Keith Raniere - Patent 7,179,218 - Claim 42

Keith Raniere's Sleep Guidance Patent

Claim 42

In this set of claims, Keith Raniere describes his sleep pattern adjustor, which is designed to monitor a sleeper's physiological characteristics, generate sensory stimulus to test said characteristics, and is configured to test and lead the sleeper from a non-rapid eye movement sleep stage to a rapid eye movement sleep stage. 

Claim 42 Description

A sleep pattern adjustor comprising: a physiological characteristic monitor; a sensory stimulus generator; and a processor operatively associated with the physiological characteristic monitor and the sensory stimulus generator, the processor configured to receive input from the physiological characteristic monitor indicative of a first sleep stage of a sleeper and provide output to the sensory stimulus generator to cause the sensory stimulus generator to generate at least a first sensory stimulus in response to the input received from the physiological characteristic monitor to pace the sleeper, and to vary the first sensory stimulus to lead the sleeper from the first sleep stage to a second sleep stage.