Patents by Inventor Marit Rams

Marit Rams has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Natural language interface
    Patent number: 8862458
    Abstract: The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for providing a natural language interface for searching a database. One process includes operations for receiving a natural language query. One or more tokens contained in the natural language query are identified. A set of sentences is generated based on the identified tokens, each sentence representing a possible logical interpretation of the natural language query and including a combination of at least one of the identified tokens. At least one sentence in the set of sentences is selected for searching a database based on the identified tokens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Uwe Freising, Marit Rams
  • Natural Language Interface
    Publication number: 20120136649
    Abstract: The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for providing a natural language interface for searching a database. One process includes operations for receiving a natural language query. One or more tokens contained in the natural language query are identified. A set of sentences is generated based on the identified tokens, each sentence representing a possible logical interpretation of the natural language query and including a combination of at least one of the identified tokens. At least one sentence in the set of sentences is selected for searching a database based on the identified tokens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: SAP AG
    Inventors: Uwe Freising, Marit Rams