Granted Patent B2

US 12,450,241 · App. 18/910,952 · Granted Oct 21, 2025

Inventors: David Newman (Walnut Creek, CA); Omar B. Khan (Richmond, VA); Alexander Joseph Kalinowski (Philadelphia, PA)

Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

G06F16/24575G06F16/2423G06N5/02

Abstract

Claims (64)

1. A method comprising:

presenting a semantic search user interface, the semantic search user interface including:

a text input portion to receive a search query;

a suggested search portion; and

a search results portion;

receiving, from a user computing device, the search query;

computing a set of semantically close concepts related to the search query using triples from a semantic ontology;

presenting the set of semantically close concepts related to the search query in the suggested search portion of the semantic search user interface;

receiving, from the user computing device, a selection of a concept in the set of semantically close concepts;

in response to receiving the selection, executing a query to a graph database to retrieve concepts semantically linked to the concept in the semantic ontology; and

presenting the concepts semantically linked to the concept in the search results portion of the semantic search user interface.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein presenting the concepts semantically linked to the concept in the search results portion of the semantic search user interface includes:

presenting the concept in the semantic ontology as a node on a graph linked to other nodes, the other nodes based on the concepts semantically linked to the concept in the semantic ontology.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the semantic search user interface includes a level control configured to determine a number of subclasses of the concept to present in the search results portion of the semantic search user interface.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein edges between nodes presented in the search results portions of the semantic are labeled with predicate values of triples in the semantic ontology.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein computing the set of semantically close concepts related to the search query using triples from a semantic ontology includes:

executing a lexical correction operation to the search query that results in a modified search query.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

determining that the modified search query is a direct match to a concept in the semantic ontology; and

based on the determining, presenting the concept in the semantic ontology with the set of semantically close concepts.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the lexical correction operation is a spell check operation.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions, which when executed by a processing unit, configure the processing unit to perform operations comprising:

presenting a semantic search user interface, the semantic search user interface including:

a text input portion to receive a search query;

a suggested search portion; and

a search results portion;

receiving, from a user computing device, the search query;

computing a set of semantically close concepts related to the search query using triples from a semantic ontology;

presenting the set of semantically close concepts related to the search query in the suggested search portion of the semantic search user interface;

receiving, from the user computing device, a selection of a concept in the set of semantically close concepts;

in response to receiving the selection, executing a query to a graph database to retrieve concepts semantically linked to the concept in the semantic ontology; and

presenting the concepts semantically linked to the concept in the search results portion of the semantic search user interface.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein presenting the concepts semantically linked to the concept in the search results portion of the semantic search user interface includes:

presenting the concept in the semantic ontology as a node on a graph linked to other nodes, the other nodes based on the concepts semantically linked to the concept in the semantic ontology.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the semantic search user interface includes a level control configured to determine a number of subclasses of the concept to present in the search results portion of the semantic search user interface.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein edges between nodes presented in the search results portions of the semantic are labeled with predicate values of triples in the semantic ontology.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein computing the set of semantically close concepts related to the search query using triples from a semantic ontology includes:

executing a lexical correction operation to the search query that results in a modified search query.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the instructions, which when executed by the processing unit, further configure the processing unit to perform operations comprising:

determining that the modified search query is a direct match to a concept in the semantic ontology; and

based on the determining, presenting the concept in the semantic ontology with the set of semantically close concepts.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the lexical correction operation is a spell check operation.

15. A system comprising:

a processing unit; and

a storage device comprising instructions, which when executed by the processing unit configure the processing unit to perform operations comprising:

presenting a semantic search user interface, the semantic search user interface including:

a text input portion to receive a search query;

a suggested search portion; and

a search results portion;

receiving, from a user computing device, the search query;

computing a set of semantically close concepts related to the search query using triples from a semantic ontology;

presenting the set of semantically close concepts related to the search query in the suggested search portion of the semantic search user interface;

receiving, from the user computing device, a selection of a concept in the set of semantically close concepts;

in response to receiving the selection, executing a query to a graph database to retrieve concepts semantically linked to the concept in the semantic ontology; and

presenting the concepts semantically linked to the concept in the search results portion of the semantic search user interface.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein presenting the concepts semantically linked to the concept in the search results portion of the semantic search user interface includes:

presenting the concept in the semantic ontology as a node on a graph linked to other nodes, the other nodes based on the concepts semantically linked to the concept in the semantic ontology.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the semantic search user interface includes a level control configured to determine a number of subclasses of the concept to present in the search results portion of the semantic search user interface.

18. The system of claim 16 , wherein edges between nodes presented in the search results portions of the semantic are labeled with predicate values of triples in the semantic ontology.

19. The system of claim 15 , wherein computing the set of semantically close concepts related to the search query using triples from a semantic ontology includes:

executing a lexical correction operation to the search query that results in a modified search query.

20. The system of claim 19 , wherein the instructions, which when executed by the processing unit, further configure the processing unit to perform operations comprising:

determining that the modified search query is a direct match to a concept in the semantic ontology; and

based on the determining, presenting the concept in the semantic ontology with the set of semantically close concepts.

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