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Updated: Jun 23, 2005 |
Preferences are your preferred settings for a variety of search, display and account options on Delphion.
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All users can set one or more preferences for working on Delphion. Account Administrators can set preferences for their entire account, while individual users can set their own preferences only.
Unlimited subscribers, both individuals and those who are part of Group Accounts, are able to take advantage of all available preset options.
Premier subscribers, both individuals and those who are part of Group Accounts, can utilize all preset preferences options except SSL On/SSL Off.
Basic users can only preset Auto Log In and FastBuy preferences.
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Setting preferences in advance saves you time and effort by eliminating the need to make the same changes to the default selections every time you access a form. They can also help eliminate careless little mistakes (like forgetting to choose a needed collection) that can necessitate re-running queries.
Once your preferences are set, each time you log into Delphion you will find your preferred settings already populated on the forms.
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Once you are logged in, go to My Account. In the first group of entries, under Account Information, choose the Preferences link. The Change Preferences page will display.
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Use the top portion of the Change Preferences page to set your Basic Preferences:
The following explains the Basic Preferences that can be preset:
| Initial Landing Page |
Research Main Page
Quick/Number Form
Boolean Form
Advanced Form
Derwent Boolean
Derwent Number
Derwent Advanced
Work File Admin
Saved Searches |
Determines what page you "land" on after logging in. |
| Auto Log In |
Auto Log In (on)
-Or
Do Not Auto Log In (off) |
Automatically logs you into Delphion; whenever you go to www.delphion.com — you are not be required to enter your User Name or Password.
See our FAQ on Auto Log In for additional information. |
| SSL |
SSL On
-Or
SSL Off |
Delphion automatically provides Secured Sockets Layer (SSL) connections for Unlimited level subscribers. Turning SSL Off may improve performance over slower connections.
See our FAQ on Security, Privacy & Reliability for additional information. |
| FastBuy Confirmations |
On or Off for each:
PDF download
Patent family legal status
Derwent WPI Search
Derwent full record view
National collections PDF
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When On, Delphion will ask you to confirm each purchase of the specified item. When Off, purchase can be made without additional confirmation. |
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Use the center portion of the Change Preferences page to set your Forms and Result Set Preferences:
The following explains the Forms and Result Set Preferences that can be preset:
| Collections |
US (Granted)
US (Applications)
European (Granted)
European (Applications)
WIPO PCT Publications
Abstracts of Japan
German (Granted)
German (Applications)
INPADOC |
Presets the collections to be searched, can always be overridden on the search forms themselves.
Choosing INPADOC overrides all other collections shown with check boxes (see For INPADOC below). |
| Front pages or full text |
Front pages
-Or
Full text including claims |
Only valid for full-text collections (US, EP, German and PCT). Presets your choice of front pages or full text (including claims).
For value-add collections (INPADOC and Derwent), the entire record is always searched. |
| For INPADOC |
All countries
-Or
One country from the drop down list |
Choosing All countries will search all INPADOC world signatories. Or you can choose to search just one of the INPADOC countries. |
| Setting date ranges |
Publication Date
Filed Date
Priority Date |
Choose to preset the date range for your searches.
Leave the To fields as year, month, and day to have to dates default to the present day. |
| Publication Number Search |
US, EP, WO, JP or DE collections
-Or
Over 60 individual countries |
This is for the Quick/Number search form and is used to search for one specific patent number — which is why you cannot select multiple collections. |
| Patent Fields |
Show presets the fields to be displayed on the Result Set, your choices are:
Thumbnail
Title
Derwent Title
Abstract
Assignee
Pub. Date
Filed Date
Priority Date
IPC Code
Score
Sort by presets the order in which you want the patent records shown, your choices are:
Score
Pub. Number
Title
Assignee
Pub. Date
Filed Date
Priority Date
IPC Code
Items per page presets the number of records to be show on each page, your choices are:
10
20
50
100
200 |
Preset these fields to customize the display on your Result Set.
See our Result Set Features Help page for additional information. |
| Derwent Fields |
Show presets the fields to be displayed on the Result Set, your choices are:
Thumbnail
Derwent Title
Inventor
Assignee
Score
Pub. No.
Pub. Date
Update
IPC Code
Sort by presets the order in which you want the patent records shown, your choices are:
Score
Pub. Number
Title
Assignee
Pub. Date
Filed Date
Priority Date
IPC Code
Items per page presets the number of records to be show on each page, your choices are:
10
20
50
100
200 |
Preset these fields to customize the display on your Result Set.
See our Result Set Features Help page for additional information. |
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Use the lower portion of the Change Preferences page to set your Tools Preferences:
The following explains the Tools Preferences that can be preset:
| Date Extract |
Default format
Available fields (display only)
Chosen fields |
Use these fields to preset the options you want used whenever you request a Data Extract.
See our Using Data Extract Help page for a complete explanation of the fields and their importance. |
| Snapshot |
Summarize by
Sort by
Display results |
Use these fields to preset the options you want used whenever you request a Snapshot.
See our Using Snapshot Help page for a complete explanation of the fields and their importance. |
| Clustering |
Number of clusters |
Use these fields to preset the number of clusters you want created when you use Text Clustering.
See our Text Clustering Help page for more details. |
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Individual users on a Group Account
If you are an individual user on a Group Account, your system defaults are set by your Group Administrator. You are free to set your own preferences and override these group defaults.
Group Account Administrators
If you are a Group Administrator, when you access the Change Preferences page, you can choose Edit My Preferences or Edit Group Preferences.
When you choose Edit My Preferences, the preferences you set will only be used for you as an individual. When you choose Edit Group Preferences, the preferences you set will be the defaults for all users on that Group Account. Individual users can set their own preferences and override the group defaults you set. If those individual users choose to Reset To Defaults (see following), their preferences will go back to these group defaults.
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Save your preferences at the bottom of the Change Preferences page:
You have the following options:
- Save — to save your preferences
- Cancel — to discard any changes made on this page
- Reset To Defaults — to reset all to system defaults, then click Save to save those system defaults as your preferences
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