11. The method of claim 10 wherein the statistical data comprises financial data related to one or more patents owned by an entity.
10. A computer implemented method of obtaining one or more statistical snapshots of patent document data, the method comprising: a) a user entering a search string and display preference to a specialized computer system, wherein the user preferences comprise specific instructions corresponding to at least one of font size, text color, and background of output information; b) the specialized computer system retrieving the patent document data based on the search string; and c) the specialized computer system generating statistical data based on the patent document data; d) the specialized computer system generating search result documents and analyzing the search result documents to: identify identities of key individuals involved in developing technology disclosed in the search result documents; perform at least one of: sorting the search result documents based on user defined criteria; and ranking of the search result documents based on the disclosed technology, the search result documents comprising cross reference and triangulation information pertaining to the search criteria, a textual description of each of the search result documents, the identities of the identified key individuals, and a statistical representation of one or more of the search result documents in a single view based on the display preference, wherein the search result documents comprise a user selected search criteria selected from a group comprising financial data based upon an entity's portfolio of intellectual property, search result documents cross referenced to the entity, and user selected category of user selected criteria.