1. A method, comprising:
accepting at least one attribute of at least one individual;
querying at least one database based at least partially on the accepting at least one attribute;
presenting at least one indication of at least one prescription medication and at least a first indication of at least one artificial sensory experience based at least partially on the querying at least one database; and
presenting at least a second indication of the at least one artificial sensory experience based at least partially on at least one indication of use of the at least one prescription medication, including at least:
accepting the at least one indication of use of the at least one prescription medication by the at least one individual; and
presenting the at least a second indication of the at least one artificial sensory experience based at least partially on the accepting at least one indication of use of the at least one prescription medication by the at least one individual,
wherein at least one of the accepting at least one attribute, querying at least one database, presenting at least one indication of at least one prescription medication and at least a first indication of at least one artificial sensory experience, or presenting at least a second indication of the at least one artificial sensory experience is at least partially implemented using one or more processing devices.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein accepting the at least one indication of use of the at least one prescription medication by the at least one individual comprises:
accepting at least one indication of use of the at least one prescription medication based at least partially on at least one of one or more biochemical test results associated with the at least one individual or at least some user input associated with the at least one individual.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein accepting the at least one indication of use of the at least one prescription medication by the at least one individual and presenting at least a second indication of the at least one artificial sensory experience based at least partially on the accepting at least one indication of use of the at least one prescription medication by the at least one individual comprise:
determining whether the at least one individual has used the at least one prescription medication, and, if the at least one individual has used the at least one prescription medication, presenting at least a portion of the at least one artificial sensory experience via at least one user interface.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein presenting at least a second indication of the at least one artificial sensory experience based at least partially on at least one indication of use of the at least one prescription medication comprises:
modifying access to at least a portion of the at least one artificial sensory experience to alter at least one effect of the prescription medicine.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein modifying access to at least a portion of the at least one artificial sensory experience to alter at least one effect of the prescription medication comprises:
restricting access to at least a portion of the at least one artificial sensory experience.
6. The method of claim 4, wherein modifying access to at least a portion of the at least one artificial sensory experience to alter at least one effect of the prescription medication comprises:
granting access to at least a portion of the at least one artificial sensory experience.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein presenting at least a second indication of the at least one artificial sensory experience based at least partially on at least one indication of use of the at least one prescription medication comprises:
modifying the at least one artificial sensory experience to enhance at least one outcome associated with the efficacy of the prescription medication.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein presenting at least a second indication of the at least one artificial sensory experience based at least partially on at least one indication of use of the at least one prescription medication comprises:
modifying the at least one artificial sensory experience to alter at least one outcome associated with a side effect of the prescription medication.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein presenting at least a second indication of the at least one artificial sensory experience based at least partially on at least one indication of use of the at least one prescription medication comprises:
modifying a sensate experience to alter at least one presumed effect of the prescription medication.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein modifying a sensate experience to alter at least one presumed effect of the prescription medication comprises:
modifying at least one of an olfactory stimulus, a haptic stimulus, a visual stimulus, an auditory stimulus, or a taste stimulus to alter at least one presumed effect of the prescription medication.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein presenting at least a second indication of the at least one artificial sensory experience based at least partially on at least one indication of use of the at least one prescription medication comprises:
modifying at least one artificial sensory experience implemented on a mobile device.
12. The method of claim 1, wherein accepting at least one attribute of at least one individual comprises:
accepting at least one indication of post traumatic stress disorder associated with the at least one individual.
13. The method of claim 1, wherein accepting at least one attribute of at least one individual comprises:
accepting at least one indication of Alzheimer’s disease associated with the at least one individual.
14. The method of claim 1, wherein accepting at least one attribute of at least one individual comprises:
accepting at least one indication of depression associated with the at least one individual.
15. The method of claim of 1, wherein accepting at least one attribute of at least one individual and querying at least one database based at least partially on the accepting at least one attribute comprise:
accepting at least one attribute of at least one individual, including at least accepting at least one mental enhancement goal associated with the at least one individual, the mental enhancement goal including at least one of reducing or eliminating a phobia; and
querying at least one medication database and at least one artificial sensory experience database based at least partially on accepting at least one mental enhancement goal of reducing or eliminating a phobia, and selecting from at least one medication database at least one anti-anxiety medication for alleviating a phobia and selecting from at least one artificial sensory experience database at least one virtual world designed to overcome a phobia.
16. The method of claim 1, wherein accepting at least one attribute of at least one individual comprises:
accepting at least one indication of anxiety associated with the at least one individual.
