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20120176232 | PREVENTION OF TEXTING WHILE OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE - A system and method includes sensors configured to measure conditions of a vehicle. A monitoring module is configured to evaluate the conditions input thereto from the sensors. The monitoring module is further configured to determine a state of a mobile device located within the vehicle. Based upon a combination of the conditions of the vehicle and the state of the mobile device, a determination of improper use of the mobile device is made. | 07-12-2012 |
20120176235 | MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE EMERGENCY WARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A warning system and method include a memory device configured to store one or more condition criteria. A monitoring device is configured to monitor a status of the one or more condition criteria. The monitoring device is triggered by a triggering event related to the status to generate a warning signal responsive to the triggering event. A mobile computing device is configured to communicate with the monitoring device and an external network to receive the warning signal and output a warning message on the external network to one or more designated entities. | 07-12-2012 |
20120183932 | Location-Aware Nutrition Management - Techniques for providing personalized location-aware nutrition management information are provided. The techniques include receiving geographical coordinates of an individual, acquiring nutritional information from one or more food providers within a designated proximity of the geographical coordinates of the individual, generating one or more nutrition selection options for the individual based on the nutritional information from the one or more food providers within a designated proximity of the geographical coordinates of the individual and dynamic nutritional guidelines for the individual, and outputting the one or more nutrition selection options to the individual. | 07-19-2012 |
20120233336 | Situation-Driven Spontaneous Networking - In an exemplary embodiment, a method is disclosed that includes, in an electronic device, forming a hypothesis that a situation exists based on one or more situation definitions and data from one or more sensors accessible by the electronic device. The method includes searching for other electronic devices via one or more network interfaces in the electronic device and establishing a network with one or more other electronic devices found during the searching. The method also includes receiving information from the one or more other electronic devices, the information corresponding to the situation. The method further includes, based at least on the information, modifying the hypothesis that the situation exists. Apparatus and computer readable memory media are also disclosed. | 09-13-2012 |
20120310758 | Guideline-Based Food Purchase Management - Techniques for guideline-based food purchase management are provided. The techniques include generating a personalized set of nutrition guidelines for a user, generating a user profile for the user, wherein the user profile comprises health information and nutrition preferences, and using the personalized set of nutrition guidelines and the user profile to generate a guideline-based shopping list for the user. Techniques for generating location-based food purchase guidance are also provided. The techniques include obtaining a shopping list of food items and a list of stores to be considered in connection with the food items on the shopping list, using the shopping list, list of stores, a store location map and inter-store routing guidance to generate an inter-store shopping route, and generating an in-store shopping route, for each of the stores in the inter-store shopping route, based on the shopping list, intra-store routing guidance and a floor plan for the store. | 12-06-2012 |
20120326855 | PREVENTION OF TEXTING WHILE OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE - A system and method includes sensors configured to measure conditions of a vehicle. A monitoring module is configured to evaluate the conditions input thereto from the sensors. The monitoring module is further configured to determine a state of a mobile device located within the vehicle. Based upon a combination of the conditions of the vehicle and the state of the mobile device, a determination of improper use of the mobile device is made. | 12-27-2012 |
20120326860 | MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE EMERGENCY WARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A warning system and method include a memory device configured to store one or more condition criteria. A monitoring device is configured to monitor a status of the one or more condition criteria. The monitoring device is triggered by a triggering event related to the status to generate a warning signal responsive to the triggering event. A mobile computing device is configured to communicate with the monitoring device and an external network to receive the warning signal and output a warning message on the external network to one or more designated entities. | 12-27-2012 |
20130006807 | Guideline-Based Food Purchase Management - Techniques for guideline-based food purchase management are provided. The techniques include generating a personalized set of nutrition guidelines for a user, generating a user profile for the user, wherein the user profile comprises health information and nutrition preferences, and using the personalized set of nutrition guidelines and the user profile to generate a guideline-based shopping list for the user. Techniques for generating location-based food purchase guidance are also provided. The techniques include obtaining a shopping list of food items and a list of stores to be considered in connection with the food items on the shopping list, using the shopping list, list of stores, a store location map and inter-store routing guidance to generate an inter-store shopping route, and generating an in-store shopping route, for each of the stores in the inter-store shopping route, based on the shopping list, intra-store routing guidance and a floor plan for the store. | 01-03-2013 |
