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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2004
Filed:
May. 17, 2001
Barry E. Willner, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
Edith H. Stern, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
David P. Greene, Ossining, NY (US);
Philip Shi-lung Yu, Chappaqua, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system, method, apparatus, and computer program code for using physical characteristic information obtained from two or more subjects to help evaluate subjects or to determine a course of action to take with the subjects includes receiving data indicative of one or more physical characteristics from two or more subjects, determining an evaluation of the data, and providing a notification to a device of the evaluation. A physical characteristic of a subject might be or include the subject's heart rate, blood pressure, blood sugar level, posture, temperature, respiration rate, facial response or position, weight, height, galvanic skin response, pheromone emission, brain wave pattern or rhythm, odor, motion, etc., or a change in any one or more of them.