Systems and Methods for Facilitating Integrated Behavioral Support

• US 20140278513A1
• Filed: 03/17/2014
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adityo Prakash, Eniko Fodor
• Original Assignee: Adityo Prakash, Eniko Fodor
• Inventors: Prakash, Adityo, Fodor, Eniko
• Granted Patent: US 9,990,471 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/40 relating to mechanical, radiation or invasive therapies, e.g. surgery, laser therapy, dialysis or acupuncture
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/70 for mining of medical data, e.g. analysing previous cases of other patients

Abstract

The present invention includes various embodiments of a BSA system that facilitates the collection of relevant health-related data on a continuous basis, integrates such data with pertinent personal and aggregate information, enables users to purchase (directly and indirectly) health-related goods and services, and provides credit, discounts and other economic benefits in connection with such purchases that are determined dynamically based upon the nature and extent of users'"'"' interaction with the system. The BSA system facilitates a dynamic feedback process by continually monitoring user interaction and medical and financial behavior, which results in dynamic adjustments to their credit levels and offers of discounts and other promotions, which in turn incentivizes users to continue participating in the process (thereby modifying their system interactions and behavior, and thus perpetuating this feedback loop). As a result, users are incentivized to actively participate in the process and thereby enhance their wellness while reducing healthcare costs.

Claims

1. A behavioral support agent system for enhancing wellness of users with accounts on the system, the system comprising:

(a) an event monitor that continually monitors events relating to the behavioral interactions of users with the system, wherein the events include user purchases of health-related goods and services via their user accounts;

(b) personalized user profiles that are dynamically updated based in part on the monitored events;

(c) a benefits engine that dynamically generates user benefits based on the personalized user profiles and the monitored events, wherein the user benefits include credit and discounts offered to users for future purchases of health-related goods and services via their user accounts; and

(d) a feedback mechanism wherein the user benefits encourage users to continue interacting with the system and purchasing health-related goods and services via their user accounts, which generates events that are monitored by the event monitor, which results in the dynamic generation of updated user benefits by the benefits engine.