Health Platform Stimuli Detection via Segmentation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing health management platforms struggle to identify the specific stimuli from electronic devices that cause heightened physiological responses, limiting their ability to take proactive measures to improve or maintain health.

Innovation Solution

A health management platform that monitors physiological data and contextual data from electronic devices to detect stimuli responsible for causing physiological responses, allowing for personalized feedback and adjustments to digital activity.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If health management platforms monitor physiological data to identify stimuli causing heightened responses, then the ability to take proactive measures to improve health is enhanced, but the complexity of the system increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvehealth management effectivenessVSAvoidplatform complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the health management platform into distinct functional modules: a physiological data monitoring component that collects biometric data, a stimulus identification component that analyzes contextual information from electronic devices, and a feedback generation component that provides personalized recommendations. This modular segmentation reduces overall system complexity while maintaining comprehensive health management capabilities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system introduces an intermediary health management platform that acts as a mediator between physiological data sources (wearable devices, health sensors) and stimulus sources (electronic devices, applications). This intermediary platform processes and correlates data from multiple sources, identifying causal relationships without requiring direct integration between all components, thereby simplifying the overall system architecture.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Productivity

If the platform detects and analyzes stimuli in real-time, then proactive regulation of digital exposure is enabled, but the processing requirements and energy consumption increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresponse speedVSAvoidprocessing energy
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-processing and categorizing physiological data and contextual information before real-time analysis is required. Baseline physiological patterns are established in advance, and stimulus libraries are pre-coded with potential health impacts. During real-time operation, the system only needs to compare current data against these pre-established patterns, significantly reducing processing energy requirements while maintaining fast response times.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements selective real-time monitoring that skips detailed analysis for low-risk or routine situations. When physiological parameters remain within normal ranges and contextual data indicates benign activities, the system skips intensive processing and only performs lightweight monitoring. Intensive analysis is activated only when anomalies are detected or high-risk stimuli are identified, optimizing energy efficiency while maintaining productivity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #21Skipping (Rushing through)

Data Source

PatentUS12299976B1Suggesting behavioral adjustments based on physiological responses to stimuli on electronic devices
Publication Date: 2025.05.13 VERILY HEALTH INC
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AI summary

Introduced here are health management platforms able to monitor changes in the health state of a subject based on the context of digital activities performed by, or involving, the subject. Initially, a health management platform can identify a physiological response by examining physiological data associated with a subject. Then, the health management platform can identify a stimulus presented by an electronic device that provoked the physiological response by examining contextual data associated with the subject. The contextual data may be in the form of a screenshot of a computer program in use by the subject during the physiological response. In some embodiments, the health management platform prompts the subject to specify whether the physiological response is a positive physiological response that resulted in an upward shift in health or a negative physiological response that resulted in a downward shift in health.