Patent ID: 7613619

Claim:
A method of using a computer and a computer display for identifying a suspect influencing agent that may be causing a reaction in an individual, wherein the suspect influencing agent is one of a plurality of possible influencing agents, the method comprising: displaying the plurality of possible influencing agents on the computer display; displaying the reaction on the computer display; for a first period, selecting a first plurality of influencing agents from the plurality of possible influencing agents, wherein the individual was exposed to the first plurality of influencing agents during the first period, wherein the step of selecting the first plurality of influencing agents is via the computer; for a second period following the first period, selecting a second plurality of influencing agents from the plurality of possible influencing agents, wherein the individual was exposed to the second plurality of influencing agents during the second period, wherein the step of selecting the second plurality of influencing agents is via the computer; selecting, via the computer, the reaction that the individual experienced during at least one of the first period, the second period, and a third period, wherein the third period follows the second period; computing, with the computer, a plurality of correlations corresponding to the plurality of possible influencing agents as each of the plurality of possible influencing agents relate to the reaction; and based on the plurality of correlations, determining, with the computer, and displaying the suspect influencing agent.