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US 9,474,876 B1Granted
Sleep aid efficacy
AssigneeDPTechnologies, Inc.
InventorsPhilippe Kahn, Arthur Kinsolving
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Abstract
A method or apparatus to improve sleep aid efficacy is described. The method comprises monitoring the sleeping patterns of a user utilizing a non-intrusive sleep monitoring device. The method further correlates the user's sleep statistics with use of the sleep aid. In one embodiment, he method adjusts the sleep aid based on the sleep statistics.
Claims20
A method to improve sleep aid user experience comprising for a user utilizing a sleep aid:
- monitoring the user's activity throughout a day;
- monitoring sleeping patterns of a user, utilizing a non-intrusive sleep monitoring device to generate sleep statistics;
- correlating the sleep statistics to use of the sleep aid, wherein the sleep aid comprises one or more of:
- medicine, sound generation, airflow control, olfactory output, and wearable devices;
- and
- correlating the sleep aid efficacy and the sleep statistics with an activity level of the user throughout the day;
- adjusting a recommendation for the sleep aid based on the sleep statistics, the adjustment to improve the sleep aid efficacy.
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A monitoring system comprising:
- a non-intrusive sensor to monitor sleeping patterns of a user;
- an activity system to monitor the user's activity throughout a day;
- and
- a sleep tracker to correlate sleep statistics derived from the sleeping patterns to use of a sleep aid selected from among:
- medicine, sound generation, airflow control, olfactory output, and wearable devices;
- the sleep tracker further to correlate the sleep aid efficacy and sleep statistics with a timing and an activity level of the user throughout the day;
- and
- a sleep aid control system to adjust a recommendation for the sleep aid based on the sleep statistics.
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A sleep aid efficacy evaluation system comprising:
- a monitoring system comprising:
- a non-intrusive sensor to monitor sleeping patterns of a user;
- a sleep tracker to correlate the user's sleep statistics to use of a sleep aid;
- a sleep aid control system to adjust a recommendation for the sleep aid based on the sleep statistics, the sleep aid selected from among:
- medicine, sound generation, airflow control, olfactory output, and wearable devices;
- and
- the sleep tracker to conduct a sleep study by introducing one or more sleep aids to a user, and observing changes in a sleep pattern of the user.
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A method to improve sleep aid user experience comprising for a user utilizing a sleep aid:
- monitoring sleeping patterns of a user, utilizing a non-intrusive sleep monitoring device to generate sleep statistics;
- correlating the sleep statistics to use of the sleep aid, wherein the sleep aid comprises medicine;
- and
- adjusting a recommendation for the sleep aid based on the sleep statistics, the adjustment to improve the sleep aid efficacy, wherein when the medicine is continuously dispensed medicine the adjusting comprises automatically adjusting the medicine level to optimize a current sleep, and when the medicine is taken prior to sleep, the adjusting comprises adjusting the medicine in subsequent sleep cycles based on the correlating.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.