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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1999
Applicant:
Richard N. Jurmain, Eau Claire, WI (US);
Inventor:
Richard N. Jurmain, Eau Claire, WI (US);
Assignee:
Realityworks, Inc., Eau Claire, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09B 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An addiction simulator for use in an educational program, operable for (i) periodically requesting simulated addictive behavior, (ii) receiving a satisfaction signal from an assigned individual in response to a generated request, representing consumption of an amount of addictant in limited supply, and (iii) refusing acceptance of a satisfaction signal when the supply of addictant has been exhausted. The duration of the interval between requests can based upon a physiological characteristic of the assigned individual.