Patents by Inventor Joshua Southern

Joshua Southern has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230032131
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of continuously monitoring the biometrics of a user in order to determine and gather more accurate data on their mental state. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method of dynamically prompting the user in response to the monitoring of the user and the determination of the user's mental state. Aspects and/or embodiments seek to provide a method of substantially continuous monitoring of a user's mental state, and prompting of users based on their monitored mental state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Ross Harper, Sebastiaan De Vries, Joshua Southern
  • Publication number: 20220095974
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the determination or classification of the mental state of a user and associated confidence values for the determined mental state. More particularly, the present invention relates to the use of various sensor data to determine the mental states of users, such as optical heart data or electrocardiography data, for example, from wearable devices (in a variety of form-factors, for example smart watches, fitness trackers, smart rings, smart textile, headsets, or wearable patches) or other devices having sensors operable to detect relevant attributes of a user that can be used to determine the user's mental state, such as physiological attributes. Aspects and/or embodiments seek to provide methods and systems for detecting (or determining) a mental state and a confidence for the detected mental state of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: LIMBIC LIMITED
    Inventors: Joshua Southern, Ross Harper, Sebastiaan De Vries
  • Publication number: 20060282357
    Abstract: A method of the present invention for selecting a building system component includes compiling information about a building system component; compiling information about a customer; generating without additional user input a menu of building system component options available to the customer, the menu being based on at least the information about the building system component and the customer; presenting the menu to the customer; and having the customer select a building system component from among the building system component options on the menu.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2005
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Inventors: Gary Southern, Joshua Southern