IP Library Granted Patent US 11,646,120
Granted Patent B2
US 11,646,120 · App. 17/839,728 · Granted May 9, 2023

Method and system for monitoring intoxication

Inventors: Keith Harry Nothacker (San Francisco, CA); Pauline Anne Basaran (Corte Madera, CA); Stacey Ilene Rettus (Greenbrae, CA); Michael Jurgen Strasser (San Francisco, CA); Imraan Aziz (Oakland, CA); John Paul Walton (San Francisco, CA); Zachary Michael Saul (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: KHN Solutions, Inc.
G16H50/20A61B5/0022A61B5/0077A61B5/082A61B5/097A61B5/18A61B5/4023A61B5/486A61B5/4845A61B5/4863A61B5/7275A61B5/743A61B5/7445G01N33/4972G01N33/98G08B21/02G16H50/70G16Z99/00A61B2010/0009A61B2010/0087A61B2562/0219
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Patent No.
US 11,646,120
App. No.
17/839,728
Granted
May 9, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and system for monitoring a user's intoxication including receiving a set of signals, derived from a set of samples collected from the user at a set of time points; providing a sobriety task to the user proximal to a time point of the set of time points; generating a performance dataset characterizing performance of the sobriety task by the user; receiving a supplementary dataset characterizing a demographic profile of the user and/or a physiological state of the user; determining a set of values of an intoxication metric, derived from the set of signals; generating a predicted temporal profile of the intoxication metric for the user based upon the set of values, the set of time points, and the supplementary dataset; generating an analysis of the user's sobriety based upon the performance dataset and the predicted temporal profile; and providing a notification to the user based upon the analysis.

Claims (39)

1. A method for detecting alcohol consumption by a user, the method comprising:

collecting a biological sample from a user at a biological sample collection device;

collecting a supplementary dataset comprising a biometric signal, wherein the biometric signal is separate and distinct from the biological sample;

calculating an alcohol metric for the user, wherein the alcohol metric comprises an intoxication prediction, based on:

the biological sample;

the biometric signal, wherein the biometric signal comprises a heart rate of the user; and

a custom alcohol response curve personalized to the user; and

providing a notification to the user based on the alcohol metric.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the supplementary dataset further comprises a location of the user.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein collecting the biological sample is prompted in response to processing the location.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the notification to the user is further determined based on the location.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the notification to the user is provided at an application executing on a user interface device of the user.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the supplementary dataset is collected at a second device, the second device separate and distinct from the biological sample collection device.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the supplementary dataset further comprises a location of the user, the location of the user collected from a Global Positioning System (GPS) sensor onboard the second device.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the biometric signal is collected at a second device, the second device separate and distinct from the biological sample collection device.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the biological sample is a breath sample.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the custom alcohol response curve personalized to the user deviates from an average alcohol response curve for an aggregated set of users.

11. A method for detecting alcohol consumption by a user, the method comprising:

collecting a biological sample from a user at a biological sample collection device;

collecting a supplementary dataset;

calculating an alcohol metric for the user, wherein the alcohol metric comprises a predicted metric, wherein the predicted metric comprises a prediction of a change in an alcohol tolerance of the user, based on:

the biological sample; and

a custom alcohol response curve personalized to the user;

adjusting the alcohol metric based on the supplementary dataset; and

providing a notification to the user based on the adjusted alcohol metric.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the supplementary dataset comprises a biometric signal, the biometric signal separate and distinct from the biological sample.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the biometric signal is a heart rate.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the custom alcohol response curve personalized to the user is determined based on at least one of: a personalized alcohol absorption rate and a personalized alcohol elimination rate.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the biological sample is a breath sample.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the custom alcohol response curve personalized to the user deviates from an average alcohol response curve for an aggregated set of users.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the supplementary dataset is collected at a second device, the second device separate and distinct from the biological sample collection device.

18. A method for detecting alcohol consumption by a user, the method comprising:

collecting a biological sample from a user at a biological sample collection device;

collecting a supplementary dataset;

calculating an alcohol metric for the user based on:

the biological sample; and

a custom alcohol response curve personalized to the user, wherein the custom alcohol response curve personalized to the user is determined based on at least one of: a personalized alcohol absorption rate or a personalized alcohol elimination rate;

adjusting the alcohol metric based on the supplementary dataset; and

providing a notification to the user based on the adjusted alcohol metric.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 17, 2023
From: KHN SOLUTIONS, INC.
To: KHN SOLUTIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 064634/0443 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 14, 2022
From: NOTHACKER, KEITH HARRY; BASARAN, PAULINE ANNE; RETTUS, STACEY ILENE; STRASSER, MICHAEL JURGEN; AZIZ, IMRAAN; WALTON, JOHN PAUL; SAUL, ZACHARY MICHAEL
To: KHN SOLUTIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 060190/0586 →
Continuity (9)
Continuation 15979220 · May 14, 2018
Continuation 15294998 · Oct 17, 2016
Continuation 15212600 · Jul 18, 2016
Continuation 14728573 · Jun 2, 2015
Continuation 14470376 · Aug 27, 2014
Continuation 14169029 · Jan 30, 2014
Provisional Application 61812704 · Apr 16, 2013
Provisional Application 61759390 · Jan 31, 2013
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