Granted October 8, 2024 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Filed August 2021. Provisional September 2020. The biometric awareness training platform took four years from paper to issuance — and we waited because the hardware wasn’t there yet.
The official record
| Patent Number | US 12,109,041 B2 |
| Title | Biometric Awareness Training Platform and Method of Monitoring Physiological Responses |
| Issued | October 8, 2024 |
| Filed | August 31, 2021 |
| Provisional | September 2, 2020 |
| Inventors | Gonzalo De La Torre · Marianna Budnikova · Daniel Thurber |
| Claims | 20 independent and dependent claims · 3 drawing sheets |
Abstract (excerpt)
A biometric awareness training platform and method of monitoring, evaluating, and training a participant’s physiological response to stimulation employs a content delivery system for providing variable content to the participant, a physiological tracking system to measure physiological responses as the participant experiences the delivered content, and a progress tool for delivering an actionable status based on the participant’s measured physiological responses. The progress tool evaluates the physiological response measurements to provide a status indicator such as green, yellow, or red representing the participant’s current physiological status.
The three subsystems, in plain English
Content delivery
Variable content adapted to the user’s measured physiological state. In BAM, this is the voice companion choosing what to say next based on your live vitals.
Physiological tracking
Continuous measurement of heart rate, breathing, oxygen, stress, and skin temperature while the user experiences delivered content.
Progress tool
Evaluates measurements and surfaces an actionable status indicator — green, yellow, orange, or red. The patented heart of how BAM closes the feedback loop.
Why a patent matters for a wellness app
Most wellness apps are content libraries. They package meditations, breathing exercises, and sleep stories — and trust the user to choose what’s right for them in the moment. The user does the work. The app does the storage.
BAM is different. The patent describes a closed loop: tracking → evaluation → adaptive delivery → re-measurement. The app uses your body’s response to decide what to do next. It’s the difference between a library and a coach. Between a list of techniques and a colleague reading the room.
The patent is the formal protection of that loop. The implementation is BAM on Apple Vision Pro.
The named inventors
G
Gonzalo De La Torre
Eagle, Idaho
M
Marianna Budnikova
Seattle, Washington
D
Daniel Thurber
Meridian, Idaho
From paper to platform.
BAM is what this patent looks like in your hands — on Apple Vision Pro, paired with your Apple Watch, with a voice companion that knows your numbers.