Correlating data indicating subjective user states associated with multiple users with data indicating objective occurrences

• US 8,010,663 B2
• Filed: 03/25/2009
• Issued: 08/30/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Freede Solutions, Inc.
• Original Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Firminger, Shawn P., Garms, Jason, Jung, Edward K. Y., Karkanias, Chris D., Leuthardt, Eric C., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A., Rinaldo, Jr., John D., Tegreene, Clarence T., Tolle, Kristin M., Wood, JR., Lowell L.
• Primary Examiner(s): JEAN GILLES, JUDE
• Application Number:
  US12/383,817
• Publication Number:
  US 20100131437A1
• Time in Patent Office: 888 Days
• Field of Search: 709/224, 709/226
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24575 using context
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 90/00 Systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes, not involving significant data processing

Abstract

A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to acquiring subjective user state data including data indicating incidence of at least a first subjective user state associated with a first user and data indicating incidence of at least a second subjective user state associated with a second user; acquiring objective occurrence data including data indicating incidence of at least a first objective occurrence and data indicating incidence of at least a second objective occurrence; and correlating the subjective user state data with the objective occurrence data. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.

Claims

1. A system in the form of a machine, article of manufacture, or composition of matter, comprising:

an objective occurrence data acquisition module configured to acquire objective occurrence data, the objective occurrence data to be acquired including at least data indicating incidence of a first objective occurrence and data indicating incidence of a second objective occurrence;

a subjective user state data acquisition module configured to acquire subjective user state data, the subjective user state data to be acquired including at least data indicating incidence of a first subjective user state associated with a first user and data indicating incidence of a second subjective user state associated with a second user; and

a correlation module configured to correlate the subjective user state data with the objective occurrence data.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said an objective occurrence data acquisition module configured to acquire objective occurrence data, the objective occurrence data to be acquired including at least data indicating incidence of a first objective occurrence and data indicating incidence of a second objective occurrence comprises:

an objective occurrence data reception module configured to receive the objective occurrence data including at least one of the data indicating incidence of a first objective occurrence or the data indicating incidence of a second objective occurrence.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein said objective occurrence data reception module configured to receive the objective occurrence data including at least one of the data indicating incidence of a first objective occurrence or the data indicating incidence of a second objective occurrence comprises:

a blog entry reception module configured to receive the objective occurrence data via one or more blog entries.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein said objective occurrence data reception module configured to receive the objective occurrence data including at least one of the data indicating incidence of a first objective occurrence or the data indicating incidence of a second objective occurrence comprises:

a status report reception module configured to receive the objective occurrence data via one or more status reports.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein said objective occurrence data reception module configured to receive the objective occurrence data including at least one of the data indicating incidence of a first objective occurrence or the data indicating incidence of a second objective occurrence comprises:

an objective occurrence data reception module configured to receive the objective occurrence data from one or more sensors.

6. The system of claim 2, wherein said objective occurrence data reception module configured to receive the objective occurrence data including at least one of the data indicating incidence of a first objective occurrence or the data indicating incidence of a second objective occurrence comprises:

an objective occurrence data reception module configured to receive the objective occurrence data including at least the data indicating incidence of a first objective occurrence from the first user.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein said objective occurrence data reception module configured to receive the objective occurrence data including at least the data indicating incidence of a first objective occurrence from the first user comprises:

an objective occurrence data reception module configured to receive the objective occurrence data including at least the data indicating incidence of a second objective occurrence from the second user.

