IP Library Granted Patent US 8,180,890
Granted Patent B2
US 8,180,890 · App. 12/384,660 · Granted May 15, 2012

Hypothesis based solicitation of data indicating at least one subjective user state

Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, LLC
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Patent No.
US 8,180,890
App. No.
12/384,660
Granted
May 15, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: soliciting, based at least in part on a hypothesis that links one or more objective occurrences with one or more subjective user states and in response at least in part to an incidence of at least one objective occurrence, subjective user state data including data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with a user; and acquiring the subjective user state data including the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.

Claims (84)

1. A computationally-implemented system, comprising:

means for soliciting, based at least in part on a hypothesis that links one or more objective occurrences with one or more subjective user states and in response at least in part to an incidence of at least one objective occurrence, subjective user state data including data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with a user; and

means for acquiring the subjective user state data including the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user.

2. The computationally-implemented system of claim 1 , wherein said means for soliciting, based at least in part on a hypothesis that links one or more objective occurrences with one or more subjective user states and in response at least in part to an incidence of at least one objective occurrence, subjective user state data including data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with a user comprises:

means for requesting for the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user.

3. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2 , wherein said means for requesting for the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user comprises:

means for requesting for the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user via a user interface.

4. The computationally-implemented system of claim 3 , wherein said means for requesting for the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user via a user interface comprises:

means for requesting for the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user from the user.

5. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2 , wherein said means for requesting for the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user comprises:

means for requesting for the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user via network interface.

6. The computationally-implemented system of claim 5 , wherein said means for requesting for the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user via network interface comprises:

means for transmitting a request to be provided with the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user.

7. The computationally-implemented system of claim 5 , wherein said means for requesting for the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user via network interface comprises:

means for transmitting a request to have access to the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user.

8. The computationally-implemented system of claim 5 , wherein said means for requesting for the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user via network interface comprises:

means for directing or instructing a remote device to provide the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user.

9. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2 , wherein said means for requesting for the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user comprises:

means for providing a motivation for requesting for the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user.

10. The computationally-implemented system of claim 9 , wherein said means for providing a motivation for requesting for the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user comprises:

means for providing a motivation for requesting for the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user, the motivation to be provided relating to the link between the one or more objective occurrences with the one or more subjective user states as indicated by the hypothesis.

11. The computationally-implemented system of claim 1 , wherein said means for soliciting, based at least in part on a hypothesis that links one or more objective occurrences with one or more subjective user states and in response at least in part to an incidence of at least one objective occurrence, subjective user state data including data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with a user comprises:

means for soliciting from the user the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user.

12. The computationally-implemented system of claim 11 , wherein said means for soliciting from the user the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user comprises:

means for requesting the user to select a subjective user state from a plurality of indicated alternative subjective user states.

13. The computationally-implemented system of claim 11 , wherein said means for soliciting from the user the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user comprises:

means for requesting the user to confirm incidence of at least one subjective user state.

14. The computationally-implemented system of claim 11 , wherein said means for soliciting from the user the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user comprises:

means for requesting the user to provide an indication of occurrence of at least one subjective user state with respect to the incidence of the at least one objective occurrence.

15. The computationally-implemented system of claim 11 , wherein said means for soliciting from the user the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user comprises:

means for requesting the user to provide an indication of a time or temporal element associated with the incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user.

16. The computationally-implemented system of claim 15 , wherein said means for requesting the user to provide an indication of a time or temporal element associated with the incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user comprises:

means for requesting the user to provide an indication of a temporal relationship between the incidence of the at least one subjective user state associated with the user and the incidence of the at least one objective occurrence.

17. The computationally-implemented system of claim 1 , wherein said means for soliciting, based at least in part on a hypothesis that links one or more objective occurrences with one or more subjective user states and in response at least in part to an incidence of at least one objective occurrence, subjective user state data including data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with a user comprises:

means for soliciting data indicating incidence of at least one subjective mental state associated with the user.

