IP Library Granted Patent US 8,856,061
Granted Patent B2
US 8,856,061 · App. 13/282,580 · Granted Oct 7, 2014

User experience adjustment in controllable events

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Patent No.
US 8,856,061
App. No.
13/282,580
Granted
Oct 7, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for adjusting a user's experience of a controllable event including determining a user somatic state, using a computer device, from user sensor data collected from at least one physiological sensor; determining a user cognitive state, using the computer device, from user experience data collected from the user; determining a user experience model, using the computer device, from the user somatic state and the user cognitive state; correlating, using the computer device, at least one user hypothesis with the user experience model; and adjusting the controllable event, using the computer device, based upon the at least one user hypothesis.

Claims (55)

1. A method for adjusting a user's experience of a controllable event, the method comprising:

determining a user somatic state, using a computer device, from user sensor data collected from at least one physiological sensor;

determining a user cognitive state, using the computer device, from user experience data collected from the user;

determining a user experience model, using the computer device, from the user somatic state and the user cognitive state;

correlating, using the computer device, at least one user hypothesis with the user experience model, wherein the at least one user hypothesis is a potential user experience and is created from at least one different previous user experience, and wherein the at least one different previous user experience correlates the different previous user cognitive state and the different previous user somatic state; and

adjusting the controllable event, using the computer device, based upon the at least one user hypothesis.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a set of constrained hypotheses by comparing the at least one user hypothesis with a set of additional user hypotheses, wherein each constrained hypothesis predicts a similar user experience; and

determining a set of exploratory hypotheses by comparing the at least one user hypothesis with a set of additional user hypotheses, wherein each exploratory hypothesis predicts a different user experience.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

aggregating the set of constrained hypotheses and the exploratory hypotheses; and

generating a recommendation for the user based upon the aggregating.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

receiving a mixing coefficient for the aggregating.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the mixing coefficient determines proportions of the constrained hypotheses and the exploratory hypotheses for the aggregating.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one user hypothesis is determined from a user experience history.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

mitigating user sensor data for environmental factors.

8. A user experience adjustment system, comprising:

a computer hardware device including:

a somatic system for determining a user somatic state from user sensor data collected from at least one physiological sensor;

a cognitive system for determining a user cognitive state from user experience data collected from the user;

an experience model system for:

determining a user experience model from the user somatic state and the user cognitive state, and

correlating at least one user hypothesis with the user experience model, wherein the at least one user hypothesis is a potential user experience and is created from at least one different previous user experience, and wherein the at least one different previous user experience correlates the different previous user cognitive state and the different previous user somatic state; and

an adjustment system for adjusting the controllable event based upon the at least one user hypothesis.

9. The system of claim 8 , further comprising:

a proximity system for:

determining a set of constrained hypotheses by comparing the at least one user hypothesis with a set of additional user hypotheses, wherein each constrained hypothesis predicts a similar user experience, and

determining a set of exploratory hypotheses by comparing the at least one user hypothesis with a set of additional user hypotheses, wherein each exploratory hypothesis predicts a different user experience.

10. The system of claim 9 , further comprises:

an aggregation system for aggregating the set of constrained hypotheses and the exploratory hypotheses; and

a recommendation system for generating a recommendation for the user based upon the aggregating.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the adjustment system includes receiving a mixing coefficient for the aggregating.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the mixing coefficient determines proportions of the constrained hypotheses and the exploratory hypotheses for the aggregating.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the at least one user hypothesis is determined from a user experience history.

14. The system of claim 8 , further comprising:

a mitigation system for mitigating user sensor data for environmental factors.

15. A computer program comprising program code embodied in at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium, which when executed, enables a computer system to implement a method of adjusting a user's experience of a controllable event, the method comprising:

determining a user somatic state from user sensor data collected from at least one physiological sensor;

determining a user cognitive state from user experience data collected from the user;

determining a user experience model from the user somatic state and the user cognitive state;

correlating at least one user hypothesis with the user experience model, wherein the at least one user hypothesis is a potential user experience and is created from at least one different previous user experience, and wherein the at least one different previous user experience correlates the different previous user cognitive state and the different previous user somatic state; and

adjusting the controllable event based upon the at least one user hypothesis.

16. The program product of claim 15 , further comprising:

determining a set of constrained hypotheses by comparing the at least one user hypothesis with a set of additional user hypotheses, wherein each constrained hypothesis predicts a similar user experience; and

determining a set of exploratory hypotheses by comparing the at least one user hypothesis with a set of additional user hypotheses, wherein each exploratory hypothesis predicts a different user experience.

17. The program product of claim 16 , further comprising:

aggregating the set of constrained hypotheses and the exploratory hypotheses; and

generating a recommendation for the user based upon the aggregating.

18. The program product of claim 17 , further comprising:

receiving a mixing coefficient for the aggregating.

19. The program product of claim 18 , wherein the mixing coefficient determines proportions of the constrained hypotheses and the exploratory hypotheses for the aggregating.

20. The program product of claim 15 , further comprising:

mitigating user sensor data for environmental factors.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2019
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: HCL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Reel/Frame 050374/0781 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2011
From: BAUGHMAN, AARON K.; MAHLE, JENNIFER R.; MALKIN, PETER K.; VANE, RUSSELL R., III
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027130/0921 →