Tailoring computing experience based on user’s mental state and quality of attention: Key neurotechnology patent #30

By SharpBrains | March 14, 2017
Automated selection

Today we high­light a fas­ci­nat­ing 2008 patent assigned to Microsoft, dis­cussing assess­ment tech­niques such as pupil track­ing or head ori­en­ta­tion sen­sors to iden­ti­fy where and what the user is focused on–and what types of  infor­ma­tion and/ or noti­fi­ca­tions to dis­play accord­ing­ly. U.S. Patent No. 7,395,507: Auto­mat­ed selec­tion of appro­pri­ate infor­ma­tion based on a com­put­er user’s context.…

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Managing information flow based on user’s mental state and cognitive load: Key Neurotech Patent #19

By SharpBrains | February 23, 2017
control presentation

This is anoth­er fas­ci­nat­ing 2005 patent assigned to Microsoft, help­ing man­age the pre­sen­ta­tion of infor­ma­tion based on user’s men­tal and phys­i­cal state and cog­ni­tive load (and, yes, desired lev­el of pri­va­cy). U.S. Patent No. 6,874,127: Method and sys­tem for con­trol­ling pre­sen­ta­tion of infor­ma­tion to a user based on the user’s con­di­tion. Assignee(s): Microsoft Cor­po­ra­tion Inventor(s): Dan Newell, Ken­neth H.…

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How Microsoft anticipated wearables, machine learning and cognitive enhancement: Key Neurotech Patent #18

By SharpBrains | February 22, 2017
contextual-responses

Let’s dis­cuss today a fas­ci­nat­ing patent assigned to Microsoft back in 2015. (As men­tioned, we are fea­tur­ing a foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patent a day, from old­er to new­er by issue date) U.S. Patent No. 6,842,877: Con­tex­tu­al respons­es based on auto­mat­ed learn­ing tech­niques. Assignee(s): Microsoft Cor­po­ra­tion Inventor(s): James O. Robarts Eric L. Mat­te­son Tech­nol­o­gy Cat­e­go­ry: Neu­rocog­ni­tive Train­ing Issue Date: January…

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