ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,321,698, issued on June 3, was assigned to Capital One Services LLC (McLean, Va.).

"Text classification via term mapping and machine-learning classification model" was invented by Catherine Barnes (Glen Allen, Va.), Jennifer Honermann (Glen Allen, Va.) and Peter Todd Akers (North Potomac, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium are described that identify subject matter of text using identified groups and a machine-learning model. Using the combination of the identified subject matter and the machine-learning model, classifications may be adjusted over time. Based on the adjusted classification...