Biometric Media Guidance Application for Behavior Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems lack effective methods to encourage specific behaviors or actions based on biometric data, such as restricting access to media and devices, which may not be appropriate in all scenarios, and fail to automatically respond to changing biometric states.

Innovation Solution

A media guidance application that grants or restricts access to media and devices based on a user's biometric state, allowing or disabling operations and automatically performing actions such as alerting parents or contacting entities based on predefined rules and biometric data from monitoring devices.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If media access is restricted based on biometric data, then user behavior can be guided toward desired states, but system complexity increases due to integration of biometric monitoring and rule evaluation

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvebehavior guidance effectivenessVSAvoidsystem integration complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a media guidance application as an intermediary layer between biometric monitoring devices and media content delivery. This application receives biometric data, evaluates it against predefined rules, and makes access decisions, thereby simplifying the overall system architecture while maintaining effective behavior guidance

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements continuous feedback loops where biometric data is monitored in real-time, compared against desired states, and used to dynamically adjust media access permissions. This feedback mechanism ensures reliable behavior guidance by continuously reinforcing desired biometric states through conditional media availability

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

2Reliability

If automatic actions are performed based on biometric state changes, then user safety and goal adherence improve, but loss of time occurs due to processing and response delays

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuser safety and goal adherenceVSAvoidprocessing and response time

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent pre-configures rule sets that define desired biometric states and corresponding media access permissions before runtime. When biometric data is received, the system simply evaluates it against these pre-established rules, significantly reducing processing time while maintaining reliable automatic responses for user safety and goal adherence

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Reliability

If parental control rules are enforced through biometric monitoring, then child safety and study goal adherence improve, but ease of operation decreases due to complex rule configuration and monitoring

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvechild safety and goal adherenceVSAvoidrule configuration simplicity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables parents to configure rule sets through intuitive interfaces where they can define desired biometric states (such as study periods or sleep hours) and corresponding media permissions without needing to understand complex monitoring parameters. The media guidance application automatically handles the complex evaluation logic, making the system easy to operate while maintaining reliable safety enforcement

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS9542567B2Methods and systems for enabling media guidance application operations based on biometric data

Publication Date: 2017.01.10 ADEIA GUIDES INC

AI summary

Methods and systems are disclosed herein for encouraging particular behavior or performing particular actions based on biometric data of a user. Specifically, by granting and restricting access to media and other user devices based on whether or not a user is conforming to a biometric state, a media guidance application may encourage a user to maintain or achieve the desired biometric state.