Human-Digital Media Interaction Tracking

• US 20100076274A1
• Filed: 12/23/2008
• Published: 03/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Clinical Ink, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Digital Artefacts, LLC (Clinical Ink, Inc.)
• Inventors: Severson, Joan
• Granted Patent: US 9,713,444 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/300
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/16 Devices for psychotechnics using teaching or educational appliances G09B1/00 - G09B7/00; Testing reaction times ; Devices for evaluating the psychological state
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/165 Evaluating the state of mind, e.g. depression, anxiety
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/435 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• 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 19/22 Games, e.g. card games
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/70 relating to mental therapies, e.g. psychological therapy or autogenous training
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS

Abstract

A system for human-digital media interaction tracking. One example system includes a database that stores information regarding a user'"'"'s activity history for various different cognitive tasks, and a computing device that receives user behavior information indicating usage by a user of an interactive software program, the interactive software program associated with at least one of the cognitive tasks. The computing device, in response to the receipt of user behavior information indicating usage by the user of the interactive software program, updates the database information regarding the user'"'"'s activity history for the at least one of the cognitive tasks.

Claims

1. A system for tracking human-digital media interaction comprising:

a database storing information regarding a user'"'"'s activity history for a plurality of different cognitive tasks;

a computing device adapted to receive user behavior information indicating usage by a user of an interactive software program, the interactive software program associated with an at least one of the cognitive tasks, the computing device further adapted, in response to the receipt of user behavior information indicating usage by the user of the interactive software program, to update the database information regarding the user'"'"'s activity history for the at least one of the cognitive tasks.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the computing device is further adapted to associate the interactive software program with the at least one cognitive task based on a mapping.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the computing device is further adapted to perform analysis of the user'"'"'s activity history.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the analysis comprises at least one of:

mapping the user behavior information to regions of the brain based on the cognitive task, analyzing the user behavior information to produce charts, graphs, illustrations, and/or animations, generating recommendations for the user of an additional interactive software program associated with an additional cognitive task, evaluating the user'"'"'s cognitive functions, diagnosing a deficiency in the user'"'"'s cognitive functions, generating a plan for remediation therapy to address a deficiency in the user'"'"'s cognitive functions, and correlating the user'"'"'s activity history with physical location data.

5. A system for tracking human-digital media interaction comprising:

a computing device adapted to execute an interactive software program configured to be used by a user,

a storage device accessible to the computing device, the storage device storing data associating the interactive software program with at least one of a plurality of cognitive tasks; and

the computing device adapted, responsive to the user'"'"'s use of the interactive software program, to generate user behavior information for the user indicating the user'"'"'s carrying out of the at least one of the plurality of cognitive tasks associated with the interactive software program in the data stored in the storage device.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the storage device further stores the user behavior information in a user'"'"'s activity history for the user.

7. The system of claim 5, further configured to execute a monitor process configured to generate the user behavior information.

8. The system of claim 5, further configured to analyze the user behavior information.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein analyzing the user behavior information comprises at least one of:

mapping the user behavior information to regions of the brain based on the cognitive task,

analyzing the user behavior information to produce at least one of charts, graphs, illustrations, and animations,

generating recommendations for the user of an additional interactive software program associated with an additional cognitive task,

evaluating the user'"'"'s cognitive functions, diagnosing a deficiency in the user'"'"'s cognitive functions,

generating a plan for remediation therapy to address a deficiency in the user'"'"'s cognitive functions, and

correlating the user'"'"'s activity history with physical location data.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the monitor process is a plug-in monitor process.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the monitor process is part of the interactive software program.

12. A system for tracking human-digital media interaction comprising:

a computing device adapted to receive a user'"'"'s activity history indicating usage by a user of at least one interactive software program, the at least one interactive software program associated with an at least one cognitive task, the computing device further adapted, in response to the receipt of the user'"'"'s activity history to perform at least one of;

mapping the user behavior information to regions of the brain based on the cognitive task,

analyzing the user behavior information to produce at least one of charts, graphs, illustrations, and animations,

generating recommendations for the user of an additional interactive software program associated with an additional cognitive task,

evaluating the user'"'"'s cognitive functions, diagnosing a deficiency in the user'"'"'s cognitive functions,

generating a plan for remediation therapy to address a deficiency in the user'"'"'s cognitive functions, and

correlating the user'"'"'s activity history with physical location data.

