Patents by Inventor Charles Muchiri Wachira

Charles Muchiri Wachira 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).

  • Publication number: 20240378517
    Abstract: Context-dependent memory stimulation is provided. A context-dependent task resumption memory cue personalized to a user is sent to a client device of the user via a network during a task interruption lag period corresponding to a primary task prior to the user starting a set of secondary tasks to support a context-dependent memory of the user associated with the primary task. It is determined that the user started and then stopped performing the set of secondary tasks based on monitoring the client device. The context-dependent task resumption memory cue personalized to the user is resent to the client device via the network during a task resumption lag period corresponding to the primary task to stimulate the context-dependent memory of the user associated with the primary task in response to the computer determining that the user stopped performing the set of secondary tasks and resumed the primary task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Julian Bertram Kuehnert, William Ogallo, Nelson Kibichii Bore, Charles Muchiri Wachira, Isaiah Mulang' Onando, Sekou Lionel Remy, Aisha Walcott
  • Patent number: 12118495
    Abstract: In an approach to improve platform modification by dynamically modifying content based on user feedback. Embodiments suggest one or more solutions and recommendations, via a user interface, to one or more users that comply with one or more standards, regulations, and resources of an organization. Further, embodiments verify the solutions and recommendations that comply with the one or more standards, regulations, and resources of the organization, and automatically generate a prototype solution. Additionally, embodiments provide, by the user interface, one or more augmented solutions for the one or more users, wherein augmented solutions are provided to the one or more users requiring a temporary solution; and label and cluster user feedback and associated solutions of the one or more users to provide effective solutions for future users based on a similarity of the feedback of the one or more users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Muchiri Wachira, Girmaw Abebe Tadesse, Celia Cintas, Sekou Lionel Remy, Aisha Walcott
  • Publication number: 20240333543
    Abstract: An embodiment associates a virtual-meeting host designation with a first user. During the virtual meeting, the embodiment generates meeting context data that includes user characteristic data and meeting characteristic data. The embodiment uses the meeting context data to generate a predicted end time for the virtual meeting and predicts a meeting run-over condition indicative of the virtual meeting continuing past a scheduled end time by comparing the predicted end time and a scheduled end time. Responsive to predicting the meeting run-over condition, the embodiment uses the user characteristic data to generate a ranked list of other users and renders, as a display to the first user, the ranked list and an indication of the meeting run-over condition. The embodiment receives a selection of a second user as a new host of the virtual meeting and, responsive to receiving the selection, associates the host designation with the second.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William Ogallo, Julian Bertram Kuehnert, Isaiah Mulang' Onando, Aisha Walcott, Sekou Lionel Remy, Charles Muchiri Wachira
  • Publication number: 20240203445
    Abstract: A method for regulating emotions in conversations is disclosed. In one embodiment, such a method includes monitoring a conversation between participants. The method further divides the conversation into a plurality of utterances and calculates an emotion score for each utterance. The method further determines whether an emotion score of an utterance exceeds a threshold. In the event the emotion score exceeds the threshold, the method intervenes in the conversation in an attempt to return the conversation to a more constructive path. In certain embodiments, this intervention may include taking one or more actions that are specifically tailored to returning the conversation to a more constructive path. In other or the same embodiments, responses or reactions of the participants to the actions are audited to determine if the actions were successful in returning the conversation to a more constructive path. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Isaiah Mulang' Onando, Julian Bertram Kuehnert, Sekou Lionel Remy, Charles Muchiri Wachira, Aisha Walcott
  • Publication number: 20230177231
    Abstract: A modeling problem can be received. A database of prior calibrated models can be searched to identify a similar problem having features similar to the received modeling problem. The modeling problem can be calibrated using information of the identified similar problem. The accuracy of calibrated modeling problem can be monitored. The modeling problem can be recalibrated until a performance criterion is met. Calibrated modeling problem can be stored in the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Julian Bertram Kuehnert, Oliver Bent, Sekou Lionel Remy, Aisha Walcott, Charles Muchiri Wachira, Catherine H. Crawford
  • Patent number: 11514924
    Abstract: In an aspect, during a presentation of a presentation material, viewers of the presentation material can be monitored. Based on the monitoring, new content can be determined for insertion into the presentation material. The new content can be automatically inserted to the presentation material in real time. In another aspect, during the presentation, a presenter of the presentation material can be monitored. The presenter's speech can be intercepted and analyzed to detect a level of confidence. Based on the detected level of confidence, the presenter's speech can be adjusted and the adjusted speech can be played back automatically, for example, in lieu of the presenter's original speech that is intercepted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel Osebe, Charles Muchiri Wachira, Komminist Weldemariam, Celia Cintas
