US 5,596,994 A · Automated and interactive behavioral and medical guidance system

Abstract

An automated and interactive positive motivation system (10) that allows a physician, counselor or trainer to produce and send a series of motivational messages and/or questions to a client (50) to change or reinforce a specific behavioral problem. The system (10) consists of a client database (12) and a client program (14) that includes for each client unique motivational messages and/or questions based on the transtheoretical model of change comprising the six stages of behavioral change (100) and the 14 processes of change (114), as interwinding, interacting variables in the modification of health and mental health behaviors of the client (50). The client program (14) utilizes the associated 14 processes of change (114) to move the client (50) through one of the six stages of behavioral change (100) when appropriate by using a plurality of transmission and receiving means. The database and program are operated by a computer (16) that at preselected time periods sends the messages and/or questions to the client (50) through use of a variety of transmission means and furthermore selects a platform of behavioral issues that is to be addressed based on a given behavioral stage (100) at a given time of day.

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A personalized automated interactive behavioral motivational intervention system for changing a person's behavior comprising:

(a) polling means for polling the person from a number of pre-determined queries and receiving responses from the person to be incorporated into that person's personalized data base, including pre-selected information about that person;
(b) evaluation means for evaluating the person's responses received from said polling means and comparing those responses to said pre-selected data and classifying the person in accordance with at least one of a plurality of different behavioral stages;
(c) program means for programming the person's behavior based upon the responses provided by said polling means and evaluated by said evaluation means to determine the person's preferred behavior to be achieved;
and
(d) feedback means for providing stimulus to the person as to the success or failure of his progress based upon the responses provided to said polling means and evaluated by said evaluation means as measured by said program means, wherein the person is queried as to particular actions he has undertaken within a given period of time which can be evaluated based upon certain standards that have been established for desired behavior change of the person which are recorded and measured, whereby the person is subsequently alerted as to his success or failure in progressing toward achieving the desired behavioral stage.

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A method for changing an individual's behavioral state to another behavioral state comprising:

(a) polling means for polling the person from a number of pre-determined queries and receiving responses from the person to be incorporated into that person's personalized data base, including pre-selected information about that person;
(b) evaluation means for evaluating the person's responses received from said polling means and comparing those responses to the pre-selected data and classifying the person in accordance with at least one of a plurality of different behavioral stages;
(c) program means for programming the person's behavior based upon the responses provided by said polling means and evaluated by said evaluation means to determine the person's preferred behavior to be achieved and delivering to the person a number of pro messages correlating to said behavioral stage from said database for a healthy behavior change according to the formula
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d) program means for programming the person's behavior based upon the responses provided by said polling means and evaluated by said evaluation means to determine the person's preferred behavior to be achieved and delivering to the person a number of con messages correlating to said behavioral stage from said database for not making a healthy behavior change according to the formula
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e) program means for programming the person's behavior based upon the responses provided by said polling means and evaluated by said evaluation means to determine the person's preferred behavior to be achieved and delivering to the person a number of con messages correlating to said behavioral stage from said database for not making a healthy behavior change according to the formula
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f) program means for programming the person's behavior based upon the responses provided by said polling means and evaluated by said evaluation means to determine the person's preferred behavior to be achieved and delivering to the person a number of pro messages correlating to said behavioral stage from said database for a healthy behavior change according to the formula
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g) feedback means for providing stimulus to the person as to the success or failure of his progress based upon the responses provided to said polling means and evaluated by said evaluation means as measured by said program means, wherein the person is queried as to particular actions he has undertaken within a given period of time which can be evaluated based upon certain standards that have been established for desired behavior change of the person which are recorded and measured, whereby the person is subsequently alerted as to his success or failure in progressing toward achieving the desired behavioral state.

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A personalized automated and interactive behavioral and medical guidance system comprising:

(a) a polling means for creating a data base of personalized input from a plurality of questions indicative of an individual's particular behavioral issue selected from one of a plurality of behavioral issues;
(b) evaluation means for determining an individual's temporal behavioral stage from said personalized input in said database created by said polling means selected from one of a plurality of behavioral stages;
said plurality of behavioral stages comprising a contemplation stage, preparation stage, action stage, maintenance stage, and relapse stage;
(c) program means including a transmission means for delivering to said individual specific content based communication based upon said evaluation means and said database and selected from one of a plurality of change processes for changing said selected temporal behavioral stage;
(d) said program means including tracking the whereabouts of said individual and selecting a particular behavioral issue from said plurality of behavioral issues determined by said evaluation means from said personalized input in said database and a communication means depending on a given time for a given day and activities of said individual and said individual's said behavioral stage;
and
(e) feedback means for receiving an individual's response to said content based communication based upon said evaluation means from said personalized input in said database wherein said response is periodically evaluated to determine said behavioral stage and said change processes for readjusting said content based communication.

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