How can you analyze big data?

How can you ensure that a patent's scope is not covered by one of thousands of prior publications and competitors' patents?
Who does what?
HUMAN
- Define the properties of the patent claim to analyze and examine.
- Define the publicly available data to analyze.
- Construct a method of analysis.
- Determine how to present the output effectively for the audience.
COMPUTER
- Compute a cluster network of thousands of patents and their relationship to each other.