Patents by Inventor CHARLOTTE HUTCHINSON

CHARLOTTE HUTCHINSON 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: 11782931
    Abstract: The program directs a computer processor to implement a program that selects at least one substitute ingredient for a food recipe based on a plurality of determined criteria. The program receives a food recipe comprising one or more ingredients, instructions, and preparation time. The program determines time constraints of a user. The program identifies one or more Internet of Things (IoT) enabled cooking devices that are available in a kitchen associated with the user to carry out the instructions of the food recipe. The program searches a market database in a market to identify available options for the at least one substitute ingredient found in the market database based on a similarity level of the at least one substitute ingredient compared with at least one ambiguous ingredient in the food recipe, and selects the at least one substitute ingredient according to the plurality of determined criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: DoorDash, Inc.
    Inventors: Donna K. Byron, Mark Delaney, Robert Grant, Charlotte Hutchinson
  • Publication number: 20220179870
    Abstract: The program directs a computer processor to implement a program that selects at least one substitute ingredient for a food recipe based on a plurality of determined criteria. The program receives a food recipe comprising one or more ingredients, instructions, and preparation time. The program determines time constraints of a user. The program identifies one or more Internet of Things (IoT) enabled cooking devices that are available in a kitchen associated with the user to carry out the instructions of the food recipe. The program searches a market database in a market to identify available options for the at least one substitute ingredient found in the market database based on a similarity level of the at least one substitute ingredient compared with at least one ambiguous ingredient in the food recipe, and selects the at least one substitute ingredient according to the plurality of determined criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Donna K. BYRON, Mark DELANEY, Robert Grant, Charlotte HUTCHINSON
  • Patent number: 11256704
    Abstract: The program directs a computer processor to implement a program that selects at least one substitute ingredient for a food recipe based on a plurality of determined criteria. The program receives a food recipe comprising one or more ingredients, instructions, and preparation time. The program determines time constraints of a user. The program identifies one or more Internet of Things (IoT) enabled cooking devices that are available in a kitchen associated with the user to carry out the instructions of the food recipe. The program searches a market database in a market to identify available options for the at least one substitute ingredient found in the market database based on a similarity level of the at least one substitute ingredient compared with at least one ambiguous ingredient in the food recipe, and selects the at least one substitute ingredient according to the plurality of determined criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: DoorDash, Inc.
    Inventors: Donna K. Byron, Mark Delaney, Robert Grant, Charlotte Hutchinson
  • Patent number: 11256705
    Abstract: The program directs a computer processor to implement a program that selects at least one substitute ingredient for a food recipe based on a plurality of determined criteria. The program receives a food recipe comprising one or more ingredients, instructions, and preparation time. The program determines time constraints of a user. The program identifies one or more Internet of Things (IoT) enabled cooking devices that are available in a kitchen associated with the user to carry out the instructions of the food recipe. The program searches a market database in a market to identify available options for the at least one substitute ingredient found in the market database based on a similarity level of the at least one substitute ingredient compared with at least one ambiguous ingredient in the food recipe, and selects the at least one substitute ingredient according to the plurality of determined criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: DoorDash, Inc.
    Inventors: Donna K. Byron, Mark Delaney, Robert Grant, Charlotte Hutchinson
  • Patent number: 11200241
    Abstract: The context in which a user generates a search query is analyzed to generate an improved search query. Search query context may be determined with reference to a user profile or content collected from Internet of Things (IoT) or non-IoT devices located proximate the user. Content may be collected when the search query is generated or at a time before the search query is generated. Content collected for context analysis includes visual display content (screen capture), audio content, and data content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark P. Delaney, Robert H. Grant, Charlotte Hutchinson
  • Patent number: 10992486
    Abstract: Synchronizing collaboration times for members of a team includes extracting emotive content and topical indicia from conversation data generated from multiple electronically captured conversations involving the team members. A model for generating time-based collaboration profiles for each member with respect to a specific topic can be constructed based on the emotive content and topical indicia. A synchronized collaboration time for the members of the team can be determined based on comparisons of each team member's respective collaboration profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rogelio Vazquez-Rivera, Amy D. Travis, Jonathan Dunne, Charlotte Hutchinson
  • Patent number: 10970471
    Abstract: Embodiments for phased collaborative editing by a processor. A region tag of phased input may be assigned to one or more document regions of a collaborative document along with a list of users enabled to input data to the one or more document regions according to the region tag. A concealed region of the one or more document regions may be revealed to one or more users in the list of users upon content input by a user matching content of the concealed region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark Delaney, Robert H. Grant, Jonathan Dunne, Charlotte Hutchinson
  • Publication number: 20200177403
    Abstract: Synchronizing collaboration times for members of a team includes extracting emotive content and topical indicia from conversation data generated from multiple electronically captured conversations involving the team members. A model for generating time-based collaboration profiles for each member with respect to a specific topic can be constructed based on the emotive content and topical indicia. A synchronized collaboration time for the members of the team can be determined based on comparisons of each team member's respective collaboration profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Rogelio Vazquez-Rivera, Amy Travis, Jonathan Dunne, Charlotte Hutchinson
  • Publication number: 20200159736