13. A system for tracking human-digital media interaction comprising:

a first computing device adapted to execute an interactive software program associated with at least one cognitive task, receive input to the software program from a user, generate user behavior information from the user'"'"'s use of the interactive software program wherein the user behavior information indicates the user carried out at least one of the cognitive tasks, and transmit the user behavior information; and

a second computing device comprising a database storing information regarding the user behavior information for a plurality of different cognitive tasks, wherein the second computing device is adapted to receive the user behavior information, store the user behavior information in the database in an activity history for the user, and update the database information regarding the user behavior information for the at least one of the cognitive tasks.

14. The system of claim 13, further comprising:

a third computing device adapted to execute an interactive software program associated with at least one cognitive task, receive input to the software program from a user, generate user behavior information from the user'"'"'s use of the interactive software program wherein the user behavior information indicates the user carried out at least one of the cognitive tasks, and transmit the user behavior information to the second computing device;

the second computing device, further adapted to received the user behavior information from the third computing device, combine the user behavior information with the activity history for the user, and the store the user behavior information in the activity history for the user.

15. An apparatus for tracking human-digital media interaction comprising:

an input device adapted to receive input from a user;

an output device adapted to send output to the user;

a processor adapted to execute an interactive software program wherein the software program is associated with at least one cognitive task, and generate user behavior information;

a storage device adapted to store the user behavior information; and

a communications device adapted to transmit the user behavior information.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the processor is further adapted to associate the interactive software program with the at least one cognitive task based on a mapping.

17. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the storage device is further adapted to store the user behavior information in a user'"'"'s activity history for the user.

18. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the processor is further adapted to execute a monitor process to generate the user behavior information.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the monitor process is a plug-in monitor separate from the interactive software program.

20. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the processor is further adapted to analyze the user behavior information and generate an output indicating at least one of:

a mapping of the user behavior information to regions of the brain based on the cognitive task,

an analysis of the user behavior information in the form of at least one of charts, graphs, illustrations, and/or animations,

a recommendation for the user of an additional interactive software program associated with an additional cognitive task,

an evaluation of the user'"'"'s cognitive functions,

a diagnoses of a deficiency in the user'"'"'s cognitive functions,

a plan for remediation therapy to address a deficiency in the user'"'"'s cognitive functions, and

a correlation between the user'"'"'s activity history with physical location data.

21. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the analysis comprises at least one of:

mapping the user behavior information to regions of the brain based on the cognitive task,

analyzing the user behavior information to produce charts, graphs, illustrations, and/or animations,

generating recommendations for the user of an additional interactive software program associated with an additional cognitive task,

evaluating the user'"'"'s cognitive functions, diagnosing a deficiency in the user'"'"'s cognitive functions,

generating a plan for remediation therapy to address a deficiency in the user'"'"'s cognitive functions, and

correlating the user'"'"'s activity history with physical location data.

22. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the processor is further adapted to:

accept a user login data from the user; and

identify the user based on the user login data.

30. The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising:

the input device further adapted to receive a user login data and input to an interactive software program from the user;

the output device further adapted to send output from the interactive software program to the user;

a mapping data associating the interactive software program with at least one cognitive task,

the processor further adapted to accept the user login data from the user, identify a user identity based on the user login data, execute the interactive software program, generate user behavior information based on input from the user to the interactive software program wherein the user behavior information comprises at least one of;

an amount of time spent by the user interacting with the interactive software program, an amount of time spent by the user interacting with a part of the interactive software program associated with one of the at least one cognitive tasks, a score achieved by the user, a task accomplished by the user, a task not accomplished by the user, and an amount of time taken by the user to perform a task;

and perform with the user'"'"'s activity history at least one of;

map the user'"'"'s activity history to regions of the brain based on the cognitive task, analyze the user'"'"'s activity history to produce charts, graphs, illustrations, and/or animations, generate recommendations for the user of an additional interactive software program associated with an additional cognitive task, evaluate the user'"'"'s cognitive functions, diagnose a deficiency in the user'"'"'s cognitive functions, generate a plan for remediation therapy to address a deficiency in the user'"'"'s cognitive functions, and correlate the user'"'"'s activity history with physical location data.

a storage device adapted to store the user behavior information based on for the user; and

the communications device further adapted to transmit the user behavior information.