17. The method of claim of 1, wherein accepting at least one attribute of at least one individual and querying at least one database based at least partially on the accepting at least one attribute comprise:
accepting at least one attribute of at least one individual, including at least accepting at least one mental enhancement goal associated with the at least one individual, the mental enhancement goal including at least one of reducing or eliminating a flying phobia; and
querying at least one medication database and at least one artificial sensory experience database based at least partially on accepting at least one mental enhancement goal of reducing or eliminating a flying phobia, selecting from at least one medication database at least one anti-anxiety medication for alleviating a flying phobia, and selecting from at least one artificial sensory experience database at least one virtual world designed to overcome a flying phobia.
18. The method of claim 17, wherein querying at least one medication database and at least one artificial sensory experience database based at least partially on accepting at least one mental enhancement goal of reducing or eliminating a flying phobia, selecting from at least one medication database at least one anti-anxiety medication for alleviating a flying phobia, and selecting from at least one artificial sensory experience database at least one virtual world designed to overcome a flying phobia and presenting at least a second indication of the at least one artificial sensory experience based at least partially on at least one indication of use of the at least one prescription medication comprise:
staggering a time associated with presentation of at least a portion of the at least one virtual world designed to overcome a flying phobia to provide conditioning for the at least one individual to reduce or eliminate the flying phobia, including at least:
accepting at least one indication of use of the at least one anti-anxiety medication by the at least one individual;
presenting at least a portion of the at least one virtual world designed to overcome a flying phobia based at least partially on the accepting at least one indication of use of the at least one anti-anxiety medication by the at least one individual;
creating at least one history related to the at least one virtual world and the at least one individual, including at least storing one or more of at least one physiological measurement of the at least one individual or at least one indication of at least one level of anxiety accepted from the at least one individual via a user interface, the storing occurring at least one of during or subsequent to the presenting at least a portion of the at least one virtual world;
modifying access to at least a portion of the at least one virtual world based at least partially on at least one history; and
presenting at least a portion of the modified at least one virtual world.
19. The method of claim 1, wherein querying at least one database based at least partially on the accepting at least one attribute comprises:
querying at least one medication database and at least one artificial sensory experience database based at least partially on the at least one attribute.
20. The method of claim 1, wherein querying at least one database based at least partially on the accepting at least one attribute comprises:
querying at least one database based at least partially on the at least one attribute of the at least one individual; and
selecting from the at least one database the at least one prescription medication and the at least one artificial sensory experience to at least partially address the at least one attribute of the at least one individual.
21. The method of claim 1, wherein presenting at least a second indication of the at least one artificial sensory experience based at least partially on at least one indication of use of the at least one prescription medication comprises:
creating at least one history related to the at least one artificial sensory experience and the at least one individual.
22. The method of claim 21, further comprising:
modifying access to at least a portion of the at least one artificial sensory experience based at least partially on the at least one history related to the at least one artificial sensory experience and the at least one individual.
23. The method of claim 22, further comprising:
presenting at least one indication of the at least one modified artificial sensory experience at least partially based on the at least one history.
24. The method of claim 21, further comprising:
presenting at least one indication of at least one modified artificial sensory experience at least partially based on the at least one history related to the at least one artificial sensory experience and the at least one individual.
25. The method of claim 1, wherein presenting at least a second indication of the at least one artificial sensory experience based at least partially on at least one indication of use of the at least one prescription medication comprises:
creating at least one history related to the at least one artificial sensory experience and the at least one individual, the at least one history including one or more of at least one physiological measurement of the at least one individual or at least one indication of at least one level of anxiety accepted from the at least one individual via at least one user interface.
26. The method of claim 1, wherein presenting at least a second indication of the at least one artificial sensory experience based at least partially on at least one indication of use of the at least one prescription medication comprises:
staggering a time associated with presentation of at least a portion of the at least one artificial sensory experience.
27. The method of claim 1, wherein presenting at least a second indication of the at least one artificial sensory experience based at least partially on at least one indication of use of the at least one prescription medication including at least accepting the at least one indication of use of the at least one prescription medication by the at least one individual and presenting the at least a second indication of the at least one artificial sensory experience based at least partially on the accepting at least one indication of use of the at least one prescription medication by the at least one individual comprise:
staggering a time associated with presentation of at least a portion of the at least one artificial sensory experience, including at least:
accepting at least one indication of use of the at least one prescription medication by the at least one individual;
presenting at least a portion of the at least one artificial sensory experience via at least one user interface based at least partially on the accepting at least one indication of use of the at least one prescription medication by the at least one individual; and
presenting at least a portion of a modified at least one artificial sensory experience, the modification based at least in part on one or more of at least one physiological measurement of the at least one individual or at least one indication of at least one level of anxiety accepted from the at least one individual, the one or more of at least one physiological measurement or at least one level of anxiety obtained at least one of during or subsequent to the presenting at least a portion of the at least one artificial sensory experience.