  • Publication number: 20220318702
    Abstract: In an approach to improve platform modification by dynamically modifying content based on user feedback. Embodiments suggest one or more solutions and recommendations, via a user interface, to one or more users that comply with one or more standards, regulations, and resources of an organization. Further, embodiments verify the solutions and recommendations that comply with the one or more standards, regulations, and resources of the organization, and automatically generate a prototype solution. Additionally, embodiments provide, by the user interface, one or more augmented solutions for the one or more users, wherein augmented solutions are provided to the one or more users requiring a temporary solution; and label and cluster user feedback and associated solutions of the one or more users to provide effective solutions for future users based on a similarity of the feedback of the one or more users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Charles Muchiri Wachira, Girmaw Abebe Tadesse, Celia Cintas, Sekou Lionel Remy, Aisha Walcott
  • Patent number: 11452441
    Abstract: A comfortability-tension threshold for a user is determined and a current pose of the user and a determined optimal pose are compared. The current pose and the determined optimal pose are mapped to an angle for adjusting on-screen content of a display of the computer system and the on-screen content of the display of the computer system is adjusted based on the angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Victor Abayomi Akinwande, Charles Muchiri Wachira, William Ogallo, Aisha Walcott
  • Patent number: 11328132
    Abstract: A translation-engine suggestion method, system, and computer program product include identifying probes for third-party translation-engines for an input text, segmenting sections of the input text into a plurality of segments according to the identified probes, fragmenting the input text into fragments according to the segments, applying each fragment to the identified probe using the corresponding third-party translation-engine, and outputting a translation by combining each fragment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sekou Lionel Remy, Charles Muchiri Wachira, Fiona Mugure Matu, Samuel Osebe, Victor Abayomi Akinwande, William Ogallo
  • Publication number: 20220114219
    Abstract: The exemplary embodiments disclose a method, a computer program product, and a computer system for replying to a user. The exemplary embodiments may include a user asking one or more questions to one or more devices, collecting data of the user and data of the one or more commands, extracting one or more features from the collected data, and determining an appropriate reply and manner of reply based on the extracted one or more features and one or more models.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Victor Abayomi Akinwande, Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Charles Muchiri Wachira, Aisha Walcott
  • Patent number: 11270189
    Abstract: In an aspect, a decision platform that optimizes honey value chain can be provided. The decision platform may receive images of a geographic region including catchment areas, run a first machine learning model with the images as input to identify resources in the catchment areas, run a second machine learning model with the identified resources to predict pollen and nectar concentration in the catchment areas, run a third machine learning model with at least the predicted pollen and nectar concentration to predict honey yield in each of the catchment areas, and determine placement of a swarm to at least one of the catchment areas. The decision platform may also control an unmanned aerial vehicle to guide the swarm to at least one of the catchment areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Muchiri Wachira, Nelson Kibichii Bore, Komminist Weldemariam, Lucile Ter-Minassian
  • Publication number: 20210264929
    Abstract: In an aspect, during a presentation of a presentation material, viewers of the presentation material can be monitored. Based on the monitoring, new content can be determined for insertion into the presentation material. The new content can be automatically inserted to the presentation material in real time. In another aspect, during the presentation, a presenter of the presentation material can be monitored. The presenter's speech can be intercepted and analyzed to detect a level of confidence. Based on the detected level of confidence, the presenter's speech can be adjusted and the adjusted speech can be played back automatically, for example, in lieu of the presenter's original speech that is intercepted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Samuel Osebe, Charles Muchiri Wachira, Komminist Weldemariam, Celia Cintas
  • Publication number: 20210196115
    Abstract: A comfortability-tension threshold for a user is determined and a current pose of the user and a determined optimal pose are compared. The current pose and the determined optimal pose are mapped to an angle for adjusting on-screen content of a display of the computer system and the on-screen content of the display of the computer system is adjusted based on the angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Victor Abayomi Akinwande, Charles Muchiri Wachira, William Ogallo, Aisha Walcott
  • Publication number: 20210125035
