System and method for intelligently determining user preferences and responding thereto

• US 8,616,890 B2
• Filed: 05/23/2003
• Issued: 12/31/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Henry Hanek, James Hughes
• Original Assignee: Henry Hanek, James Hughes
• Inventors: Hughes, James, Hanek, Henry
• Primary Examiner(s): Frisby, Kesha
• Application Number:
  US10/444,719
• Publication Number:
  US 20040234932A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,875 Days
• Field of Search: 434/236, 600/300
• US Class Current: 434/236
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0271 Personalized advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 23/28 for medicine
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/00 Electrically-operated educational appliances working with questions and answers G09B7/00; simulators G09B9/00; advertising or displaying in general G09F

Abstract

The present invention provides a system and method by which a thought can be (a) entered, (b) interpreted through combination of an adaptive thought-associative dictionary and user knowledge, (c) processed with an analytical toolset, (d) presented back to the user, (e) stored, and (f) updated. Through feedback the present invention attempts to track the user with increasing accuracy, in the context of a non-stationary environment. The present invention fully associates these elements through use of a database such that post processing can be readily applied to any element, or can be applied as the ability to do such post-processing is developed or improves. Furthermore, the present invention defines a mathematical construct and relationship to the thought environment such that many forms of processing can be realized.

Claims

1. A computer program product for interpreting a thought, the computer program product comprising:

a computer-readable medium containing a code, the code comprising;

a first code segment for receiving a plurality of portions of a thought entry;

a second code segment for associating each of the plurality of portions of the thought entry with respective definitions or vectors, wherein each of the definitions or vectors represents at least one of an emotion value and/or a state value associated with each of the respective plurality of the portions of the thought entry, wherein the emotion values and or the state values represent the emotions and/or states of the respective plurality of portions of the thought entry over time;

a third code segment for creating a thought interpretation set;

a fourth code segment for performing at least one of uploading, downloading, emailing, or electronically transmitting the thought interpretation set, wherein the code further comprises a fifth code segment for associating at least one of advertising or marketing information to the thought interpretation set.

2. The computer program product of claim 1 wherein the emotion value represents a positive or negative strength of emotion or a neutral value for the emotion.

3. The computer program product of claim 1 wherein the emotion value is selected from a group consisting of hate/love, sorrow/joy, and anger/peacefulness.

4. The computer program product of claim 1 wherein the state value is selected from a group consisting of a beneficial state and a detrimental state.

5. The computer program product of claim 1 wherein a first state includes a first state value representing how much a dreamer feels in control of events, a second state includes a second state value representing physical well-being strength of the dreamer, and a third state includes a third state value representing the dreamer'"'"'s spiritual state strength in terms of light.

6. The computer program product of claim 1 wherein the code further comprises a fifth code segment for recalling an existing thought interpretation set.

7. The computer program product of claim 1 wherein the plurality of portions of the thought entry is at least one of an audible recording, a visual recording, a multimedia format, or a textual entry.

8. The computer program product of claim 1 wherein the code further comprises a fifth code segment for creating at least one definition.

9. The computer program product of claim 1 wherein the code further comprises a fifth code segment for recalling an existing thought from a memory to create the plurality of portions of the thought entry.

10. The computer program product of claim 1 wherein the code further comprises a fifth code segment for associating the thought interpretation set with additional definition information.

11. The computer program product of claim 1 wherein the code further comprises a fourth code segment for updating a definition wherein the updated plurality of definitions are the state value of at least one of the user'"'"'s present relative conscious state or present subconscious state.

12. The computer program product of claim 1 wherein the marketing information includes at least one of a coupon or links to a website.

13. The computer program product of claim 1 wherein the association is user defined.

14. The computer program product of claim 1 wherein the definition is stored in a personal dictionary.

15. The computer program product of claim 1 wherein the definition is stored in a collective dictionary.