28. The method of claim 1, wherein presenting at least a second indication of the at least one artificial sensory experience based at least partially on at least one indication of use of the at least one prescription medication further comprises:
modifying the at least one artificial sensory experience based at least partially on one or more of at least one physiological measurement of the at least one individual or at least one indication of at least one level of anxiety accepted from the at least one individual via at least one user interface, the one or more of at least one physiological measurement or at least one level of anxiety obtained at least one of during or subsequent to the presenting of the at least one artificial sensory experience.
29. A system, comprising:
an acceptor module configured to accept at least one attribute of at least one individual;
a querier module configured to query at least one database based at least partially on the acceptor module configured to accept at least one attribute of at least one individual;
a first presenter module configured to present at least one indication of at least one prescription medication and at least a first indication of at least one artificial sensory experience based at least partially on the querier module configured to query at least one database; and
an implementer module configured to present at least a second indication of the at least one artificial sensory experience based at least partially on at least one indication of use of at least one prescription medication, including at least:
a prescription acceptor module configured to accept at least one indication of use of at least one prescription medication by at least one individual; and
a second presenter module configured to present at least another indication of at least one artificial sensory experience based at least partially on the prescription acceptor module configured to accept at least one indication of use of at least one prescription medication by at least one individual,
wherein at least one of the acceptor module, querier module, first presenter module, or implementer module is at least partially implemented using hardware.
30. A system, comprising:
circuitry configured for accepting at least one attribute of at least one individual;
circuitry configured for querying at least one database based at least partially on the circuitry configured for accepting at least one attribute;
circuitry configured for presenting at least one indication of at least one prescription medication and at least a first indication of at least one artificial sensory experience based at least partially on the circuitry configured for querying at least one database; and
circuitry configured for presenting at least a second indication of the at least one artificial sensory experience based at least partially on at least one indication of use of the at least one prescription medication, including at least:
circuitry configured for accepting the at least one indication of use of the at least one prescription medication by the at least one individual; and
circuitry configured for presenting the at least a second indication of the at least one artificial sensory experience based at least partially on the circuitry configured for accepting the at least one indication of use of the at least one prescription medication by the at least one individual.
31. A computer program product, comprising:
at least one non-transitory computer readable medium including at least one or more instructions that, when executed on at least one processing device, cause the at least one processing device to at least:
accept at least one attribute of at least one individual;
query at least one database based at least partially on the accepted at least one attribute;
present at least one indication of at least one prescription medication and at least a first indication of at least one artificial sensory experience based at least partially on the at least one database query; and
present at least a second indication of the at least one artificial sensory experience based at least partially on at least one indication of use of the at least one prescription medication, including at least:
accepting the at least one indication of use of the at least one prescription medication by the at least one individual; and
presenting the at least a second indication of the at least one artificial sensory experience based at least partially on the accepted at least one indication of use of the at least one prescription medication by the at least one individual.
32. A system, comprising:
a computing device; and
one or more instructions that when executed on the computing device cause the computing device to:
accept at least one attribute of at least one individual;
query at least one database based at least partially on the accepted at least one attribute;
present at least one indication of at least one prescription medication and at least a first indication of at least one artificial sensory experience based at least partially on the at least one database query; and
present at least a second indication of the at least one artificial sensory experience based at least partially on at least one indication of use of the at least one prescription medication, including at least:
accepting the at least one indication of use of the at least one prescription medication by the at least one individual; and
presenting the at least a second indication of the at least one artificial sensory experience based at least partially on the accepted at least one indication of use of the at least one prescription medication by the at least one individual.
33. The system of claim 32 wherein the computing device comprises:
one or more of a personal digital assistant (PDA), a personal entertainment device, a mobile phone, a laptop computer, a tablet personal computer, a networked computer, a computing system comprised of a cluster of processors, a computing system comprised of a cluster of servers, a workstation computer, or a desktop computer.
34. The system of claim 32, wherein the computing device is operable to accept at least the at least one attribute, query the at least one database, and present the at least one indication of at least one prescription medication and at least a first indication of at least one artificial sensory experience, and present the at least a second indication of the at least one artificial sensory experience from at least one memory.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method comprising:
generating a play history on a portable media player;
providing the play history to an associated system; and
receiving a plurality of previews from the associated system, the plurality of previews selected based on the play history.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
playing the plurality of previews on the portable media player;
selecting one of the plurality of previews for purchase;
providing information identifying the one of the plurality of previews to the associated system; and
receiving a media file corresponding to the one of the plurality of previews from the associated system.
