Patents by Inventor Michaël Mariën

Michaël Mariën 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).

  • Patent number: 11972490
    Abstract: The current invention relates to a computer-implemented method for determining a category of a request provided by a user by means of a user device; said user device comprising connection means and means for receiving a request description relating to said request from said user; the method comprising a plurality of steps among which: receiving, from said user, said request description, by means of said device; uploading said request description to a server, said server having access to a database comprising a plurality of previously categorized requests each comprising a category and a vocabulary comprising a plurality of word vector representations; identifying, by said server, a plurality of component words belonging to a natural language text string comprised in said request description; obtaining, for at least one of said plurality of component words, an associated word vector representation from said vocabulary; and determining a request vector, based on said at least one obtained word vector representa
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: KBC GROEP NV
    Inventors: Hans Verstraete, Hans Verstraete, Pieter Van Hertum, Rahul Maheshwari, Jeroen D'Haen, Michael Marien, Barak Chizi, Frank Fripon, Sven Evens
  • Publication number: 20210286833
    Abstract: The current invention relates to a computer-implemented method for determining a category of a request provided by a user by means of a user device; said user device comprising connection means and means for receiving a request description relating to said request from said user; the method comprising a plurality of steps among which: receiving, from said user, said request description, by means of said device; uploading said request description to a server, said server having access to a database comprising a plurality of previously categorized requests each comprising a category and a vocabulary comprising a plurality of word vector representations; identifying, by said server, a plurality of component words belonging to a natural language text string comprised in said request description; obtaining, for at least one of said plurality of component words, an associated word vector representation from said vocabulary; and determining a request vector, based on said at least one obtained word vector representa
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Hans VERSTRAETE, Pieter VAN HERTUM, Rahul MAHESHWARI, Jeroen D'HAEN, Michael MARIEN, Barak CHIZI, Frank FRIPON, Sven EVENS
  • Patent number: 10929448
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method determines a category of a request provided by a user by means of a user device. The user device includes connection means and means for receiving a request description relating to said request from said user. The method includes receiving, from the user, the request description, by means of the device, and uploading the request description to a server. The server has access to a database which includes a number of previously categorized requests each including a category and a vocabulary, which includes a number of word vector representations. The method further includes identifying, by the server, a number of component words belonging to a natural language text string included in the request description; obtaining, for at least one of the component words, an associated word vector representation from the vocabulary, and determining a request vector, based on at least one obtained word vector representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: KBC GROEP NV
    Inventors: Hans Verstraete, Hans Verstraete, Pieter Van Hertum, Rahul Maheshwari, Jeroen D'Haen, Michaël Mariën, Barak Chizi, Frank Fripon, Sven Evens