Pollen sampling and retrieval triggered by a user's allergic reactions

A method comprising:

• periodically collecting over a rolling time period candidate priming pollens in an environment local to a user;
• receiving from a sensor local to the user information indicating that the user has experienced a physiological event;
• analyzing the information to determine whether the physiological event should be classified as an allergic reaction;
• based on the analysis, determining that the physiological event should be classified as the allergic reaction;
• upon the determination, designating pollens collected before a time of the allergic reaction as being candidate aggravating pollens;
• identifying the candidate aggravating pollens and the candidate priming pollens;
• scanning a table comprising a listing of pollens, and a listing of priming pollens corresponding to the listing of pollens to find a specific pollen among the listing of pollens that is present in the candidate aggravating pollens, and a specific priming pollen among the listing of priming pollens, corresponding to the specific pollen, that is present in the candidate priming pollens;
• and
• generating a notification comprising an identification of the specific pollen, and an identification of the specific priming pollen that corresponds to the specific pollen.

A method comprising:

• collecting over a rolling time period airborne particles in an environment local to a user;
• receiving from a sensor associated with the user information indicating that the user has experienced a physiological event;
• analyzing the information to determine whether the physiological event should be classified as an allergic reaction;
• if the physiological event should be classified as an allergic reaction, correlating first particles collected during a first portion of the rolling time period with second particles collected during a third portion of the rolling time period to identify an aggravating allergen among the first particles, and a priming allergen, corresponding to the aggravating allergen, among the second particles,
• wherein a duration of the first portion of the rolling time period is less than a duration of the third portion of the rolling time period, and
• wherein the first portion of the rolling time period is closer to a time of the physiological event than the third portion of the rolling time period.