SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING A USER TO OVERCOME WEAK BEHAVIORAL TRAITS

• US 20170124900A1
• Filed: 11/04/2015
• Published: 05/04/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dharma Life Sciences, LLC (Dharma Systems, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Dharma Life Sciences, LLC (Dharma Systems, Inc.)
• Inventors: SASIDHAR, Jonnalagadda, Nagpal, Manisha Naresh, Vasudev, Gowthami, Ambekar, Gopi Ambikapathi, Sundaran, Sreenidhi, Duraimani, Shanthi Lakshmi, Mishra, Pranav Kumar
• Application Number:
  US14/931,868
• Publication Number:
  US 20170124900A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/80 Special adaptations for executing a specific game genre or game mode
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 9/24 Electric games; Games using electronic circuits not otherwise provided for video games A63F13/00; computerized gaming systems G07F17/32
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/00 Teaching not covered by other main groups of this subclass teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying F41G3/26
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/02 with visual presentation of the material to be studied, e.g. using film strip
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/70 relating to mental therapies, e.g. psychological therapy or autogenous training

Abstract

A system for enabling a user to overcome weak behavioral traits is provided. The system includes an activity module configured to enable the user to engage in at least a first and a second activity in a virtual environment. The first and second activities affect a first and second defective wiring of the brain, respectively, whose symptom is a weak behavioral trait. Engagement in the second activity is enabled after the user has at least participated in the first activity. The activity module additionally provides automated instructions to the user to engage in at least two other activities in a real world environment. The two other activities affect the first and second defective wiring respectively.

Claims

1. A system for enabling a user to overcome weak behavioral traits, the system comprising an activity module configured to:

enable the user to engage in at least a first activity in a virtual environment, wherein the first activity affects a first defective wiring of the brain, whose symptom is a weak behavioral trait;

enable the user to engage in at least a second activity in the virtual environment, wherein the second activity affects a second defective wiring of the brain, whose symptom is the weak behavioral trait, wherein engagement in the second activity is enabled after the user has at least participated in the first activity;

provide automated instructions to the user to engage in at least one activity, wherein the one activity is performed in a real world environment, wherein the activity affects the first defective wiring of the brain; and

provide automated instructions to the user to engage in yet another activity, wherein the yet another activity is performed in the real world environment, wherein the yet another activity affects the second defective wiring of the brain.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the first and the second activities in the virtual environment are directed at rewiring the first and second defective wiring of the brain, respectively.

3. The system according to claim 2, wherein the activities in the a environment are digital games.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein,

at least one of the digital games comprises a plurality of levels;

a higher level in the digital game is unlocked based on predefined criteria; and

the higher level is unlocked upon repeatedly playing a previous level in the digital game for a predefined number of times or duration of time.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein activity module is further configured to:

provide a choice comprising a first plurality of activities to engage in the virtual environment, wherein each of the first plurality of activities is directed at rewiring the first defective wiring of the brain; and

provide a choice comprising a second plurality of activities to engage in the virtual environment, wherein each of the second plurality of activities is directed at rewiring the second defective wiring of the brain.

6. The system according to claim 5, wherein the activity module is further configured to:

indicate effectiveness of each of the first plurality of activities to engage in the virtual environment, in achieving desired rewiring of the first defective wiring of the brain; and

indicate effectiveness of each of the second plurality of activities to engage in the virtual environment, in achieving desired rewiring of the second defective wiring of the brain.

7. The system according to claim 5, wherein the activity module is further configured to:

recommend activities among the first plurality of activities to engage in the virtual environment, wherein the recommendation indicates each of the activities'"'"' effectiveness to achieve desired rewiring of the first defective wiring of the brain; and

recommend activities among the second plurality of activities to engage in the virtual environment, wherein the recommendation indicates each of the activities'"'"' effectiveness to achieve desired rewiring of the second defective wiring of the brain.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the activity module is further configured to:

provide the automated instructions to the user to engage in the one activity in the real world, which affects the first defective wiring of the brain, after the user has engaged in the first activity in the virtual environment to a predefined extent; and

provide the automated instructions to the user to engage in the yet another activity in the real world, which affects the second defective wiring of the brain, after the user has engaged in the second activity in the virtual environment to a predefined extent.

9. The system according to claim 8, wherein the predefined extent is based on desired rewiring of the defective wirings of the brain.

10. The system according to claim 1, wherein the activities in the real world environment are directed at rewiring the defective wirings of the brain.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein activity module is further configured to:

provide a choice comprising a third plurality of activities to engage in the real world environment, wherein each of the third plurality of activities to engage in the real world environment is directed at rewiring the first defective wiring of the brain; and

provide another choice comprising a fourth plurality of activities to engage in the real world environment, wherein each of the fourth plurality of activities to engage in the real world environment is directed at rewiring the second defective wiring of the brain.

