Patents by Inventor Laura E. Barnes

Laura E. Barnes 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).

  • Systems and methods for context-aware anxiety interventions
    Patent number: 12488671
    Abstract: An anxiety microdose intervention delivery system receives, from a plurality of biomarker sensors, a positional parameter associated with a user's position, a social parameter associated with a user's social interaction, and a set of physiological parameters associated with a user's physiological state. The system can determine, using a recommendation algorithm, that a user is in a possible state of anxiety. The system can generate, based at least in part on the determination that the user is in the possible state of anxiety, data for displaying microdose intervention content on the user device. The microdose intervention content can be configured to better manage the anxiety. The system can receive user interaction with the microdose intervention content and transmit a report of the user interaction with the intervention content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2025
    Assignee: University of Virginia Patent Foundation
    Inventors: Bethany A. Teachman, Laura E. Barnes, Mehdi Boukhechba
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTEXT-AWARE ANXIETY INTERVENTIONS
    Publication number: 20240071201
    Abstract: An anxiety microdose intervention delivery system receives, from a plurality of biomarker sensors, a positional parameter associated with a user's position, a social parameter associated with a user's social interaction, and a set of physiological parameters associated with a user's physiological state. The system can determine, using a recommendation algorithm, that a user is in a possible state of anxiety. The system can generate, based at least in part on the determination that the user is in the possible state of anxiety, data for displaying microdose intervention content on the user device. The microdose intervention content can be configured to better manage the anxiety. The system can receive user interaction with the microdose intervention content and transmit a report of the user interaction with the intervention content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Bethany A. Teachman, Laura E. Barnes, Mehdi Boukhechba