23. A computer-implemented method for tracking human-digital media interaction comprising:

receiving on a computing device information identifying a user;

identifying by the computing device the user based on the user login data;

executing on the computing device an interactive software program, wherein the interactive software program is associated with at least one cognitive task;

receiving on the computing device input from the user to the interactive software program;

generating on the computing device user behavior information based on the input from the user to the interactive software program; and

storing on the computing device the user behavior information.

24. The system of claim 23, further comprising associating by the computing device the interactive software program with the at least one cognitive task based on a mapping.

25. The computer-implemented method of claim 23, further comprising transmitting by the computing device the user behavior information to a remote computing device.

26. The computer-implemented method of claim 23, further comprising:

receiving on a computing device a user login data from a second user;

identifying by the computing device the second user based on the user login data;

executing on the computing device an interactive software program, wherein the interactive software program is associated with at least one cognitive task;

receiving on the computing device input from the second user to the interactive software program;

generating on the computing device user behavior information based on the input from the second user to the interactive software program; and

storing on the computing device the user behavior information for the second user separately from the user behavior information for the user

27. The computer-implemented method of claim 26, further comprising storing the user behavior information for the user as part of a user activity history and the user behavior information for the second user as part of a second user activity history.

28. The computer-implemented method of claim 23, wherein the information identifying the user us a user login data.

31. The computer-implemented method of claim 23, further comprising:

receiving on a computing device a user login data input from a user;

identifying by the computing device a user identity for the user based on the login input;

executing on the computing device an interactive software program, wherein the interactive software program is associated with at least one cognitive task;

receiving on the computing device input from the user to the interactive software program;

generating on the computing device user behavior information based on the input from the user to the software program, wherein the behavior information comprises at least one of;

an amount of time spent by the user interacting with the software program, an amount of time spent by the user interacting with a part of the interactive software program associated with one of the at least one cognitive tasks, a score achieved by the user, a task accomplished by the user, a task not accomplished by the user, and an amount of time taken by the user to perform a task;

storing on the computing device the user behavior information for the user; and

performing with the user'"'"'s activity history at least one of;

map the user'"'"'s activity history to regions of the brain based on the cognitive task, analyze the user'"'"'s activity history to produce charts, graphs, illustrations, and/or animations, generate recommendations for the user of an additional interactive software program associated with an additional cognitive task, evaluate the user'"'"'s cognitive functions, diagnose a deficiency in the user'"'"'s cognitive functions, generate a plan for remediation therapy to address a deficiency in the user'"'"'s cognitive functions, and correlate the user'"'"'s activity history with physical location data.

32. A computer-readable medium comprising computer-readable instructions to perform the method of claim 23.

29. A system for tracking human-digital media interaction comprising:

a first computing device comprising;

an input device adapted to receive a user login data from a user and receive input for an interactive software program from the user,

an output device adapted to send output from the software program to the user,

a mapping data associating the interactive software program with at least one cognitive task,

a processor adapted to identify the user by a user identity based on the user login data, execute the interactive software program, and generate user behavior information based on the input from the user to the interactive software program wherein the user behavior information comprises at least one of;

an amount of time spent by the user interacting with the interactive software program, an amount of time spent by the user interacting with a part of the interactive software program associated with one of the at least one cognitive tasks, a score achieved by the user, a task accomplished by the user, a task not accomplished by the user, and an amount of time taken by the user to perform a task;

a storage device adapted to store the user behavior information based for the user, and

a communications device adapted to transmit the user behavior information; and

a second computing device communicatively connected to the first computing device, comprising;

a communications device adapted to receive the user behavior information from the first computing device,

a database adapted to store the user behavior information in the database in an user'"'"'s activity history for the user,

a processor adapted to perform with the user'"'"'s activity history at least one of;

map the user'"'"'s activity history to regions of the brain based on the cognitive task, analyze the user'"'"'s activity history to produce charts, graphs, illustrations, and/or animations, generate recommendations for the user of an additional interactive software program associated with an additional cognitive task, evaluate the user'"'"'s cognitive functions, diagnose a deficiency in the user'"'"'s cognitive functions, generate a plan for remediation therapy to address a deficiency in the user'"'"'s cognitive functions, and correlate the user'"'"'s activity history with physical location data.