Detecting sleep intention

A method comprising:

• acquiring sensor data from a physiological monitor worn by a user during a sleep interval;
• transmitting the sensor data from the physiological monitor to a remote server, the remote server configured to perform a sleep analysis based on the sensor data from the physiological monitor;
• detecting, with a processor, a waking event based on the sensor data, the waking event objectively indicative of the user waking from the sleep interval;
• in response to the waking event, evaluating the sensor data with the processor to determine whether an intention of the user is to stay awake or return to sleep;
• determining that the intention of the user is to return to sleep;
• in response to determining the intention to return to sleep, deferring the sleep analysis with the remote server and continuing to monitor sensor data from the physiological monitor for a subsequent waking event;
• detecting the subsequent waking event;
• determining that the intention of the user is to stay awake;
• in response to determining the intention of the user is to stay awake, initiating the sleep analysis with the remote server, the sleep analysis including a calculation of one or more sleep metrics that evaluate the sleep interval based on the sensor data from the physiological monitor;
• and
• providing a result of the sleep analysis to the user.