initial and middle initial
LFM = String.Concat(lastName, space, firstName, space, middleName);
LF = String.Concat(lastName, space, firstName);
try {
LF1 = String.Concat(lastName, space, firstName.Substring(0, 1));
}
catch
{
LF1 = lastName;
}
try
{
LFM1 = String.Concat(lastName, space, firstName, space, middleName.Substring(0, 1));
}
catch
{
LFM1 = "";
}
try
{
LF1M1 = String.Concat(lastName, space, firstName.Substring(0, 1), space, middleName.Substring(0, 1));
}
catch
{
LF1M1 = "";
}
// Is this inventor (an "other" inventor) named in masterInventorList in any way?
// Putting it another way:
// 1. earlier, we read a group of "our" patent documents
// 2. from "our" list, we created masterInventorList[i, j]
// 3. mIL contains various spellings of our inventor names, and bibliographic data from their patents
// 4. the comments below show where this info is located in mIL (LF1 - e.g., means Last name + Initial of first name.)
// masterInventorList[presentRowNumber, 0] = LFM;
// masterInventorList[presentRowNumber, 1] = LF;
// masterInventorList[presentRowNumber, 2] = LF1;
// masterInventorList[presentRowNumber, 3] = LFM1;
// masterInventorList[presentRowNumber, 4] = LF1M1;
// masterInventorList[presentRowNumber, 5] = patentNo;
// masterInventorList[presentRowNumber, 6] = title;
// masterInventorList[presentRowNumber, 7] = date1;
// masterInventorList[presentRowNumber, 8] = date2;
// masterInventorList[presentRowNumber, 9] = assignee;
// masterInventorList[presentRowNumber, 10] = inventorString;
// masterInventorList[presentRowNumber, 11] = CPCcodes;
//
// 5. At this point (in the instant method -- readOthersData -- we have one row of a record of others'
// patent publications in a relevant time period and CPC group.
// 6. What we want to determine now -- DO ANY OF "OUR" INVENTORS NAMES "MATCH" THE NAME OF THE PRESENT (OTHER) PUBLICATION?
// IF YES, THEN FLAG THIS OTHER RECORD AS A POSSIBLE THEFT FROM US.
//
// Iterate through masterInventorList, looking for matches.
suspicionLevel thisSuspicion;
thisSuspicion = suspicionLevel.Low;
for (int j = 0; j < 15; j++) // to do -- need to set "1000" correctly
{
string temp1 = masterInventorList[1, 0];
string ourName, concerningName;
ourName = LFM.Trim();
concerningName = masterInventorList[j, 0];
try
{
concerningName = concerningName.Trim();
}
catch
{
concerningName = "nooneMatchesThis";
}
if (ourName == concerningName)
{
// match of complete name -- classify as highly suspicous
thisSuspicion = suspicionLevel.High;
masterRiskList[concernedEntryCounter, 0] = thisSuspicion.ToString();
masterRiskList[concernedEntryCounter, 1] = patentNumber;
masterRiskList[concernedEntryCounter, 2] = patentDate11;
masterRiskList[concernedEntryCounter, 3] = inventorNames;
masterRiskList[concernedEntryCounter, 4] = assignee;
masterRiskList[concernedEntryCounter, 5] = patentTitle;
masterRiskList[concernedEntryCounter, 6] = APD;
masterRiskList[concernedEntryCounter, 7] = CPCcodes;
//to do - there are many more fields to store
}
else if (thisSuspicion != suspicionLevel.High && ((LF.Trim() == masterInventorList[j, 1])) || (LF1.Trim() == masterInventorList[j, 2]))
{
// match of last and first names -- classify as moderately suspicous
thisSuspicion = suspicionLevel.Medium;
masterRiskList[concernedEntryCounter, 1] = thisSuspicion.ToString();
//to do - there are many more fields to store
}
}
if (thisSuspicion.ToString() != suspicionLevel.Low.ToString()) // have we logged this "other" publication?
{
// we have stored this publication as suspicious, so
// increment the pointer for that table
// if there is something to write, write it.
string vertBar = Convert.ToString('|');
string lineToWrite;
string a, b, d, c, e, f, g, h;
a = masterRiskList[concernedEntryCounter, 0];
b = masterRiskList[concernedEntryCounter, 1];
c = masterRiskList[concernedEntryCounter, 2];
d = masterRiskList[concernedEntryCounter, 3];
e = masterRiskList[concernedEntryCounter, 4];
f = masterRiskList[concernedEntryCounter, 5];
g = masterRiskList[concernedEntryCounter, 6];
h = masterRiskList[concernedEntryCounter, 7];
lineToWrite = String.Concat(a, vertBar, b, vertBar, c, vertBar, d, vertBar, e, vertBar, f, vertBar, g, vertBar, h);
using (StreamWriter outputFile = new StreamWriter(Path.Combine(docPath, "out2.txt"), true))
{
outputFile.WriteLine(lineToWrite);
}
concernedEntryCounter += 1;
}
}
} // end of while loop.