    Abstract: In an aspect, a decision platform that optimizes honey value chain can be provided. The decision platform may receive images of a geographic region including catchment areas, run a first machine learning model with the images as input to identify resources in the catchment areas, run a second machine learning model with the identified resources to predict pollen and nectar concentration in the catchment areas, run a third machine learning model with at least the predicted pollen and nectar concentration to predict honey yield in each of the catchment areas, and determine placement of a swarm to at least one of the catchment areas. The decision platform may also control an unmanned aerial vehicle to guide the swarm to at least one of the catchment areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Charles Muchiri Wachira, Nelson Kibichii Bore, Komminist Weldemariam, Lucile Ter-Minassian
  • Publication number: 20210073339
    Abstract: A translation-engine suggestion method, system, and computer program product include identifying probes for third-party translation-engines for an input text, segmenting sections of the input text into a plurality of segments according to the identified probes, fragmenting the input text into fragments according to the segments, applying each fragment to the identified probe using the corresponding third-party translation-engine, and outputting a translation by combining each fragment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Sekou Lionel Remy, Charles Muchiri Wachira, Fiona Mugure Matu, Samuel Osebe, Victor Abayomi Akinwande, William Ogallo
  • Publication number: 20210050076
    Abstract: Identify an emergency patient's potential emergency contacts and their social relationships by processing the patient's Internet footprint with a first natural language processing algorithm. Identify the emergency patient's possible health context by processing at least one of the emergency patient's Internet footprint and diagnostic data with a second natural language processing algorithm. Link at least one item of the emergency patient's possible health context to at least one linked emergency contact, who is selected from the potential emergency contacts using a sorting module that is trained to associate types of medical conditions with attributes of emergency contacts. Verify the at least one item of the emergency patient's possible health context by contacting the at least one linked emergency contact. Aggregate a verified health profile for the emergency patient based on at least one response provided by the at least one linked emergency contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Charles Muchiri Wachira, Samuel Osebe, William Ogallo, Aisha Walcott, Fiona Mugure Matu
  • Publication number: 20200243180
    Abstract: A method includes: receiving a diagnosis of a medical condition; retrieving encoded guidelines for pharmaceutical treatment corresponding to the diagnosis; in response to the encoded guidelines, generating a list of recommended medications with related information; modifying the list of recommended medications, in response to personal context data obtained from at least one of a wearable device, a smart pill bottle, a patient health wallet, and an electronic health record; further modifying the list of recommended medications in response to environmental context data; generating an ordered list of recommended medications by yet further modifying the list of recommended medications in response to a patient similarity analysis; providing to a prescriber the ordered list of recommended medications; developing a logistical plan including a mode of delivery for one of the recommended medications; and programming an autonomous device to implement the mode of delivery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: John Mbari Wamburu, Charles Muchiri Wachira, Aisha Walcott, Samuel Osebe, Sekou Lionel Remy, Katherine Anne Lyon Tryon
  • Publication number: 20200152336
    Abstract: A guideline annotation method, system, and computer program product, include extracting a medical data point from a medical guideline, determining an attribute context of the medical data point, finding a related literature to the medical guideline, determining an expert practice as a difference between the medical guideline and an expert operating procedure, and annotating and outputting a new medical guideline including the related literature and the expert practice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Samuel Osebe, Charles Muchiri Wachira, Sekou Lionel Remy, John Mbari Wamburu, Katherine Anne Lyon Tryon, Aisha Walcott
  • Patent number: 10393674
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting gaps in netting include constructing a depth map from electromagnetic signals associated with netting surrounding an area, the depth map including measurements of distance of each strand of the netting along an axis perpendicular to a plane formed by the netting relative to the detector. Each segment of netting is identified including each strand of the netting in a side of the netting facing the detector. Locations of gaps in the netting are identified according to the depth map. A user is alerted to the presence and locations of gaps by sending a communication to a computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Lenchner, Aisha Walcott, Charles Muchiri Wachira, Samuel Osebe, Sekou L. Remy, Stephen Oduor Odhiambo
  • Publication number: 20190214119
    Abstract: Methods are provided for personalizing and optimizing a medication regime for a patient. For example a method involves generating a medication regime for one or more prescribed medications associated with a patient as input via a user interface; personalizing the generated medication regime for the patient via the user interface; generating a regime planner from the personalized medication regime for the patient via the user interface; and forwarding a reminder to the patient to take the prescribed one or more medications from the generated regime planner via the user interface, wherein the steps of the method are performed in accordance with a processor and a memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Charles Muchiri Wachira, Osebe Mogaka Samuel, John Mbari Wamburu, Aisha Walcott, Sekou Lionel Remy, Katherine Anne Lyon Tryon