PEDOMETER FOR THE BRAIN

• US 20090270755A1
• Filed: 04/29/2008
• Published: 10/29/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Ray, Kenneth D., Czerwinski, Mary P., Bathiche, Steven, Choing, Hong
• Application Number:
  US12/111,408
• Publication Number:
  US 20090270755A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/545
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/246 using evoked responses
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/369 Electroencephalography [EEG] devices for psychotechnics A61B5/16
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/486 Bio-feedback A61B5/375 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/70 relating to mental therapies, e.g. psychological therapy or autogenous training
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

The claimed subject mater provides systems and/or techniques that provide biometric feedback monitoring of brain activity. The system includes mechanisms that obtain indication of brain activity associated with an individual which can be utilized to ensure that the individual is maximizing his or her brain activity. Where it is determined that the individual is not optimally utilizing his or her brain, feedback can be directed to the individual in order to stimulate brain activity in a specified response center of the brain.

Claims

1. A machine implemented system that provides biometric feedback monitoring of brain activity, comprising:

a component that received via an interface an indication of brain activity associated with a brain of an individual, the component employs the indication of brain activity to ensure that the individual is maximizing brain activity, where the component determines the indication of brain activity is suboptimal the component sends feedback to the individual to stimulate brain activity.

2. The system of claim 1, the feedback includes assigning the individual a task that stimulates a specific response center of the brain.

3. The system of claim 1, the component monitors brain activity to determine an amount of time that the individual dwells on contemplating a particular topic.

4. The system of claim 1, the component tracks brain activity to ascertain relationships between a reaction of the individual to a supplied stimulus perceived by the individual.

5. The system of claim 1, the component utilizes an aversion associated with a stimulus indicated by the individual to activate a response center of the brain.

6. The system of claim 1, the component accesses a health record associated with the individual and persisted on a health manager by communicating a cryptographic key supplied by the individual.

7. The system of claim 1, the component effectuates a vertical search of a health manager based at least in part on a health record associated with the individual.

8. A machine implemented method that provides biometric feedback monitoring of brain activity, comprising:

obtaining an indication of brain activity associated with a brain of an individual;

based at least in part on the indication of brain activity determining whether the individual is maximizing brain activity;

based at least in part on the determining ascertaining whether the indication of brain activity is suboptimal; and

directing feedback to the individual where the ascertaining indicates suboptimal brain activity.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising monitoring brain activity to determine an amount of time that the individual dwells on a particular topic.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising tracking brain activity to ascertain a relationship between an aversion to a supplied stimulus as perceived by the individual.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising utilizing the aversion to activate a response center of the brain.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising accessing a health record associated with the individual and persisted on a health manager by communicating at least one of cryptographic key, a username and password couplet, or a biometric attribute inherently associated with or supplied by the individual.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising utilizing the health record associated with the individual to effectuate a vertical search of the health manager.

14. A system that provides biometric feedback monitoring of brain activity, comprising:

means for determining maximal brain activity based at least in part on an indication of brain activity associated with a brain of an individual; and

means for directing feedback to the individual where the means for determining indicates suboptimal brain activity.

15. The system of claim 14, the feedback includes assigning the individual a task that stimulates a specific response center of the brain.

16. The system of claim 14, further comprising means for monitoring brain activity to determine an amount of time that the individual dwells on a topic, the amount of time utilized to provide feedback to the individual.

17. The system of claim 14, the means for directing feedback utilized where the means for determining indicates brain activity is more than optimal,

18. The system of claim 17, the feedback includes assigning the individual an activity that calms a specific response center of the brain.

19. The system of claim 14, further comprising means for recording brain activity to ascertain a relationship between a reaction of the individual and an unpleasant stimulus.

20. The system of claim 20, the relationship between the reaction of the individual and the unpleasant stimulus utilized to at least one of calm or stimulate the brain.