    Abstract: The program directs a computer processor to implement a program that selects at least one substitute ingredient for a food recipe based on a plurality of determined criteria. The program receives a food recipe comprising one or more ingredients, instructions, and preparation time. The program determines time constraints of a user. The program identifies one or more Internet of Things (IoT) enabled cooking devices that are available in a kitchen associated with the user to carry out the instructions of the food recipe. The program searches a market database in a market to identify available options for the at least one substitute ingredient found in the market database based on a similarity level of the at least one substitute ingredient compared with at least one ambiguous ingredient in the food recipe, and selects the at least one substitute ingredient according to the plurality of determined criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Donna K. Byron, Mark Delaney, Robert Grant, Charlotte Hutchinson
  • Patent number: 10599109
    Abstract: The program directs a computer processor to implement a method that dynamically operates one or more appliances. The method estimates a time period for a user to arrive at a location, wherein the estimated time period is based on one or more time constraints, and identifies one or more appliances needed based on at least an instruction set. The method further generates and sends one or more operating commands to the identified one or more appliances based on the estimated time period, updates the estimated time period based on a change in the one or more time constraints, and generates and sends one or more updated operating commands to the identified one or more appliances, based on the updated estimated time period. The method may further detect a current location of the user and receive travel data that corresponds to the one or more time constraints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Delaney, Donna K. Byron, Robert H. Grant, Charlotte Hutchinson
  • Patent number: 10585900
    Abstract: The program directs a computer processor to implement a program that selects at least one substitute ingredient for a food recipe based on a plurality of determined criteria. The program receives a food recipe comprising one or more ingredients, instructions, and preparation time. The program determines time constraints of a user. The program identifies one or more Internet of Things (IoT) enabled cooking devices that are available in a kitchen associated with the user to carry out the instructions of the food recipe. The program searches a market database in a market to identify available options for the at least one substitute ingredient found in the market database based on a similarity level of the at least one substitute ingredient compared with at least one ambiguous ingredient in the food recipe, and selects the at least one substitute ingredient according to the plurality of determined criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Donna K. Byron, Mark Delaney, Robert Grant, Charlotte Hutchinson
  • Publication number: 20190325012
    Abstract: Embodiments for phased collaborative editing by a processor. A region tag of phased input may be assigned to one or more document regions of a collaborative document along with a list of users enabled to input data to the one or more document regions according to the region tag. A concealed region of the one or more document regions may be revealed to one or more users in the list of users upon content input by a user matching content of the concealed region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark DELANEY, Robert H. GRANT, Jonathan DUNNE, Charlotte HUTCHINSON
  • Publication number: 20190310987
    Abstract: The program directs a computer processor to implement a program that selects at least one substitute ingredient for a food recipe based on a plurality of determined criteria. The program receives a food recipe comprising one or more ingredients, instructions, and preparation time. The program determines time constraints of a user. The program identifies one or more Internet of Things (IoT) enabled cooking devices that are available in a kitchen associated with the user to carry out the instructions of the food recipe. The program searches a market database in a market to identify available options for the at least one substitute ingredient found in the market database based on a similarity level of the at least one substitute ingredient compared with at least one ambiguous ingredient in the food recipe, and selects the at least one substitute ingredient according to the plurality of determined criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: DONNA K. BYRON, MARK DELANEY, ROBERT GRANT, CHARLOTTE HUTCHINSON
  • Publication number: 20190294128
    Abstract: The program directs a computer processor to implement a method that dynamically operates one or more appliances. The method estimates a time period for a user to arrive at a location, wherein the estimated time period is based on one or more time constraints, and identifies one or more appliances needed based on at least an instruction set. The method further generates and sends one or more operating commands to the identified one or more appliances based on the estimated time period, updates the estimated time period based on a change in the one or more time constraints, and generates and sends one or more updated operating commands to the identified one or more appliances, based on the updated estimated time period. The method may further detect a current location of the user and receive travel data that corresponds to the one or more time constraints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Mark Delaney, Donna K. Byron, Robert H. Grant, Charlotte Hutchinson
  • Publication number: 20190155934
    Abstract: The context in which a user generates a search query is analyzed to generate an improved search query. Search query context may be determined with reference to a user profile or content collected from Internet of Things (IoT) or non-IoT devices located proximate the user. Content may be collected when the search query is generated or at a time before the search query is generated. Content collected for context analysis includes visual display content (screen capture), audio content, and data content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Mark P. Delaney, Robert H. Grant, Charlotte Hutchinson
  • Publication number: 20190130005
    Abstract: The program directs a computer processor to implement a program that selects at least one substitute ingredient for a food recipe based on a plurality of determined criteria. The program receives a food recipe comprising one or more ingredients, instructions, and preparation time. The program determines time constraints of a user. The program identifies one or more Internet of Things (IoT) enabled cooking devices that are available in a kitchen associated with the user to carry out the instructions of the food recipe. The program searches a market database in a market to identify available options for the at least one substitute ingredient found in the market database based on a similarity level of the at least one substitute ingredient compared with at least one ambiguous ingredient in the food recipe, and selects the at least one substitute ingredient according to the plurality of determined criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: DONNA K. BYRON, MARK DELANEY, ROBERT GRANT, CHARLOTTE HUTCHINSON