Patents by Inventor Theo HOFFENBERG

Theo HOFFENBERG 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, device, and computer program for providing a definition or a translation of a word belonging to a sentence as a function of neighbouring words and of databases
    Patent number: 10572592
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for providing at least one word linguistically associated with at least one searched word belonging to a set of words. After having queried (325) a first database of expressions to obtain a set of expressions including the at least one searched word and obtaining the set of expressions, a second database is queried (340), for each expression of at least an expression subset of the obtained set of expressions, to obtain at least one word linguistically associated with the at least one searched word and obtaining the at least one word linguistically associated with the at least one searched word. Next, at least one obtained word linguistically associated with the at least one searched word is selected (350).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Inventor: Theo Hoffenberg
  • METHOD, DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR PROVIDING A DEFINITION OR A TRANSLATION OF A WORD BELONGING TO A SENTENCE AS A FUNCTION OF NEIGHBOURING WORDS AND OF DATABASES
    Publication number: 20170220557
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for providing at least one word linguistically associated with at least one searched word belonging to a set of words. After having queried (325) a first database of expressions to obtain a set of expressions including the at least one searched word and obtaining the set of expressions, a second database is queried (340), for each expression of at least an expression subset of the obtained set of expressions, to obtain at least one word linguistically associated with the at least one searched word and obtaining the at least one word linguistically associated with the at least one searched word. Next, at least one obtained word linguistically associated with the at least one searched word is selected (350).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: Theo HOFFENBERG