IPC Definitions - January 01, 2012
G06Q 10/00 - Definition
This main group covers:
Data processing systems or processes specially adapted for either the governing or management of an organization, enterprise or employees.
The following subjects are therefore covered, the list being non-exhaustive:
References relevant to classification in this main group
This main group does not cover:
Billing, shopping or e-commerce per se | G06Q 30/00 |
Electronic finance per se | G06Q 40/00 |
Programme-control systems | G05B 19/00 |
Arrangements for programme control, e.g. control unit | G06F 9/00 |
Data processing specially adapted for complex mathematical operations | G06F 17/10 |
Data processing specially adapted for text/word processing or form filling | G06F 17/21 |
Computer-aided design | G06F 17/50 |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Security arrangements for protecting computers or computer systems against unauthorised activity | G06F 21/00 |
Time recorders for work | G07C 1/00 |
Secure communication, e.g. by cryptography | H04L 9/00 |
Protocols for controlled communication | H04L 29/06 |
Special rules of classification
When classifying in groups G06Q 10/00-G06Q 40/00, systems or methods that are specially adapted for a specific business sector must also be classified in group G06Q 50/00, when the special adaptation is determined to be novel and non-obvious. By way of example, a method for billing which involves significant data processing and is specially adapted in a non-obvious way to the electricity-supply sector, should be classified in both G06Q 30/00 and G06Q 50/00.