Keith Raniere - Patent 7,179,218
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Keith Raniere Biography |
Keith Raniere's Sleep Guidance PatentKeith Raniere, founder of Nxivm and Executive Success Programs, has developed a patented sleep guidance system. A scientist and inventor, Mr. Raniere has designed a system that can guide it's user through an optimal sleep pattern. Utilizing a sleepers physiological characteristics to monitor the stages of sleep, the system generates sensory stimuli that move the user from one stage of sleep to another. The result is that the user can awaken refreshed even if their sleep is disrupted. Patent Abstract (from the United States Patent and Trademark Office) A sleep efficiency monitor and methods for pacing and leading a sleeper through an optimal sleep pattern. Embodiments of the present invention include a physiological characteristic monitor for monitoring the sleep stages of a sleeper, a sensory stimulus generator for generating stimulus to affect the sleep stages of a sleeper, and a processor for determining what sleep stage the sleeper is in and what sensory stimulus is needed to cause the sleeper to move to another sleep stage. A personalized sleep profile may also be established for the sleeper and sleep guided in accordance with the profile parameters to optimize a sleep session. By providing sensory stimulus to a sleeper, the sleeper may be guided through the various sleep stages in an optimal pattern so that the sleeper awakens refreshed even if sleep is disrupted during the night or the sleeper's allotted sleep period is different than usual. Embodiments of the invention also involve calibration of the sleep guidance system to a particular sleeper. Primary Examiner: Lacyk; John P. This application is a divisional of Ser. No. 10/718,960, filed on Nov. 21, 2003 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,041,049. |