IP Library Granted Patent US 10,679,241
Granted Patent B2
US 10,679,241 · App. 15/967,939 · Granted Jun 9, 2020

Analysis of marketing and entertainment effectiveness using central nervous system, autonomic nervous system, and effector data

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Patent No.
US 10,679,241
App. No.
15/967,939
Granted
Jun 9, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Example apparatus, systems, machine readable media, and methods are disclosed herein for transforming neuro-response data collected using a first modality and a second modality into a measure of effectiveness of an advertisement or entertainment. An example system includes an analyzer to analyze first neuro-response data gathered from a subject while exposed to an advertisement or entertainment using the first modality, the first neuro-response data including electroencephalographic data including a first frequency band and a second frequency band. The example system also includes a processor to identify a degree of phase synchrony between a first pattern of oscillation in the first frequency band and a second pattern of oscillation in the second frequency band. The processor also is to synthesize the first neuro-response data with second neuro-response data gathered from the subject while exposed to the advertisement or entertainment using the second modality by: recognizing a signature in the electroencephalographic data corresponding to an activity of the second neuro-response data; and adjusting the degree of phase synchrony based on the signature. The example system also includes an estimator to determine an effectiveness of the advertisement or entertainment based on the adjusted degree of phase synchrony.

Claims (59)

1. A system for transforming neuro-response data collected using a first modality of collection and a second modality of collection into a measure of effectiveness of an advertisement or entertainment, the system comprising:

an analyzer to analyze first neuro-response data gathered via the first modality of collection from a subject while the subject is exposed to an advertisement or entertainment, the first neuro-response data including electroencephalographic data including a first frequency band and a second frequency band;

a processor to:

identify a degree of phase synchrony between a first pattern of oscillation in the first frequency band and a second pattern of oscillation in the second frequency band; and

synthesize the first neuro-response data with second neuro-response data gathered via the second modality of collection from the subject while the subject is exposed to the advertisement or entertainment, the processor to synthesize the first neuro-response data by:

recognizing a signature in the electroencephalographic data corresponding to an activity of the second neuro-response data; and

adjusting the degree of phase synchrony between the first pattern and the second pattern based on the signature; and

an estimator to determine an effectiveness of the advertisement or entertainment based on the adjusted degree of phase synchrony.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the signature is a measure of coherence indicative of a frequency response at a frontal eye region of the subject.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the first frequency band includes lambda waves.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first frequency band is generated in a first region of a brain of the subject and the second frequency band is generated in a second region of the brain.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first frequency band includes kappa band waves.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein

the processor is to:

determine a first change between a first amplitude in the first frequency band and a second amplitude in the first frequency band; and

determine a second change between a third amplitude in the second frequency band and a fourth amplitude in the second frequency band; and

the estimator is to determine the effectiveness of the advertisement or entertainment based on the first change and the second change.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the estimator is to further determine the effectiveness of the advertisement or entertainment based on a coherence between the first change and the second change.

8. The system of claim 6 , wherein the first amplitude and the third amplitude occur at a first time and the second amplitude and the fourth amplitude occur at a second time different than the first time.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein

the processor is to:

generate a coupling index based on the first frequency band and the second frequency band; and

generate validation data based on non-electroencephalographic neuro-response data gathered from the subject while exposed to the advertisement or entertainment and the coupling index; and

the estimator is to further determine the effectiveness of the advertisement or entertainment based on the validation data.

10. A tangible machine readable storage device or storage disc comprising machine readable instructions thereon which, when read, cause a machine to at least:

analyze first neuro-response data gathered via a first modality of collection from a subject while the subject is exposed to an advertisement or entertainment, the first neuro-response data including electroencephalographic data including a first frequency band and a second frequency band;

identify a degree of phase synchrony between a first pattern of oscillation in the first frequency band and a second pattern of oscillation in the second frequency band;

synthesize the first neuro-response data with second neuro-response data gathered via a second modality of collection from the subject while the subject is exposed to the advertisement or entertainment, the synthesis of the first and second neuro-response data including:

recognizing a signature in the electroencephalographic data corresponding to an activity of the second neuro-response data; and

adjusting the degree of phase synchrony between the first pattern and the second pattern based on the signature; and

determine an effectiveness of the advertisement or entertainment based on the adjusted degree of phase synchrony.

11. The device or disc of claim 10 , wherein the signature is a measure of coherence indicative of a frequency response at a frontal eye region of the subject.

12. The device or disc of claim 10 , wherein the instructions cause the machine to at least:

determine a first change between a first amplitude in the first frequency band and a second amplitude in the first frequency band;

determine a second change between a third amplitude in the second frequency band and a fourth amplitude in the second frequency band; and

determine the effectiveness of the advertisement or entertainment based on the first change and the second change.

13. The device or disc of claim 12 , wherein the instructions cause the machine to further determine the effectiveness based on a coherence between the first change and the second change.

14. The device or disc of claim 12 , wherein the first amplitude and the third amplitude occur at a first time and the second amplitude and the fourth amplitude occur at a second time different than the first time.

15. The device or disc of claim 10 , wherein the instructions cause the machine to at least:

generate a coupling index based on the first frequency band and the second frequency band;

generate validation data based on non-electroencephalographic neuro-response data gathered from the subject while exposed to the advertisement or entertainment and the coupling index; and

determine the effectiveness of the advertisement or entertainment further based on the validation data.

16. A method for transforming neuro-response data collected using a first modality of collection and a second modality of collection into a measure of effectiveness of an advertisement or entertainment, the method comprising:

analyzing, by executing an instruction with a processor, first neuro-response data gathered via the first modality of collection from a subject while the subject is exposed to an advertisement or entertainment, the first neuro-response data including electroencephalographic data including a first frequency band and a second frequency band;

identifying, by executing an instruction with the processor, a degree of phase synchrony between a first pattern of oscillation in the first frequency band and a second pattern of oscillation in the second frequency band;

synthesizing, by executing an instruction with the processor, the first neuro-response data with second neuro-response data gathered via the second modality of collection from the subject while the subject is exposed to the advertisement or entertainment, the synthesizing including:

recognizing a signature in the electroencephalographic data corresponding to an activity of the second neuro-response data; and

adjusting the degree of phase synchrony between the first pattern and the second pattern based on the signature; and

determining an effectiveness of the advertisement or entertainment based on the adjusted degree of phase synchrony.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the signature is a measure of coherence indicative of a frequency response at a frontal eye region of the subject.

18. The method of claim 16 further comprising:

determining a first change between a first amplitude in the first frequency band and a second amplitude in the first frequency band;

determining a second change between a third amplitude in the second frequency band and a fourth amplitude in the first frequency band; and

determining the effectiveness of the advertisement or entertainment based on a coherence between the first change and the second change.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the first amplitude and the third amplitude occur at a first time and the second amplitude and the fourth amplitude occur at a second time different than the first time.

20. The method of claim 16 further comprising:

generating a coupling index based on the first frequency band and the second frequency band;

generating validation data based on non-electroencephalographic neuro-response data gathered from the subject while exposed to the advertisement or entertainment and the coupling index; and

determining the effectiveness of the advertisement or entertainment further based on the validation data.

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