SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING AND USING USER PHYSIOLOGICAL AND EMOTIONAL DATA

• US 20140059066A1
• Filed: 08/23/2013
• Published: 02/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Emopulse, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Emopulse, Inc.
• Inventors: Koloskov, Nikolay
• Application Number:
  US13/975,141
• Publication Number:
  US 20140059066A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/758
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/435 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/02 Arrangements of circuit components or wiring on supporting structure

Abstract

A system and method for obtaining and using user physiological and emotional data is disclosed. One embodiment includes a wearable user device comprising a device body defining a first arm extending from a central body portion to a first-arm end and having an external first-arm face and an internal first-arm face on opposing sides of the first arm. The device may also include a second arm extending from the central body portion and a concave cavity defined by the first and second arm and the central portion and configured to be worn on an elongated part of a body. The device may also include a first display and a sensor array disposed on one or both of the internal first-arm and second-arm faces configured to contact the elongated part of a body when the user device is worn.

Claims

1. A wearable user device comprising:

a device body defining;

a first arm extending from a central body portion to a first-arm end and having an external first-arm face and an internal first-arm face on opposing sides of the first arm;

a second arm extending from the central body portion to a second-arm end and having an external second-arm face and an internal second-arm face on opposing sides of the second arm; and

a concave cavity defined by the first and second arm and the central portion and configured to be worn on an elongated part of a body;

a first display disposed on a portion of the external first-arm face; and

a sensor array disposed on one or both of the internal first-arm and second-arm faces configured to contact the elongated part of a body when the user device is worn.

2. The wearable user device of claim 1, further comprising a second display disposed on a portion of the external second-arm face.

3. The wearable user device of claim 1, further comprising:

a first-arm end face substantially perpendicular to the external first-arm face; and

a first camera disposed on the first-arm end face.

4. The wearable user device of claim 3, further comprising a second camera disposed on the external first-arm face.

5. The wearable user device of claim 3, further comprising a communication port and a memory card slot disposed below a hatch on the first-arm end face.

6. The wearable user device of claim 1, further comprising:

a communication connector rotatably disposed on the second-arm end and operable to rotate from a stored position to an extended position.

7. The wearable user device of claim 1, wherein the device body is substantially C-shaped.

8. The wearable user device of claim 1 further comprising a hinge that extends along a width of the device body at the central body portion and configured to rotatably couple the first and second arm such that the first and second arm are operable to rotate toward and away from each other.

9. The wearable user device of claim 1 further comprising a hinge that extends along a width of the device body along a portion of the second arm and defining a rotatable second-arm tip at an end of the second arm.

10. The wearable user device of claim 1 further comprising:

a first hinge that extends along a width of the device body at the central body portion and configured to rotatably couple the first and second arm such that the first and second arm are operable to rotate toward and away from each other, and

a second hinge that extends along a width of the device body along a portion of the second arm and defining a rotatable second-arm tip at an end of the second arm,

wherein the hinges are configured to change the size of the concave cavity by rotatably changing the position of the first and second arm and the second-arm tip.

11. A method of providing a media content recommendation comprising:

obtaining user registration data;

obtaining user baseline physiological data synchronized with a baseline stimuli;

generating a user physiological response profile based on the user registration data and the user baseline physiological response data;

obtaining user preference data;

generating a user preference profile based at least on the user preference data;

obtaining a media content recommendation request;

obtaining physiological data associated with the content recommendation request;

determining one or more user state based on the physiological data associated with the content recommendation request and the user physiological response profile; and

generating a media content recommendation based on the determined one or more user state and the user preference profile.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the baseline stimuli comprises a series of at least one of audio and visual stimuli, the baseline stimuli comprising a plurality of trigger sections.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein each of the plurality of trigger sections are configured to trigger at least one of an emotional and physiological response in a user.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein user baseline physiological data and physiological data associated with the content recommendation request comprises a plurality of user signals obtained from a sensor array worn by a user.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising presenting baseline stimuli to a user associated with the user registration data and recording physiological data associated with the user and synchronized with the presentation.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the one or more user state is an emotional state.

17. A method of generating a media response profile comprising:

obtaining user registration data from a plurality of users;

obtaining, for each of the users, user baseline physiological data synchronized with baseline stimuli;

generating, for each of the users, a user physiological response profile based on respective user registration data and user baseline physiological response data;

presenting a media presentation to a portion of the plurality of users and obtaining user physiological data from each of the portion of users that is synchronized with the media presentation;

generating a media response profile associated with the media presentation based on respective user physiological data and user physiological response profiles.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising obtaining media response data associated with the media presentation from the portion of the plurality of users, and wherein the generating a media response profile is further based on the media response data.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising obtaining user preference data from the portion of the plurality of users, and wherein the generating a media response profile is further based on the user preference data.

20. The method of claim 17 further comprising determining a plurality of user states for each of the portion of the plurality of users based on respective user physiological data and user physiological response profiles, the determined user states each corresponding to a portion of the media presentation.