8. The system of claim 2, wherein said objective occurrence data reception module configured to receive the objective occurrence data including at least one of the data indicating incidence of a first objective occurrence or the data indicating incidence of a second objective occurrence comprises:

an objective occurrence data reception module configured to receive from one or more third parties the objective occurrence data including at least the data indicating incidence of a first objective occurrence or the data indicating incidence of a second objective occurrence.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein said an objective occurrence data acquisition module configured to acquire objective occurrence data, the objective occurrence data to be acquired including at least data indicating incidence of a first objective occurrence and data indicating incidence of a second objective occurrence comprises:

an objective occurrence data acquisition module configured to acquire data indicating ingestions of medicines by the first user and the second user.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein said an objective occurrence data acquisition module configured to acquire objective occurrence data, the objective occurrence data to be acquired including at least data indicating incidence of a first objective occurrence and data indicating incidence of a second objective occurrence comprises:

an objective occurrence data acquisition module configured to acquire data indicating ingestions of food items by the first user and the second user.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein said an objective occurrence data acquisition module configured to acquire objective occurrence data, the objective occurrence data to be acquired including at least data indicating incidence of a first objective occurrence and data indicating incidence of a second objective occurrence comprises:

an objective occurrence data acquisition module configured to acquire data indicating ingestions of nutraceuticals by the first user and the second user.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein said an objective occurrence data acquisition module configured to acquire objective occurrence data, the objective occurrence data to be acquired including at least data indicating incidence of a first objective occurrence and data indicating incidence of a second objective occurrence comprises:

an objective occurrence data acquisition module configured to acquire data indicating the first user and the second user executing exercise routines.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein said an objective occurrence data acquisition module configured to acquire objective occurrence data, the objective occurrence data to be acquired including at least data indicating incidence of a first objective occurrence and data indicating incidence of a second objective occurrence comprises:

an objective occurrence data acquisition module configured to acquire data indicating the first user and the second user executing social activities.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein said an objective occurrence data acquisition module configured to acquire objective occurrence data, the objective occurrence data to be acquired including at least data indicating incidence of a first objective occurrence and data indicating incidence of a second objective occurrence comprises:

an objective occurrence data acquisition module configured to acquire data indicating one or more third parties executing one or more activities.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein said an objective occurrence data acquisition module configured to acquire objective occurrence data, the objective occurrence data to be acquired including at least data indicating incidence of a first objective occurrence and data indicating incidence of a second objective occurrence comprises:

an objective occurrence data acquisition module configured to acquire data indicating physical characteristics of the first user and the second user.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein said an objective occurrence data acquisition module configured to acquire objective occurrence data, the objective occurrence data to be acquired including at least data indicating incidence of a first objective occurrence and data indicating incidence of a second objective occurrence comprises:

an objective occurrence data acquisition module configured to acquire data indicating occurrence of at least one external event.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein said an objective occurrence data acquisition module configured to acquire objective occurrence data, the objective occurrence data to be acquired including at least data indicating incidence of a first objective occurrence and data indicating incidence of a second objective occurrence comprises:

an objective occurrence data acquisition module configured to acquire data indicating the first user'"'"'s and the second user'"'"'s locations.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein said an objective occurrence data acquisition module configured to acquire objective occurrence data, the objective occurrence data to be acquired including at least data indicating incidence of a first objective occurrence and data indicating incidence of a second objective occurrence comprises:

an objective occurrence data acquisition module configured to acquire data indicating a third objective occurrence.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein said objective occurrence data acquisition module configured to acquire data indicating a third objective occurrence comprises:

an objective occurrence data acquisition module configured to acquire data indicating a fourth objective occurrence.

20. The system of claim 1, wherein said a subjective user state data acquisition module configured to acquire subjective user state data, the subjective user state data to be acquired including at least data indicating incidence of a first subjective user state associated with a first user and data indicating incidence of a second subjective user state associated with a second user comprises:

a reception module configured to receive subjective user state data including at least one of the data indicating incidence of a first subjective user state associated with a first user or the data indicating incidence of a second subjective user state associated with a second user.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein said reception module configured to receive subjective user state data including at least one of the data indicating incidence of a first subjective user state associated with a first user or the data indicating incidence of a second subjective user state associated with a second user comprises:

an electronic message reception module configured to receive, via one or more electronic messages, subjective user state data including at least one of the data indicating incidence of a first subjective user state associated with a first user or the data indicating incidence of a second subjective user state associated with a second user.

