Identifying stress levels associated with context switches

US10258272B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• John V. Delaney · Kildalkey, IE
• Sean T. Fornash · Hudson, US
• Anthony M. Hunt · Hopewell Junction, US
• Maeve M. O'Reilly · Wicklow, IE
• Clea A. Zolotow · Pont d'Écluse de Morey, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 8, 2015
• Grant date: Apr 16, 2019
• Expiry date: Dec 24, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2503/24
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, by a computing device, information identifying a user's activity; determining, by the computing device, the user's tasks based on the information identifying the user's activity; determining, by the computing device, the user's context switches based on the user's tasks; receiving, by the computing device, biometrics data associated with the user via an application programming interface (API); determining, by the computing device, the user's stress levels at various times based on the biometrics data; storing, by the computing device, information linking the user's stress level with the user's context switches; and outputting, by the computing device, the information linking the user's stress level with the user's context switches.