System and method for determining a characteristic of an individual

• US 8,655,804 B2
• Filed: 11/17/2009
• Issued: 02/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NextStage Evolution, LLC
• Original Assignee: NextStage Evolution, LLC
• Inventors: Carrabis, Joseph
• Primary Examiner(s): Gaffin, Jeffrey A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hill, Stanley K
• Application Number:
  US12/620,221
• Publication Number:
  US 20100076912A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,554 Days
• Field of Search: 706/12
• US Class Current: 706/12
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/165 Evaluating the state of mind, e.g. depression, anxiety
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 20/00 Machine learning
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

A system and method for determining a characteristic of an individual is provided. The method includes determining at least one nonconscious element of an interaction by the individual and correlating the at least one nonconscious element with at least one identifiable demographic characteristic of the individual. The system includes a computerized medium having a human interface system situated to facilitate interaction with the individual and produce a quantity of data corresponding to the interaction. A programmable device is in communication with the computerized medium and is situated to use at least a portion of the quantity of data corresponding to the interaction with the individual to determine at least one nonconscious element of the interaction with the individual. A correlation system is situated to correlate the at least one nonconscious element with at least one identifiable demographic characteristic and output a quantity of resulting information.

Claims

1. A method of determining a characteristic of an individual, the method comprising:

electronically recording an interaction of an individual;

determining at least one nonconscious element of the interaction by the individual; and

calculating at least one identifiable demographic characteristic of the individual based at least in part on the at least one nonconscious element using a programmable device, wherein the at least one identifiable demographic characteristic of the individual is at least one of age and gender.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the nonconscious element further comprises a psychomotor behavioral element.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of determining at least one preferred modality of the individual based on the nonconscious element of the interaction.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising the step of determining a preferred combination of modalities from the at least one preferred modality and ordering the preferred combination of modalities by preference thereby further defining a focus of the individual'"'"'s attention.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising the steps of defining a psychodynamic behavioral model and a cognitive behavioral model using the preferred combination of the modalities and the ordering of the modalities.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

repeating the method for a plurality of individuals;

aggregating at least one identifiable demographic characteristic for each of the plurality of individuals determined; and

producing a report containing at least one identifiable demographic characteristic for each of the plurality of individuals.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of storing the determined at least one nonconscious element of the activity in a database, wherein the determined at least one nonconscious element is stored in terms of preferred representational geometries via linear algebraic transforms.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the database corresponds to an identifiable demographic characteristic of the individual.

9. A system for determining a characteristic of an individual comprising:

a computerized medium having a human interface system situated to facilitate interaction with the individual and produce a quantity of data corresponding to the interaction;

a programmable device in communication with the computerized medium, the programmable device situated to use at least a portion of the quantity of data corresponding to the interaction with the individual to determine at least one nonconscious element of the interaction with the individual; and

a correlation system, situated to calculate at least one identifiable demographic characteristic based at least in part on the at least one nonconscious element and output a quantity of resulting information, wherein the at least one identifiable demographic characteristic of the individual is at least one of age and gender.

10. The system for determining a characteristic of an individual of claim 9, wherein the at least one nonconscious element of the interaction with the individual is a psychomotor behavioral element of the interaction.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium to determine a characteristic of an individual, the non-transitory computer readable medium comprising:

program code to produce a quantity of data corresponding to an interaction of the individual with a computerized medium;

program code to use at least a portion of the quantity of data corresponding to the interaction of the individual to determine at least one nonconscious element of the interaction with the individual; and

program code to calculate the at least one nonconscious element with at least one identifiable demographic characteristic and output a quantity of resulting information, wherein the at least one identifiable demographic characteristic of the individual is at least one of age and gender.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the nonconscious element of the interaction with the individual further comprises a psychomotor behavioral element.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12, further comprising program code to determine at least one modality of the individual based on the psychomotor behavioral element.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, further comprising program code to determine a preferred combination of modalities from the at least one modality and an ordering of the preferred combination of modalities by preference thereby further defining a focus of the individual'"'"'s attention.