12. The system according to claim 11, wherein the activity module is further configured to:

indicate effectiveness of each of the third plurality of activities to engage in the real world environment, in achieving desired rewiring of the first defective wiring of the brain; and

indicate effectiveness of each of the fourth plurality of activities to engage in the real world environment, in achieving desired rewiring of the second defective wiring of the brain.

13. The system according to claim 11, wherein the activity module is further configured to:

recommend the activities among the third plurality of activities to engage in the real world environment, wherein the recommendation indicates each of the activities'"'"' effectiveness to achieve desired rewiring of the first defective wiring of the brain; and

recommend the activities among the fourth plurality of activities to engage in the real world environment, wherein the recommendation indicates each of the activities'"'"' effectiveness to achieve desired rewiring of the second defective wiring of the brain.

14. The system according to claim 1, wherein the activity module is further configured to provides instructions to engage in dietary and physical activities.

15. The system according to claim 1, wherein the activity module is further configured to:

provide a scale operable by the user to select a position on the scale, wherein the position is indicative of the user'"'"'s perception of the behavioral trait;

reflect on the scale improvement in the behavioral trait resulting from rewiring of the first and second defective wirings; and

reflect on the scale degradation of the improvement in the behavioral trait resulting from degradation of the rewiring due to premature halt in performance of the activities in the virtual environment and the real world environment.

16. A method for enabling a user to overcome weak behavioral traits, the comprising:

enabling the user to engage in at least a first activity in a virtual environment, wherein the first activity affects a first defective wiring of the brain, whose symptom is a weak behavioral trait;

enabling the user to engage in at least a second activity in the virtual environment, wherein the second activity affects a second defective wiring of the brain, whose symptom is the weak behavioral trait, wherein engagement in the second activity is enabled after the user has at least participated in the first activity;

providing automated instructions to the user to engage in at least one activity, wherein the activity is performed in a real world environment, wherein the activity affects the first defective wiring of the brain; and

providing automated instructions to the user to engage in yet another activity, wherein the yet another activity is performed in the real world environment, wherein the yet another activity affects the second defective wiring of the brain.

17. The method according to claim 16, further comprising:

providing a choice comprising a first plurality of activities to engage in the virtual environment, wherein each of the first plurality of activities is directed at rewiring the first defective wiring of the brain;

providing a choice comprising a second plurality of activities to engage in the virtual environment, wherein each of the second plurality of activities is directed at rewiring the second defective wiring of the brain;

recommending the activities among the first plurality of activities to engage in the virtual environment, wherein the recommendation indicates each of the activities'"'"' effectiveness to achieve a desired rewiring of the first defective wiring of the brain;

recommending activities among the second plurality of activities to engage in the virtual environment, wherein the recommendation indicates each of the activities'"'"' effectiveness to achieve desired rewiring of the second defective wiring of the brain;

providing a choice comprising a third plurality of activities to engage in the real world environment, wherein each of the third plurality of activities to engage in the real world environment is directed at rewiring the first defective wiring of the brain;

providing another choice comprising a fourth plurality of activities to engage in the real world environment, wherein each of the fourth plurality of activities to engage in the real world environment is directed at rewiring the second defective wiring of the brain;

recommending the activities among the third plurality of activities to engage in the real world environment, wherein the recommendation indicates each of the activities'"'"' effectiveness to achieve a desired rewiring of the first defective wiring of the brain; and

recommending the activities among the fourth plurality of activities to engage in the real world environment, wherein the recommendation indicates each of the activities'"'"' effectiveness to achieve desired rewiring of the second defective wiring of the brain.

18. The method according to claim 16, wherein,

the automated instructions to the user to engage in the one activity in the real world, which affects the first defective wiring of the brain, is provided after the user has engaged in the first activity in the virtual environment to a predefined extent;

and

the automated instructions to the user to engage in the yet another activity in the real world, which affects the second defective wiring of the brain, is provided after the user has engaged in the second activity in the virtual environment to a predefined extent.

19. A system for enabling a user to overcome weak behavioral traits, the system comprising an activity module configured to:

enable the user to engage in at least a first activity in a virtual environment, wherein the first activity affects a first defective wiring of the brain, whose symptom is a weak behavioral trait; and

enable the user to engage in at least a second activity in the virtual environment, wherein the second activity affects a second defective wiring of the brain, whose symptom is the weak behavioral trait, wherein engagement in the second activity is enabled after the user has at least participated in the first activity.

20. The system according to claim 19, wherein activity module is further configured to:

provide a choice comprising a first plurality of activities to engage in the virtual environment, wherein each of the first plurality of activities is directed at rewiring the first defective wiring of the brain; and

provide a choice comprising a second plurality of activities to engage in the virtual environment, wherein each of the second plurality of activities is directed at rewiring the second defective wiring of the brain.