}
}
lineOfFile = "test";
return(lineOfFile); // return the data.
}
public static void processRecord(string record1, ref int presentRowNumber, string[,] masterInventorList)
// this is processRecord(string record1)
{
String patentNo, lastName, firstName, middleName, title, date1, date2, assignee, inventorString, CPCcodes;
int numberInventors;
string LFM, LF, LF1; // LFM = Last, First, Middle, LF = last first, LF1 = last and first letter of first.
string LFM1, LF1M1; // LFM1 = last first middle initial, LF1M1 = last and first initial and middle initial
LFM = "";
LF = ""; LF1 = ""; LFM1 = ""; LF1M1 = "";
// there should be five/six "|" in here.
// no -> error
// yes -> split into fields
(patentNo, title, date1, date2, assignee, inventorString, CPCcodes) = findFields(record1);
// split "inventors" into as many full names as there are inventors
string[] inventorsFullNames;
inventorsFullNames = inventorString.Split(';');
numberInventors = inventorsFullNames.Length;
// create other versions of names
for (int i = 1; i < numberInventors + 1; i++)
{
string fullName = inventorsFullNames[i - 1];
//
// delete addresses (in parentheses)
// delete quote and commas
//
string regex = "(\\[.*\\])|(\".*\")|('.*')|(\\(.*\\))";
string fullName_cleaned = Regex.Replace(fullName, regex, "");
fullName_cleaned = Regex.Replace(fullName_cleaned, @",", ""); // remove commas
fullName_cleaned = fullName_cleaned.Trim('"'); // delete quotes
fullName_cleaned = fullName_cleaned.Replace(".", string.Empty); // delete periods
fullName_cleaned = fullName_cleaned.Replace("-", string.Empty); // delete hyphens
fullName_cleaned = fullName_cleaned.ToUpper(); // convert to upper
string[] inventorNameFragments;
inventorNameFragments = fullName_cleaned.Split(' ');
int numberOfNameFragments = inventorNameFragments.Length;
lastName = inventorNameFragments[0];
firstName = inventorNameFragments[1];
middleName = inventorNameFragments[2];
// save flattened list of documents and names
string space = Convert.ToString(' ');
LFM = String.Concat(lastName, space, firstName, space, middleName);
LF = String.Concat(lastName, space, firstName);
LF1 = String.Concat(lastName, space, firstName.Substring(0, 1));
try
{
LFM1 = String.Concat(lastName, space, firstName, space, middleName.Substring(0, 1));
}
catch
{
LFM1 = "";
}
try
{
LF1M1 = String.Concat(lastName, space, firstName.Substring(0, 1), space, middleName.Substring(0, 1));
}
catch
{
LF1M1 = "";
}
// here we have all the info for one line of the masterInventorTable
//--------all the name versions for one intentor
//--------all the info. on one patent publicaiton.
//
try
{
masterInventorList[presentRowNumber, 0] = LFM.Trim();
}
catch
{
masterInventorList[presentRowNumber, 0] = LFM;
}
try
{
masterInventorList[presentRowNumber, 1] = LF.Trim();
}
catch
{
masterInventorList[presentRowNumber, 1] = LF;
}
try
{
masterInventorList[presentRowNumber, 2] = LF1.Trim();
}
catch
{
masterInventorList[presentRowNumber, 2] = LF1;
}
try
{
masterInventorList[presentRowNumber, 3] = LFM1.Trim();
}
catch
{
masterInventorList[presentRowNumber, 3] = LFM1;
}
try
{
masterInventorList[presentRowNumber, 4] = LF1M1.Trim();
}
catch
{
masterInventorList[presentRowNumber, 4] = LF1M1;
}
;
masterInventorList[presentRowNumber, 5] = patentNo;
masterInventorList[presentRowNumber, 6] = title;
masterInventorList[presentRowNumber, 7] = date1;
masterInventorList[presentRowNumber, 8] = date2;
masterInventorList[presentRowNumber, 9] = assignee;
masterInventorList[presentRowNumber, 10] = inventorString;
masterInventorList[presentRowNumber, 11] = CPCcodes;
presentRowNumber += 1;
}
return;
}