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NOTE: All data stored in database 0.
To access, use the following commands:
>redis-cli
>keys *

Will print all the keys in our database


Parsing USPTO data:

use parse.py for parsing XML/text documents

syntax: python parse.py inputFileOrDirectory

Parses and stores the given file or directory

working example: python parse.py sample_data/small_sample.xml


Querying USPTO data:

use query.py for querying the redis USPTO database.

syntax: python query.py --Title="query values" --Description="query values" --IssueDate="yyyymmdd-yyyymmdd" --ApprovalDate="yyyymmdd-yyyymmdd"

Title: space seperated strings. Using AND symantex - in such that each value must be in the title.
Description: same as above
IssueDate: year range for the issue date min-max
ApprovalDate: same as above

all parameters are optional

working example: python query.py --Title="vehicle said" --ApprovalDate=19800101-19900101
*Note: The example only works if you've loaded data from the given date range.*


Bulk downloading USPTO data:
for downloading data in bulk from the google USPTO sources

syntax: python bulk_download.py yyyymmdd-yyyymmdd

Where the date range is from min-max. 
*Note: Google has protection from bulk downloads. I've heard that they will actively ban IP addresses that hit their servers too hard.*

To then load this into redis, use parse.py with the directory 'data'

To wipe the database, just use query.py
Syntax: python query.py --WipeMe="true"