20130084896 | Pushing Secure Notifications to Mobile Computing Devices - A method for pushing secure notifications includes a push service platform receiving a push notification message request from an entity registered with the push service platform, processing the push notification message request to generate a secure push notification message, and sending the secure push notification message to a target mobile computing device through a native third-party push service associated with the target mobile computing device. The secure push notification message includes a message ID (identifier) that corresponds to message content associated with the push notification message request. The method further includes the push service platform receiving a pull message request from the target mobile computing device, the pull message request requesting the message content associated with the push notification message corresponding to the message ID, and sending the requested message content associated with the push notification message to the mobile computing device. | 04-04-2013 |
20140038554 | PUSHING SECURE NOTIFICATIONS TO MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICES - Techniques are provided for pushing secure notifications to a mobile computing device. For example, a method for pushing secure notifications includes a push service platform receiving a push notification message request from an entity registered with the push service platform, processing the push notification message request to generate a secure push notification message, and sending the secure push notification message to a target mobile computing device through a native third-party push service associated with the target mobile computing device. The secure push notification message includes a message ID (identifier) that corresponds to message content associated with the push notification message request. The method further includes the push service platform receiving a pull message request from the target mobile computing device, the pull message request requesting the message content associated with the push notification message corresponding to the message ID, and sending the requested message content associated with the push notification message to the mobile computing device. | 02-06-2014 |
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20080249430 | System and Method for Pain Detection and Computation of a Pain Quantification Index - A method of detecting pain in a subject, comprises the steps of generating brain wave data based on brain wave activity of the subject and comparing the brain wave data to reference data to generate result data, the reference data corresponding to at least one of (i) population normative data indicative of brain wave activity of a first plurality of individuals in an absence of pain, (ii) population reference data indicative of brain wave activity of a second plurality of individuals generated in response to pain events inflicted on the second plurality of individuals, (iii) subjective population reference data indicative of brain wave activity of a third plurality of individuals reporting a sensation of pain, and (iv) population of reference data indicative of brain wave activity of a fourth population of individuals following an intervention which has changed a subjective report of pain in combination with determining a presence of pain experienced by the subject as a function of the result data. | 10-09-2008 |
20090312663 | System and Method for Neurometric Analysis - A system, comprises a plurality of neurometric analyzing software modules operating on electroencephalogram (EEG) data, each module performing a defined task with respect to neurometric analysis of the EEG data and a database including normative neurometric data in combination with a server including an authorization module, the authorization module comparing data received from a remote user to determine whether the user is authorized to utilize any of the plurality of analyzing software modules and an analysis module configured to receive input data from a patient and select one of the neurometric analyzing modules based on the input data, wherein the selected one of the neurometric analyzing modules compares the input data to the normative neurometric data to generate an output, the analysis module selecting the one of neurometric analyzing modules from a set of subscribed neurometric analyzing modules. | 12-17-2009 |
20100094155 | System and Method for Prediction of Cognitive Decline - A system and method for prediction of cognitive decline, comprises an input receiving input data corresponding to brain activity of an individual and a processor coupled to the input for analyzing the input data to obtain a selected set of features, the processor comparing the selected set of features to at least a portion of entries in a database corresponding to brain activity of a plurality of individuals, wherein entries in the database have been separated into a plurality of categories corresponding to one of a degree of cognitive decline and a propensity for future cognitive decline of individuals relating to the entries, the processor determining, based on the comparison, a category most closely corresponding to the selected set of features. | 04-15-2010 |
20100224188 | System and Method for Guidance of Anesthesia, Analgesia and Amnesia - A system and method includes administering interventional agents to Patient until Patient attains a predetermined plane of anesthesia; amplifying and digitizing brain waves of Patient before and after administering step to generate first set of digital data; amplifying and digitizing brain waves of Patient during a medical procedure to generate second set of digital data; computing separate trajectories for at least two different indices of an anesthetic state of Patient during the medical procedure using a comparison of first and second sets (the indices including Depth Index (DI)—a depth of anesthesia, Memory Index (MI)—an ability to form and store memories, and Pain Index (PI)—sensitivity to pain); and determining an amount of at least one of the interventional agents to be delivered to Patient as a function of the trajectories, the interventional agents include anesthetic, analgesic and/or amnesic agents corresponding to DI, MI and/or PI trajectories. | 09-09-2010 |
