Patents by Inventor Hans Van Heghe

Hans Van Heghe 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).

  • Method of storing, retrieving and viewing data
    Patent number: 7209914
    Abstract: A method of storing data in a database organizes the data in electronic objects and enriches the objects with ‘cognitive elements’. These elements allow a search of objects in the database which is similar to the human thinking process. One or more cognitive elements may be selected, leading to a list of objects with a relevance score based on the number of cognitive elements found for each object in the list. Computer programs allow to create such a database, to retrieve information from it, and to view information contained in it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: ICMS Group N.V.
    Inventors: Hans Van Heghe, Erik Willemse
  • Method of storing, retrieving and viewing data
    Publication number: 20030014429
    Abstract: A method of storing data in a database organizes the data in electronic objects and enriches the objects with ‘cognitive elements’. These elements allow a search of objects in the database which is similar to the human thinking process. One or more cognitive elements may be selected, leading to a list of objects with a relevance score based on the number of cognitive elements found for each object in the list. Computer programs allow to create such a database, to retrieve information from it, and to view information contained in it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2002
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventors: Hans Van Heghe, Erik Willemse