Patents by Inventor Mohammad Askar Asad

Mohammad Askar Asad 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).

  • Attention assistance and monitoring
    Patent number: 8742933
    Abstract: An attention assistance device configured to help maintain a user's focus on a given task. In one embodiment, text is presenting to a user on a touchscreen. The user tracking the text using a finger is monitored. The user is stimulated when the finger stops tracking the text for a predetermined period of time. In another embodiment, an electronic device presents an output configured to be tracked by a user. A monitoring device observes the user tracking the output. A sensory stimulating device stimulates the user when the “tracking” falls below an attention threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: George Mason Intellectual Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohammad Askar Asad, Nathalia Peixoto, Sidney West, David Grossman
  • ATTENTION ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20140015676
    Abstract: An attention assistance device for providing attention assistance including various features that help maintain a user's focus on a given task. The attention assistance device may include an activity sensor that generates an activity output in response to detection of a user generated activity. The attention assistance device may also have a timer that increments a counter at regular time intervals, resets the counter in response to the activity output, and generates a timer output when the counter reaches a threshold. Further, the attention assistance device may include a stimulation unit that alerts a user in response to the timer output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: George Mason Intellectual Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohammad Askar Asad, Nathalia Peixoto
  • Attention assistance device and method
    Patent number: 8564443
    Abstract: An attention assistance device for providing attention assistance including various features that help maintain a user's focus on a given task. The attention assistance device may include an activity sensor that generates an activity output in response to detection of a user generated activity. The attention assistance device may also have a timer that increments a counter at regular time intervals, resets the counter in response to the activity output, and generates a timer output when the counter reaches a threshold. Further, the attention assistance device may include a stimulation unit that alerts a user in response to the timer output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: George Mason Intellectual Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohammad Askar Asad, Nathalia Peixoto
  • Attention Assistance Device and Method
    Publication number: 20110128151
    Abstract: An attention assistance device for providing attention assistance including various features that help maintain a user's focus on a given task. The attention assistance device may include an activity sensor that generates an activity output in response to detection of a user generated activity. The attention assistance device may also have a timer that increments a counter at regular time intervals, resets the counter in response to the activity output, and generates a timer output when the counter reaches a threshold. Further, the attention assistance device may include a stimulation unit that alerts a user in response to the timer output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Mohammad Askar Asad, Nathalia Peixoto