20110118618 | Electronic Identity Card - A method comprises the steps of obtaining a baseline measurement corresponding to a representation of brain activity from a living body and storing the baseline measurements on a storage device configured to be wearable on the living body in combination with obtaining, at a time subsequent to the baseline measurement, a second measurement representing brain activity from the living body, reading the baseline measurement from the storage device and evaluating the living body based on a comparison of the second measurement to the baseline measurement. A system for analyzing electrical brain activity, the system comprises a component for reading, from a storage medium, data corresponding to a baseline measurement of brain activity of a living body and a component for determining data representing a current brain activity of the living body in combination with a component for evaluating the living body by comparing the baseline measurement data and the current brain activity data. | 05-19-2011 |
20110160607 | QEED-Guided Selection and Titration of Psychotropic Medications - Data corresponding to brain electrical activity of a patient from a QEEG is processed to determine which brain activity data deviates from that of a normative profile. The deviant brain activity data is used to determine a brain state vector (BSV) in a multidimensional brain electrical signal space, wherein the orientation of the BSV indicates the nature of the deviation from a normal state and may be used to prescribe a medicine to the patient and wherein the length of the BSV quantifies the degree of abnormality exhibited by the patient and may indicate the dosage of the medicine to be prescribed to the patient. | 06-30-2011 |
20110162645 | System and Method for Guidance of Anesthesia, Analgesia and Amnesia - Described is a method and system which includes a first set of digital data generated by amplifying and digitizing brain waves of a patient before and after administration of initial doses of interventional agents to the patient and a second set of digital data generated by amplifying and digitizing brain waves of the patient during a medical procedure. In addition, the system includes a microprocessor computing separate trajectories for at least two different indices of an anesthetic state of the patient during the medical procedure as a function of a comparison of the first and second sets of digital data, the indices including a Depth Index (DI), a Memory Index (MI) and Pain Index (PI), the DI corresponding to a depth of anesthesia of the patient, the PI corresponding to a sensitivity of the patient to pain and the MI corresponding to an ability of the patient to form and store memories. The system also includes a display outputting the trajectories for the at least two different indices of anesthetic state of the patient to a user for consideration in formulating subsequent dosages of the interventional agents to be administered to the patient. | 07-07-2011 |
20110172553 | QEEG Statistical Low Resolution Tomographic Analysis - A system and method for analyzing electrophysical signals produced by a brain involves comparing a first selected one of the numerical values to control data including one of a self-norm and a population-norm associated with electrophysical activity in a brain region corresponding to a brain region of origin of the electrophysical activity on which the numerical value is based; calculating a standard score for the brain region of origin based on the comparing; and repeating the comparing and calculating operations for a second selected one of the numerical values, the regions of the brain including subcortical regions extending to a brain stem of the brain. | 07-14-2011 |
20120041330 | FIELD DEPLOYABLE CONCUSSION ASSESSMENT DEVICE - A device and method for assessment of traumatic brain injury (TBI) is described. The device is configured to acquire brain electrical signals from a patient's forehead using one or more neurological electrodes. The acquired brain electrical activity data is subjected to artifact rejection and feature extraction, and a subset of features are then combined in at least one classifier function. The classifier functions statistically place a patient in one of four categories related to the extent of brain dysfunction: 1) normal brain electrical activity; 2) abnormal brain electrical activity consistent with non-structural injury with less severe manifestations of functional brain injury; 3) abnormal brain electrical activity consistent with non-structural injury with more severe manifestations of functional brain injury; and 4) abnormal brain electrical activity consistent with structural brain injury. | 02-16-2012 |
20130109995 | METHOD OF BUILDING CLASSIFIERS FOR REAL-TIME CLASSIFICATION OF NEUROLOGICAL STATES | 05-02-2013 |
20130144183 | System and Method for Guidance of Anesthesia, Analgesia and Amnesia - Method for determining anesthesia dosage includes following steps. First Interventional Agent (“FIA”) is administered to Patient at a first rate to achieve First Predetermined Plane of Anesthesia (“FPPA”). Brain waves of Patient are analyzed to formulate First Set of Data (“FSD”) corresponding to a self-norm during administration of FIA. First transfer function corresponding to patient biochemical reactions to FIA is computed from FSD. Rate of administration of FIA to Patient is altered by a selected amount after achievement of FPPA for first time required for Patient to deviate from FPPA by predetermined degree. An altered amount of FIA required to cause the predetermined deviation is determined as difference between amount of FIA that would have been delivered to Patient during first time at the first rate and an amount delivered to Patient during the first time at the altered rate. Patient is administered the altered amount of FIA. | 06-06-2013 |