3. The method of claim 2 wherein selecting the one of the plurality of previews for purchase further comprises selecting a desired format for the media file corresponding to the one of the plurality of previews.
4. The method of claim 1 further comprising processing the plurality of previews to mark desired ones of the plurality of previews as previews to purchase.
5. The method of claim 4 wherein processing the plurality of previews further comprises:
processing the plurality of previews to mark each one of the plurality of previews other than the desired ones of the plurality of previews as at least one of the group consisting of: a preview to remove, a preview for which notification of an associated promotion is desired, and a preview to remain stored on the portable media player for subsequent playback.
6. The method of claim 4 wherein processing the plurality of previews further comprises processing each one of the plurality of previews during playback of the one of the plurality of previews.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein the portable media player stores a plurality of media files, and, each time one of the plurality of media files is played by the portable media player, generating the play history on the portable media player comprises storing information identifying a media content of the one of the plurality of media files and a time stamp.
8. The method of claim 1 wherein each one of the plurality of previews is a media file comprising complete media content associated with the one of the plurality of previews and Digital Rights Management (DRM) restrictions limiting playback of the complete media content to provide the one of the plurality of previews.
9. The method of claim 8 further comprising:
playing the plurality of previews on the portable media player;
selecting one of the plurality of previews for purchase;
providing information identifying the one of the plurality of previews to the associated system; and
receiving information enabling playback of the complete media content of the media file corresponding to the one of the plurality of previews selected for purchase from the associated system.
10. The method of claim 1 wherein the plurality of previews are segments of a corresponding plurality of media files, and the method further comprises:
playing the plurality of previews on the portable media player;
selecting one of the plurality of previews for purchase;
providing information identifying the one of the plurality of previews to the associated system;
receiving a non-previewed portion of one of the plurality of media files corresponding to the one of the plurality of previews from the associated system; and
combining the non-previewed portion of the one of the plurality of media files and the one of the plurality of previews to provide the one of the plurality of media files corresponding the one of the plurality of previews.
11. The method of claim 1 wherein the associated system is an associated user system, providing the play history to the associated user system comprises providing the play history to the associated user system during a first docking process, and receiving the plurality of previews comprises receiving the plurality of previews from the associated user system during the first docking process or a subsequent docking process.
12. The method of claim 1 wherein the associated system is a central system, providing the play history to the associated system comprises providing the play history to the central system via a network, and receiving the plurality of previews comprises receiving the plurality of previews from the central system via the network.
13. A portable media player comprising:
a communication interface adapted to communicatively couple the portable media player to an associated system; and
a control system adapted to:
generate a play history for the portable media player;
provide the play history to the associated system; and
receive a plurality of previews selected based on the play history from the associated system.
14. The portable media player of claim 13 wherein the control system is further adapted to:
play the plurality of previews;
receive a selection of one of the plurality of previews for purchase from a user of the portable media player;
provide information identifying the one of the plurality of previews to the associated system; and
receive a media file corresponding to the one of the plurality of previews from the associated system.
15. The portable media player of claim 13 wherein the portable media player stores a plurality of media files, and, each time one of the plurality of media files is played by the portable media player, the control system is further adapted to generate the play history by storing information identifying media content of the one of the plurality of media files and a time stamp.
16. The portable media player of claim 13 wherein each one of the plurality of previews is a media file comprising complete media content associated with the one of the plurality of previews and Digital Rights Management (DRM) restrictions limiting playback of the complete media content to provide the one of the plurality of previews.
17. The portable media player of claim 16 wherein the control system is further adapted to:
play the plurality of previews;
receive a selection of one of the plurality of previews for purchase from a user of the portable media player;
provide information identifying the one of the plurality of previews to the associated system; and
receive information enabling playback of the complete media content of the media file corresponding to the one of the plurality of previews selected for purchase from the associated system.
18. The portable media player of claim 13 wherein the plurality of previews are segments of a corresponding plurality of media files, and the control system is further adapted to:
play the plurality of previews;
receive a selection of one of the plurality of previews for purchase from a user of the portable media player;
provide information identifying the one of the plurality of previews to the associated system;
receive a non-previewed portion of one of the plurality of media files corresponding to the one of the plurality of previews from the associated system; and
combine the non-previewed portion of the one of the plurality of media files and the one of the plurality of previews to provide the one of the plurality of media files corresponding to the one of the plurality of previews.
19. The portable media player of claim 13 wherein the associated system is an associated user system, and the control system is further adapted to provide the play history to the associated user system during a first docking process and receive the plurality of previews from the associated user system during the first docking process or a subsequent docking process.
20. The portable media player of claim 13 wherein the associated system is a central system, and the control system is further adapted to provide the play history to the central system via a network and receive the plurality of previews from the central system via the network.