5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the first entity type is attorney/agent and the second entity type is assignee.
1. A computer-implemented method for generating an interactive patent data summary report, the interactive report comprising data for each of a plurality of years on a target law firm entity, the method comprising: a. receiving first information, wherein the first information is indicative of the target law firm entity, wherein the target law firm entity is of a first entity type; b. using one or more processors to issue one or more database system queries, at least one of the one or more queries comprising at least a portion of the first information to a database system comprising at least one database table stored on a computer readable medium to identify a plurality of company entity records, the plurality of company entity records being a subset of all company entity records stored in the at least one database table and comprising information on a plurality of company entities being assignees of at least one of a plurality of patent documents, wherein the target law firm entity being an attorney listed on each of the plurality of patent documents, each of the plurality of company entities being of a second entity type and wherein the subset of the stored all company entity records constituting the plurality of company entity records is determined using the issued one or more database system queries; c. using the one or more processors for extracting the information on the plurality of company entities from the plurality of company entity records; d. incorporating using the one or more processors the extracted information on at least two of the plurality of company entities of the second entity type into the interactive report; e. using the one or more processors for determining, for each pair comprising a year from the plurality of years and a company entity from at least two of the plurality of company entities, a quantity of patent documents in the plurality of patent documents corresponding to the pair, each of the plurality of patent documents listing the target law firm entity as an attorney; f. generating using the one or more processors a graphical chart, the graphical chart incorporating, for each pair comprising the year of the plurality of years and the company entity from the at least two of the plurality of company entities, a graphical representation of the determined quantity of patent documents; g. incorporating using the one or more processors the generated graphical chart into the interactive report or associating the graphical chart with the interactive report; and h. causing the interactive report to be provided to the user, wherein the interactive report comprises a user interface portion usable in connection with a web browser; wherein the interactive report comprises a plurality of information items capable of being activated by the user, the plurality of information items forming the user interface portion of the interactive report; and wherein receipt of an indication that at least one information item of the plurality of information items of the user interface portion of the interactive report has been activated by the user causes the one or more processors to generate a second report based on the activated information item and cause the second report to be provided to the user.