22. The system of claim 20, wherein said reception module configured to receive subjective user state data including at least one of the data indicating incidence of a first subjective user state associated with a first user or the data indicating incidence of a second subjective user state associated with a second user comprises:

a blog entry reception module configured to receive, via one or more blog entries, subjective user state data including at least one of the data indicating incidence of a first subjective user state associated with a first user or the data indicating incidence of a second subjective user state associated with a second user.

23. The system of claim 20, wherein said reception module configured to receive subjective user state data including at least one of the data indicating incidence of a first subjective user state associated with a first user or the data indicating incidence of a second subjective user state associated with a second user comprises:

a status report reception module configured to receive, via one or more status reports, subjective user state data including at least one of the data indicating incidence of a first subjective user state associated with a first user or the data indicating incidence of a second subjective user state associated with a second user.

24. The system of claim 20, wherein said reception module configured to receive subjective user state data including at least one of the data indicating incidence of a first subjective user state associated with a first user or the data indicating incidence of a second subjective user state associated with a second user comprises:

a reception module configured to receive subjective user state data including at least one of the data indicating incidence of a first subjective user state associated with a first user or the data indicating incidence of a second subjective user state associated with a second user from at least the first user or the second user.

25. The system of claim 20, wherein said reception module configured to receive subjective user state data including at least one of the data indicating incidence of a first subjective user state associated with a first user or the data indicating incidence of a second subjective user state associated with a second user comprises:

a reception module configured to receive subjective user state data including at least one of the data indicating incidence of a first subjective user state associated with a first user or the data indicating incidence of a second subjective user state associated with a second user from one or more third party sources.

26. The system of claim 1, wherein said a subjective user state data acquisition module configured to acquire subjective user state data, the subjective user state data to be acquired including at least data indicating incidence of a first subjective user state associated with a first user and data indicating incidence of a second subjective user state associated with a second user comprises:

a subjective user state data acquisition module configured to acquire subjective user state data including data indicating a first subjective mental state associated with the first user.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein said subjective user state data acquisition module configured to acquire subjective user state data including data indicating a first subjective mental state associated with the first user comprises:

a subjective user state data acquisition module configured to acquire subjective user state data including data indicating a second subjective mental state associated with the second user.

28. The system of claim 1, wherein said a subjective user state data acquisition module configured to acquire subjective user state data, the subjective user state data to be acquired including at least data indicating incidence of a first subjective user state associated with a first user and data indicating incidence of a second subjective user state associated with a second user comprises:

a subjective user state data acquisition module configured to acquire subjective user state data including data indicating a first subjective physical state associated with the first user.

29. The system of claim 28, wherein said subjective user state data acquisition module configured to acquire subjective user state data including data indicating a first subjective physical state associated with the first user comprises:

a subjective user state data acquisition module configured to acquire subjective user state data including data indicating a second subjective physical state associated with the second user.

30. The system of claim 1, wherein said a subjective user state data acquisition module configured to acquire subjective user state data, the subjective user state data to be acquired including at least data indicating incidence of a first subjective user state associated with a first user and data indicating incidence of a second subjective user state associated with a second user comprises:

a subjective user state data acquisition module configured to acquire subjective user state data including data indicating a first subjective overall state associated with the first user.

31. The system of claim 30, wherein said subjective user state data acquisition module configured to acquire subjective user state data including data indicating a first subjective overall state associated with the first user comprises:

a subjective user state data acquisition module configured to acquire subjective user state data including data indicating a second subjective overall state associated with the second user.

32. The system of claim 1, wherein said a subjective user state data acquisition module configured to acquire subjective user state data, the subjective user state data to be acquired including at least data indicating incidence of a first subjective user state associated with a first user and data indicating incidence of a second subjective user state associated with a second user comprises:

a subjective user state data acquisition module configured to acquire subjective user state data including data indicating incidence of a third subjective user state associated with a third user.

