1. A device for training behavior or subconscious learning, comprising:
a. an input unit;
b. a stimulating unit for impacting a user wearing said device with a stimulus;
c. said stimulus being given as feedback to a user action;
d. said stimulus forming a physical or emotional response within the user, said physical or emotional response being linked in time and place to said receiving of information, thus training or reinforcing, positively or negatively, the information or user action within the user’s brain.
2. The device of claim 1, wherein the input unit receives the input from a sensor located on the device.
3. The device of claim 1, wherein the input unit receives the input from another electronic device, including a computer, a smartphone, a sensor, or a tablet.
4. The device of claim 1, wherein the stimulus is the device administering an electric stimulus to the user.
5. The device of claim 1, wherein the stimulus is the device heating and cooling at a contact point with the user.
6. The device of claim 1, wherein the stimulus is administered in varying degrees of intensity.
7. The device of claim 1, wherein the stimulus is provided via a LED screen.
8. The device of claim 1, wherein the stimulus is provided via a button on the device, or via a remote controlled device.
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 of operating a programmed computer system having a microprocessor in communication with a memory having data representing instructions for the microprocessor, the instructions including a called method and one or more nested calling methods, the called and calling methods collectively providing a normal flow of instructions for obtaining a normal processing result stored in the memory, the normal processing result being the first of a plurality of processing results, comprising:
establishing distinct first and second exception object types in the memory;
in the called method, sending instructions to the microprocessor for: (i) performing an expected function within the normal flow of instructions, (ii) determining if a first result condition exists, and if so then generating a first exception object as an instance of the first exception object type, the first exception object containing the normal processing result, the generating of the first exception object resulting in a return to an immediately preceding one of the calling methods, and (iii) determining if a second result condition distinct from the first result condition exists, and if so then generating a second exception object of the second exception object type, the second exception object containing a second of the processing results, the generating of the second exception object resulting in a return to the immediately preceding calling method; and
among the one or more calling methods, sending instructions to the microprocessor for (i) calling the called method, (ii) determining whether an object of the first exception object type has been generated by the called method, and if so then processing the normal processing result from the first exception object, and (iii) determining whether an object of the second exception object type has been generated by the called method, and if so then processing the second processing result from the second exception object;
wherein the immediately preceding calling method is operative to: (i) determine whether an object of the first exception object type has been generated by the called method, and if so then process the normal processing result from the first exception object, and (ii) determine whether an object of the second exception object type has been generated by the called method, and if so then process the second processing result from the second exception object.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein a higher-level calling method is operative to determine whether an object of the second exception object type has been generated by the called method, and if so then to process the second processing result from the second exception object.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the immediately preceding calling method is operative to determine whether an object of the second exception object type has been generated by the called method, and if so then to generate a third exception object of a third exception object type, the third exception object containing a third of the processing results, the generating of the third exception object resulting in a return to a higher-level calling method.
4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the third exception object type is the same as the second exception object type.
5. The method according to claim 3, wherein the third exception object type is different from the second exception object type.
6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first and second exception object types are explicitly declared as being generated by the called methods so as to enable a compiler to check whether each is detected and processed within the calling methods.
7. A computer system comprising:
an input-output interface;
a processor; and
a memory system coupled to the processor and to the input-output interface and encoded with instructions implementing a called method and one or more nested calling methods, the called and calling methods collectively providing a normal flow of instructions for obtaining a normal processing result, the normal processing result being the first of a plurality of processing results, such that the called and calling methods, when performed on the processor, cause the computer system to perform the operations of:
establishing distinct first and second exception object types;
in the called method, (i) performing an expected function within the normal flow of instructions, (ii) determining if a first result condition exists, and if so then generating a first exception object as an instance of the first exception object type, the first exception object containing the normal processing result, the generating of the first exception object resulting in a return to an immediately preceding one of the calling methods, and (iii) determining if a second result condition distinct from the first result condition exists, and if so then generating second exception object of the second exception object type, the second exception object containing a second of the processing results, the generating of the second exception object resulting in a return to the immediately preceding calling method; and
among the one or more calling methods, (i) calling the called method, (ii) in either the immediately preceding calling method or a higher level calling method: (iia) determining whether an object of the first exception object type has been generated by the called method, and if so then processing the normal processing result from the first exception object, and (iib) determining whether an object of the second exception object type has been generated by the called method, and if so then processing the second processing result from the second exception object;
wherein the immediately preceding calling method is operative to: (i) determine whether an object of the first exception object type has been generated by the called method, and if so then process the normal processing result from the first exception object, and (ii) determine whether an object of the second exception object type has been generated by the called method, and if so then process the second processing result from the second exception object.
8. A computer system according to claim 7, wherein a higher-level calling method is operative to determine whether an object of the second exception object type has been generated by the called method, and if so then to process the second processing result from the second exception object.
9. The computer system according to claim 7, wherein the immediately preceding calling method is operative to determine whether an object of the second exception object type has been generated by the called method, and if so then to generate a third exception object of a third exception object type, the third exception object containing a third of the processing results, the generating of the third exception object resulting in a return to a higher-level calling method.
10. The computer system according to claim 9, wherein the third exception object type is the same as the second exception object type.
11. The computer system according to claim 9, wherein the third exception object type is different from the second exception object type.
12. The computer system according to claim 7, wherein the first and second exception object types are explicitly declared as being generated by the called methods so as to enable a compiler to check whether each is detected and processed within the calling methods.
13. A computer program product having a computer-readable medium including computer program logic encoded thereon that when performed on a computer system provides a called method and one or more nested calling methods, the called and calling methods collectively providing a normal flow of instructions for obtaining a normal processing result, the normal processing result being the first of a plurality of processing results, wherein when the computer program logic is performed on a processor in the computer system, the computer program logic causes the processor to perform the operations of:
establishing distinct first and second exception object types;
in the called method, (i) performing an expected function within the normal flow of instructions, (ii) determining if a first result condition exists, and if so then generating a first exception object as an instance of the first exception object type, the first exception object containing the normal processing result, the generating of the first exception object resulting in a return to an immediately preceding one of the calling methods, and (iii) determining if a second result condition distinct from the first result condition exists, and if so then generating a second exception object of the second exception object type, the second exception object containing a second of the processing results, the generating of the second exception object resulting in a return to the immediately preceding calling method; and
among the one or more calling methods, (i) calling the called method, (ii) determining whether an object of the first exception object type has been generated by the called method, and if so then processing the normal processing result from the first exception object, and (iii) determining whether an object of the second exception object type has been generated by the called method, and if so then processing the second processing result from the second exception object;
wherein the immediately preceding calling method is operative to: (i) determine whether an object of the first exception object type has been generated by the called method, and if so then process the normal processing result from the first exception object, and (ii) determine whether an object of the second exception object type has been generated by the called method, and if so then process the second processing result from the second exception object.