18. The computationally-implemented system of claim 1 , wherein said means for soliciting, based at least in part on a hypothesis that links one or more objective occurrences with one or more subjective user states and in response at least in part to an incidence of at least one objective occurrence, subjective user state data including data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with a user comprises:

means for soliciting data indicating incidence of at least one subjective physical state associated with the user.

19. The computationally-implemented system of claim 1 , wherein said means for soliciting, based at least in part on a hypothesis that links one or more objective occurrences with one or more subjective user states and in response at least in part to an incidence of at least one objective occurrence, subjective user state data including data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with a user comprises:

means for soliciting data indicating incidence of at least one subjective overall state associated with the user.

20. The computationally-implemented system of claim 1 , wherein said means for soliciting, based at least in part on a hypothesis that links one or more objective occurrences with one or more subjective user states and in response at least in part to an incidence of at least one objective occurrence, subjective user state data including data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with a user comprises:

means for soliciting data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state that occurred during a specified point in time or time interval.

21. The computationally-implemented system of claim 1 , wherein said means for soliciting, based at least in part on a hypothesis that links one or more objective occurrences with one or more subjective user states and in response at least in part to an incidence of at least one objective occurrence, subjective user state data including data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with a user comprises:

means for soliciting the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state based, at least in part, on referencing the hypothesis.

22. The computationally-implemented system of claim 21 , wherein said means for soliciting the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state based, at least in part, on referencing the hypothesis comprises:

means for soliciting the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user based, at least in part, on referencing a hypothesis that identifies one or more temporal relationships between the one or more objective occurrences and the one or more subjective user states.

23. The computationally-implemented system of claim 22 , wherein said means for soliciting the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user based, at least in part, on referencing a hypothesis that identifies one or more temporal relationships between the one or more objective occurrences and the one or more subjective user states comprises:

means for soliciting the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user based, at least in part, on referencing a hypothesis that identifies one or more time sequential relationships between the at least one objective occurrences and the one or more subjective user states.

24. The computationally-implemented system of claim 21 , wherein said means for soliciting the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state based, at least in part, on referencing the hypothesis comprises:

means for soliciting the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user based, at least in part, on referencing a hypothesis that identifies a relationship between at least an ingestion of a medicine, a food item, or a nutraceutical and the one or more subjective user states.

25. The computationally-implemented system of claim 21 , wherein said means for soliciting the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state based, at least in part, on referencing the hypothesis comprises:

means for soliciting the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user based, at least in part, on referencing a hypothesis that identifies a relationship between execution of one or more exercise routines and the one or more subjective user states.

26. The computationally-implemented system of claim 21 , wherein said means for soliciting the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state based, at least in part, on referencing the hypothesis comprises:

means for soliciting the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user based, at least in part, on referencing a hypothesis that identifies a relationship between execution of one or more social activities and the one or more subjective user states.

27. The computationally-implemented system of claim 21 , wherein said means for soliciting the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state based, at least in part, on referencing the hypothesis comprises:

means for soliciting the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user based, at least in part, on referencing a hypothesis that identifies a relationship between one or more activities executed by a third party and the one or more subjective user states.

28. The computationally-implemented system of claim 21 , wherein said means for soliciting the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state based, at least in part, on referencing the hypothesis comprises:

means for soliciting the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user based, at least in part, on referencing a hypothesis that identifies a relationship between one or more physical characteristics of the user and the one or more subjective user states.

29. The computationally-implemented system of claim 21 , wherein said means for soliciting the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state based, at least in part, on referencing the hypothesis comprises:

means for soliciting the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user based, at least in part, on referencing a hypothesis that identifies a relationship between a resting, a learning, or a recreation activity performed by the user and the one or more subjective user states.

30. The computationally-implemented system of claim 21 , wherein said means for soliciting the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state based, at least in part, on referencing the hypothesis comprises:

means for soliciting the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user based, at least in part, on referencing a hypothesis that identifies a relationship between one or more external activities and the one or more subjective user states.

