Patents by Inventor Kevin A. Washington, JR.

Kevin A. Washington, JR. 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: 10956513
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a heuristically programmable system comprising a web-socket; a backend component that is in operative communication with the web-socket to act as a heuristically programmed algorithm framework that is operative to interact with a user in natural language and in a human-like manner; a main frame computer; a web server that is in operative communication with an internet; where the main frame computer and the web server are in operative communication with the web socket; and a cognitive computing system; where the web socket comprises a computer system configured to provide a voice, motion and/or a graphical interface to a user; and where the web socket is operative to communicate with the cognitive computing system; where the cognitive computing system is operative to convert speech to text and to send this text to the web socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ahmed Faraj Ahmed, Dario D'Angelo, Haojun Li, Kevin A. Washington, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20170344887
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a heuristically programmable system comprising a web-socket; a backend component that is in operative communication with the web-socket to act as a heuristically programmed algorithm framework that is operative to interact with a user in natural language and in a human-like manner; a main frame computer; a web server that is in operative communication with an internet; where the main frame computer and the web server are in operative communication with the web socket; and a cognitive computing system; where the web socket comprises a computer system configured to provide a voice, motion and/or a graphical interface to a user; and where the web socket is operative to communicate with the cognitive computing system; where the cognitive computing system is operative to convert speech to text and to send this text to the web socket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Ahmed Faraj Ahmed, Dario D'Angelo, Haojun Li, Kevin A. Washington, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20170344639
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a heuristically programmable system comprising a web-socket; a backend component that is in operative communication with the web-socket to act as a heuristically programmed algorithm framework that is operative to interact with a user in natural language and in a human-like manner; a main frame computer; a web server that is in operative communication with an internet; where the main frame computer and the web server are in operative communication with the web socket; and a cognitive computing system; where the web socket comprises a computer system configured to provide a voice, motion and/or a graphical interface to a user; and where the web socket is operative to communicate with the cognitive computing system; where the cognitive computing system is operative to convert speech to text and to send this text to the web socket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Ahmed Faraj Ahmed, Dario D'Angelo, Haojun Li, Kevin A. Washington, JR.