Dale R Hille

US Patent:

20110131274, Jun 2, 2011

Filed:

Dec 2, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/629734

Inventors:

Dale R. Hille - Raleigh NC, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 15/16
A61B 5/0476
G08B 23/00

US Classification:

709204, 600544, 3405731

Abstract:

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for message notification management through brain monitoring of end user concentration. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for message notification management through brain monitoring of end user concentration can include receiving neurofeedback for an end user through an interface for a brain monitoring system, comparing the neurofeedback to a threshold level of brain activity indicating a degree of concentration of the end user, and suppressing message notifications for messages in a messaging system responsive to the neurofeedback exceeding the threshold level of brain activity, but otherwise permitting message notifications for messages in the messaging system.

US Patent:

20130176125, Jul 11, 2013

Filed:

Jan 6, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/344852

Inventors:

Randall Beck - Cary NC, US
Jeffrey M. Eichen - Apex NC, US
Dale R. Hille - Raleigh NC, US
Jan Rogoyski - Pflugerville TX, US
Jerry A. Williams - Montezuma IA, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G08B 23/00

US Classification:

3405731

Abstract:

A method, system or computer usable program product for managing a potential choking condition with a monitoring system including monitoring by the monitoring system by detecting relative positions of a set of emitters disposed along an object, wherein a choking condition is indicated by the set of emitters being on close proximity to a neck portion of a body and arranged in a potentially choking configuration, and responsive to the determination of the choking condition, the monitoring system performing an action.

US Patent:

20130345664, Dec 26, 2013

Filed:

Jun 25, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/532328

Inventors:

Randall Beck - Cary NC, US
Jeffrey M. Eichen - Apex NC, US
Dale R. Hille - Raleigh NC, US
Jan Rogoyski - Pflugerville TX, US
Jerry A. Williams - Montezuma IA, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

A61M 5/168

US Classification:

604504, 604 66

Abstract:

A method, computer usable program product, or a system for managing a blood glucose level of a person including providing a device worn exterior to the person for monitoring a set of treatment factors and a set of environmental factors associated with the person, predicting a blood glucose level for the person based on the set of treatment factors and the set of environmental factors, and responsive to predicting a blood glucose level for the person dropping lower than a predetermined minimum value, supplying carbohydrates to the person.