31. The computationally-implemented system of claim 21 , wherein said means for soliciting the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state based, at least in part, on referencing the hypothesis comprises:

means for soliciting the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user based, at least in part, on referencing a hypothesis that identifies a relationship between one or more locations of the user and the one or more subjective user states.

32. The computationally-implemented system of claim 1 , wherein said means for soliciting, based at least in part on a hypothesis that links one or more objective occurrences with one or more subjective user states and in response at least in part to an incidence of at least one objective occurrence, subjective user state data including data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with a user comprises:

means for soliciting the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user in response to a reception of a request to solicit the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user, the request to solicit being remotely generated based, at least in part, on the hypothesis.

33. The computationally-implemented system of claim 32 , wherein said means for soliciting the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user in response to a reception of a request to solicit the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user, the request to solicit being remotely generated based, at least in part, on the hypothesis comprises:

means for soliciting the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user in response to a reception of a request to solicit the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user, the request to solicit being remotely generated based, at least in part, on the hypothesis and in response to the incidence of the at least one objective occurrence.

34. The computationally-implemented system of claim 32 , wherein said means for soliciting the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user in response to a reception of a request to solicit the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user, the request to solicit being remotely generated based, at least in part, on the hypothesis comprises:

means for receiving the request to solicit the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user via at least one of a wireless network or a wired network.

35. The computationally-implemented system of claim 34 , wherein said means for receiving the request to solicit the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user via at least one of a wireless network or a wired network comprises:

means for receiving the request to solicit the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user from a network server.

36. The computationally-implemented system of claim 1 , wherein said means for acquiring the subjective user state data including the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user comprises:

means for receiving the subjective user state data including the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user.

37. The computationally-implemented system of claim 36 , wherein said means for receiving the subjective user state data including the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user comprises:

means for receiving the subjective user state data including the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user from at least one of a wireless network or a wired network.

38. The computationally-implemented system of claim 37 , wherein said means for receiving the subjective user state data including the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user from at least one of a wireless network or a wired network comprises:

means for receiving the subjective user state data including data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user via one or more electronic messages generated by the user.

39. The computationally-implemented system of claim 37 , wherein said means for receiving the subjective user state data including the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user from at least one of a wireless network or a wired network comprises:

means for receiving the subjective user state data including data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user via one or more blog entries generated by the user.

40. The computationally-implemented system of claim 37 , wherein said means for receiving the subjective user state data including the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user from at least one of a wireless network or a wired network comprises:

means for receiving the subjective user state data including data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user via one or more status reports generated by the user.

41. A computationally-implemented method, comprising:

soliciting, based at least in part on a hypothesis that links one or more objective occurrences with one or more subjective user states and in response at least in part to an incidence of at least one objective occurrence, subjective user state data including data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with a user, wherein said soliciting, based at least in part on a hypothesis that links one or more objective occurrences with one or more subjective user states and in response at least in part to an incidence of at least one objective occurrence, subjective user state data including data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with a user is performed via at least one of a machine, article of manufacture, or composition of matter; and

acquiring the subjective user state data including the data indicating incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with the user.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 28, 2020
From: THE INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I LLC
To: FREEDE SOLUTIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 051994/0825 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 27, 2012
From: SEARETE LLC
To: THE INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I, LLC
Reel/Frame 027611/0690 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 15, 2009
From: FIRMINGER, SHAWN P.; GARMS, JASON; JUNG, EDWARD K.Y.; KARKANIAS, CHRIS D.; LEUTHARDT, ERIC C.; LEVIEN, ROYCE A.; LORD, ROBERT W.; MALAMUD, MARK A.; RINALDO JR., JOHN D.; TEGREENE, CLARENCE T.; TOLLE, KRISTIN M.; WOOD JR., LOWELL L.
To: SEARETE LLC
Reel/Frame 022828/0220 →
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Continuation In Part 12313659 · Nov 21, 2008
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Continuation In Part 12383581 · Mar 24, 2009
Continuation In Part 12383817 · Mar 25, 2009
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