ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,989, issued on April 21, was assigned to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).

"Proactive alteration of machine based on predicted problem" was invented by Aaron K. Baughman (Cary, N.C.), Martin G. Keen (Cary, N.C.), Mauro Marzorati (Lutz, Fla.) and Sarbajit K. Rakshit (Kolkata, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment for altering a machine based on a predicted problem in a multi-machine environment is provided. The embodiment may include receiving data relating to an activity and functionalities of a primary machine in a multi-machine environment. The embodiment may also include executing a digital twin s...