Method and system for monitoring intoxication

1. A method for monitoring intoxication of a user, comprising:

at a sampling system comprising a sensor, receiving a signal derived from a sample collected from a user at a receipt time point;

at a processing system comprising a processor, determining a value of an intoxication metric from the signal;

at the processing system, generating a predicted temporal parameter for the user based upon the value of the intoxication metric; and

with a user interface in communication with the processing system, providing a notification to the user based upon the predicted temporal parameter, the notification indicative of an estimated future time point later than the receipt time point, wherein providing the notification to the user comprises rendering, at a display of the user interface, the estimated future time point, wherein the estimated future time point corresponds to a time at which the value of the intoxication metric of the user will return to a zero value.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least part of the processing system is housed within a mobile device separate and distinct from the sampling system, wherein information derived from the signal is communicated by a wireless data link from the sampling system to the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the user interface comprises a display mounted to the mobile device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sampling system is at least partially arranged within a housing, the housing comprising an aperture configured to receive the sample, wherein the sensor is disposed within the aperture.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the user interface comprises a vibration motor arranged within the housing, the vibration motor configured to provide the notification in the form of a vibration.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising providing, at the display, a second notification to the user, the second notification comprising an assessment of an ability of the user determined based on the value of the intoxication metric.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the assessment of the ability of the user comprises an assessment of a motor ability of the user.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the assessment of the ability is determined from historic correlations between the intoxication metric values and the assessed ability for the user.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the assessment is associated with a predetermined value of the intoxication metric.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a set of signals derived from a set of samples at a set of receipt time points, determining a set of intoxication values based on the set of signals, and generating a predicted temporal profile based on the set of intoxication values and the set of receipt time points.

11. A system for monitoring intoxication of a user, comprising:

a housing comprising a sampling subsystem, wherein the sampling subsystem receives a sample from a body of the user at a receipt time point;

a processing system comprising a first processing subsystem coupled to and at least partially disposed within the housing, wherein the processing system:

determines a signal based on the sample;

determines a value of an intoxication metric derived from the signal;

generates a predicted temporal parameter for the user based upon the value and the receipt time point, and

generates a notification based upon the predicted temporal parameter;

a user interface in communication with the processing system, wherein the user interface provides the notification to the user and wherein the user interface comprises a display, wherein the notification to the user comprises an estimated future time point at which the intoxication metric of the user will return to a zero value, based on the predicted temporal parameter; and

a data link coupled to the first processing subsystem and connecting the first processing subsystem with the user interface.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the sampling subsystem receives a set of samples from a body of the user at a set of receipt time points, wherein the set of samples comprises the first sample and the set of receipt time points comprises the first receipt time point, wherein the processing system:

determines a set of signals based on the set of samples;

determines a set of values of an intoxication metric, derived from the set of signals;

generates a predicted temporal profile for the user based upon the set of values and the set of time points; and

generates the predicted temporal parameter based upon the predicted temporal profile.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the processing system comprises a second processing subsystem arranged within a mobile device separate and distinct from the housing, wherein the data link connects the first processing subsystem to the user interface via the second processing subsystem, wherein the data link is a wireless data link.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the wireless data link comprises a Bluetooth module.

15. The system of claim 11 , wherein the processing system, during operation, determines an assessment of an ability of the user based on the value of the intoxication metric.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the processing system, during operation, generates a second notification comprising an instruction to the user, wherein the instruction is determined based on the assessment of an ability of the user.

17. The system of claim 11 , wherein the housing comprises an aperture configured to receive the sample, wherein the sensor is disposed within the aperture.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the sensor is a fuel cell sensor.