Social media modification of behavior and mobile screening for impairment

US10045096B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Benjamin D. Briggs · Cohoes, US
• Lawrence A. Clevenger · Saratoga Springs, US
• Leigh Anne H. Clevenger · Rhinebeck, US
• Jonathan H. Connell, II · Somers, US
• Nalini K. Ratha · Yorktown Heights, US
• Michael Rizzolo · Delmar, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 6, 2015
• Grant date: Aug 7, 2018
• Expiry date: Nov 6, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04Q2209/823
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Techniques for modifying user behavior and screening for impairment using a mobile feedback controller, such as a smartwatch, are provided. In one aspect, a method for monitoring a user includes the steps of: collecting real-time data from the user, wherein the data is collected via a mobile feedback controller worn by the user; determining whether the data collected from the user indicates impairment; determining appropriate corrective actions to be taken if the data collected from the user indicates impairment, otherwise continuing to collect data from the user in real-time; determining whether any action is needed; and undertaking the appropriate corrective actions if action is needed, otherwise continuing to collect data from the user in real-time.