Patents by Inventor Thomas L. Bien

Thomas L. Bien 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: 10796561
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for a computer-implemented method. Examples of the method include receiving internal data points from a plurality of sensors associated with a person, the internal data points including at least situational data and biological data, receiving external data points, and comparing the internal data points to the external data points and a profile of the person. The method further includes analyzing the internal data points, the external data points, the profile of the person, and a result of the comparison by applying weighting rules to determine at least one weighted value, where the weighted value is determined according to a first cognitive dimension of an emotional and biological condition of the person and a second cognitive dimension of a situational and contextual condition surrounding the person, comparing the weighted value to a threshold value, and providing an alert when the weighted value exceeds the threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Vivek Grover, Thomas L. Bien, James P. Eberwein, Daniel B. Willis