Patent ID: 8517912

Claim:
A hypnosis device for controlling administration of a hypnosis experience to a user, the hypnosis device comprising: a stimulus output module for outputting a first type of content via one or more media channels to one or more sensory output devices for presentation to the user; a sensor data receiver for receiving feedback data comprising electrical activity data representative of brainwave activity of the user, the brainwave activity of the user being measured using a technique which comprises electroencephalography (EEG), an electronic processor configured to normalize the electrical activity data into an index value and to determine in substantially real-time that the index value of the normalized electrical activity data is within a threshold range, the electronic processor is configured to generate instructions for the stimulus output module to output a second type of content based on detecting the index value is within the threshold range, the electronic processor is configured to generate instructions for the stimulus output module to output the first type of content based on detecting the index value is outside the threshold range, the threshold range indicates that the user is in a trance state to receive the second type of content, the trance state indicating that the user is in a state of absorbed, focused and attentive neurological state, the first type of content is configured to relax and put the user in an absorbed, focused and attentive neurological state for receiving the second type of content; the second type of content is configured to provide the user with instructional content; and an electronic memory for storing the first and second types of content.