Abstract: A reading tracking system specifically designed for children including a wrist-worn arm motion and heart rate sensor coupled to a parental monitoring system, a game-style application for the child's use, and a group application useful in a classroom setting. The user's heart rate and arm movements are monitored to detect reading-related behavior states, such as reading, fallen asleep, distracted, and awoke after haven falling asleep states, independent from precise eye gaze tracking. Heart rate monitoring detects a high heart rate that is inconsistent with reading, a moderate heart rate indicative of a sedentary awake state consistent with reading, and a low hart rate indicating that the user has fallen asleep. Arm movement monitoring detects a high arm activity state that is inconsistent with reading, a moderate arm movement state or gestures consistent with page turning while reading, and a low arm activity rate indicating that the user has fallen asleep.

Abstract: An assisted name change automation (ANCA) system provides analytically derived name change recommendations to women considering marital name changes. The ANCA system provides the user with a questionnaire asking a number of questions relevant to the name change decision. The results are then used to score the available choices based on a statistical analysis of a large number of prior name change decisions. A number of demographic factors may be taken into consideration, such as the subject's geographical location, age, education level, profession, whether the subject has brothers with the same last name, and so forth. The name change recommendation is then displayed to the user. A detailed report may also be presented to the user including the recommended name change, if any, along with a graphical presentation of how the user's questionnaire responses compare with the data in the historical database.