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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2022
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Grant H. Mulliken, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Christine Godwin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Izzet B. Yildiz, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sterling R. Crispin, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that determine an attentive state of a user based on physiological data associated with a physiological response of the user to an auditory stimulus. For example, an example process may include selecting an auditory stimulus based on a characteristic of an environment, presenting the auditory stimulus to a user, obtaining, using a sensor, first physiological data associated with a physiological response of the user to the auditory stimulus, and assessing an attentive state of the user based on the physiological response of the user to the auditory stimulus.