33. The system of claim 32, wherein said subjective user state data acquisition module configured to acquire subjective user state data including data indicating incidence of a third subjective user state associated with a third user comprises:

a subjective user state data acquisition module configured to acquire subjective user state data including data indicating incidence of a fourth subjective user state associated with a fourth user.

34. The system of claim 1, wherein said correlation module configured to correlate the subjective user state data with the objective occurrence data comprises:

a sequential pattern determination module configured to determine at least a first sequential pattern associated with the incidence of the first objective occurrence and the incidence of the first subjective user state.

35. The system of claim 34, wherein said sequential pattern determination module configured to determine at least a first sequential pattern associated with the incidence of the first objective occurrence and the incidence of the first subjective user state comprises:

a sequential pattern determination module configured to determine a second sequential pattern associated with the incidence of the second objective occurrence and the incidence of the second subjective user state.

36. The system of claim 35, wherein said sequential pattern determination module configured to determine a second sequential pattern associated with the incidence of the second objective occurrence and the incidence of the second subjective user state comprises:

a sequential pattern comparison module configured to compare the first sequential pattern with a second sequential pattern associated with the incidence of the second objective occurrence and the incidence of the second subjective user state.

37. The system of claim 36, wherein said sequential pattern comparison module configured to compare the first sequential pattern with a second sequential pattern associated with the incidence of the second objective occurrence and the incidence of the second subjective user state comprises:

a sequential pattern comparison module configured to determine whether the first sequential pattern at least substantially matches with the second sequential pattern.

38. The system of claim 36, wherein said sequential pattern comparison module configured to compare the first sequential pattern with a second sequential pattern associated with the incidence of the second objective occurrence and the incidence of the second subjective user state comprises:

a sequential pattern comparison module configured to compare the first sequential pattern, the second sequential pattern, and a third sequential pattern associated with incidence of a third objective occurrence and incidence of a third subjective user state associated with a third user.

39. The system of claim 38, wherein said sequential pattern comparison module configured to compare the first sequential pattern, the second sequential pattern, and a third sequential pattern associated with incidence of a third objective occurrence and incidence of a third subjective user state associated with a third user comprises:

a sequential pattern comparison module configured to compare the first sequential pattern, the second sequential pattern, the third sequential pattern, and a fourth sequential pattern associated with incidence of a fourth objective occurrence and incidence of a fourth subjective user state associated with a fourth user.

40. The system of claim 34, wherein said sequential pattern determination module configured to determine at least a first sequential pattern associated with the incidence of the first objective occurrence and the incidence of the first subjective user state comprises:

a sequential pattern determination module configured to determine the first sequential pattern based on a determination of whether the incidence of the first subjective user state occurred before, after, or at least partially concurrently with the incidence of the first objective occurrence.

41. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a presentation module configured to present one or more results of the correlation of the subjective user state data with the objective occurrence data.

42. A computationally-implemented system, comprising:

circuitry for acquiring objective occurrence data, the objective occurrence data to be acquired including at least data indicating incidence of a first objective occurrence and data indicating incidence of a second objective occurrence;

circuitry for acquiring subjective user state data, the subjective user state data to be acquired including at least data indicating incidence of a first subjective user state associated with a first user and data indicating incidence of a second subjective user state associated with a second user; and

circuitry for correlating the subjective user state data with the objective occurrence data.

43. An article of manufacture, comprising:

a non-transitory signal-bearing medium bearing;

one or more instructions for acquiring objective occurrence data, the objective occurrence data to be acquired including at least data indicating incidence of a first objective occurrence and data indicating incidence of a second objective occurrence;

one or more instructions for acquiring subjective user state data, the subjective user state data to be acquired including at least data indicating incidence of a first subjective user state associated with a first user and data indicating incidence of a second subjective user state associated with a second user; and

one or more instructions for correlating the subjective user state data with the objective occurrence data.