Using gas chromatography for authentication, advertisements, and therapies

Abstract

In one aspect, a device includes a processor and storage accessible to the processor. The storage bears instructions executable by the processor to receive at least one output of a gas chromatograph (GC), compare the at least one output to at least one template, and determine whether to authenticate a user responsive to the comparison. The GC output also may used to generate at least one advertisement targeted to the user, and may further be used to output at least one indication of at least one therapy for the user.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A device, comprising:
 at least one processor;   a gas chromatograph (GC) accessible to the processor; and   storage accessible to the processor and bearing instructions executable by the processor to:   receive at least one output of the gas chromatograph;   compare the at least one output to at least one template; and   responsive to the comparison, perform a determination selected from the group consisting of: whether to authenticate a user, regarding at least one advertisement targeted to the user, and regarding at least one indication for at least one therapy for the user.   
     
     
         2 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the determination comprises whether to authenticate the user, wherein the at least one output indicates at least “N” substances, wherein “N” is an integer greater than one, and wherein the at least one template indicates “M” substances, wherein “M” is an integer greater than one, and wherein the instructions are executable to:
 responsive to the comparison indicating that “N” equals “M”, determine to authenticate the user; and 
 responsive to the comparison not indicating that “N” equals “M”, determine not to authenticate the user. 
 
     
     
         3 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the determination comprises whether to authenticate the user, wherein the at least one output indicates “N” substances, wherein “N” is an integer greater than one, and wherein the at least one template indicates “M” substances, wherein “M” is an integer greater than one, and the instructions are executable to:
 responsive to the comparison indicating that “N” equals “M”±C, wherein C is an integer greater than zero, determine to authenticate the user; and 
 responsive to the comparison not indicating that “N” equals “M”±C, determine not to authenticate the user. 
 
     
     
         4 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the determination comprises whether to authenticate the user, wherein the at least one output indicates “N” substances, wherein “N” is an integer greater than one, and wherein the at least one template indicates “M” substances, wherein “M” is an integer greater than one, and the instructions are executable to:
 responsive to the comparison indicating that the substances indicated in the GC output are equal to the substances indicated in the template, determine to authenticate the user; and 
 responsive to the comparison not indicating that the substances indicated in the GC output are equal to the substances indicated in the template, determine not to authenticate the user. 
 
     
     
         5 . The device of  claim 3 , wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to:
 responsive to the comparison indicating that at least “M”±C of the substances indicated in the GC output are equal to the substances indicated in the template, determine to authenticate the user; and   responsive to the comparison not indicating that at least “M”±C of the substances indicated in the GC output are equal to the substances indicated in the template, determine not to authenticate the user.   
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the determination comprises whether to authenticate the user, wherein the at least one output comprises “N” amplitude peaks representing respective substances, wherein “N” is an integer greater than one, and wherein the at least one template indicates “M” amplitude peaks representing respective substances, wherein “M” is an integer greater than one, and wherein the instructions are executable to:
 responsive to the comparison indicating that all “N” amplitude peaks are equal, in amplitude within a range, to corresponding “M” amplitude peaks, determine to authenticate the user; and 
 responsive to the comparison not indicating that all “N” amplitude peaks are equal, in amplitude within a range, to corresponding “M” amplitude peaks, determine not to authenticate the user. 
 
     
     
         7 . The device of  claim 2 , wherein the at least one output comprises “N” amplitude peaks representing respective substances, wherein “N” is an integer greater than one, and wherein the at least one template indicates “M” amplitude peaks representing respective substances, wherein “M” is an integer greater than one, and the instructions are executable to:
 responsive to the comparison indicating that all “N” amplitude peaks are equal, in amplitude within a range, to corresponding “M” amplitude peaks, determine to authenticate the user; and 
 responsive to the comparison not indicating that all “N” amplitude peaks are equal, in amplitude within a range, to corresponding “M” amplitude peaks, determine not to authenticate the user. 
 
     
     
         8 . The device of  claim 3 , wherein the at least one output comprises “N” amplitude peaks representing respective substances, wherein “N” is an integer greater than one, and wherein the at least one template indicates “M” amplitude peaks representing respective substances, wherein “M” is an integer greater than one, and the instructions are executable to:
 responsive to the comparison indicating that at least “M”±D of the “N” amplitude peaks are equal, in amplitude within a range, to corresponding “M”±D amplitude peaks, determine to authenticate the user, wherein D is an integer greater than zero; and 
 responsive to the comparison not indicating that at least “M”±D of the “N” amplitude peaks are equal, in amplitude within a range, to corresponding “M”±D amplitude peaks determine not to authenticate the user. 
 
     
     
         9 . A computer readable storage medium (CRSM) that is not a transitory signal, the computer readable storage medium comprising instructions executable by a processor to:
 receive at least one output of a gas chromatograph representing a chemical signature of a person; and   based at least in part on the at least one output, perform at least one action selected from the group consisting of: a determination regarding whether to authenticate the person, generation of at least one advertisement targeted to the person, and generation of at least one indication for at least one therapy for the person.   
     
     
         10 . The CRSM of  claim 9 , wherein the at least one action comprises generation of at least one advertisement targeted to the person, and wherein the instructions are executable to:
 correlate the at least one output to an age of the person; and   based at least in part on the age, generate at least one advertisement targeted to the person.   
     
     
         11 . The CRSM of  claim 9 , wherein the at least one action comprises generation of at least one advertisement targeted to the person, and wherein the instructions are executable to:
 correlate the at least one output to a sex of the person; and   based at least in part on the sex, generate at least one advertisement targeted to the person.   
     
     
         12 . The CRSM of  claim 9 , wherein the at least one action comprises generation of at least one advertisement targeted to the person, and wherein the instructions are executable to:
 present the at least one advertisement to the person.   
     
     
         13 . The CRSM of  claim 9 , wherein the instructions are executable to:
 compare the at least one output to at least one template; and   responsive to the comparison, determine whether to authenticate a user.   
     
     
         14 . The CRSM of  claim 9 , comprising the at least one processor. 
     
     
         15 . A method, comprising:
 receiving at least one output of a gas chromatograph representing a chemical signature of a person; and   based at least in part on the at least one output, performing at least one action selected from the group consisting of: determining whether to authenticate the person, generating at least one advertisement targeted to the person, and presenting at least one indication of at least one therapy for the person.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein the at least one action comprises presenting at least one indication of at least one therapy for the person, and wherein the method comprises:
 correlating the at least one output to Carbon-13; and   based at least in part on correlating the at least one output to Carbon-13, generating an indication to treat  h - pylori  in the person.   
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein the at least one action comprises presenting at least one indication of at least one therapy for the person, and wherein the method comprises:
 electronically transmitting the at least one output to a medical caregiver and receiving from the caregiver the at least one therapy indication for presenting the therapy indication.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 15 , comprising:
 comparing the at least one output to at least one template; and   responsive to the comparing, determining whether to authenticate a user.   
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18 , comprising:
 responsive to the comparing not matching the at least one template within a matching criteria, determining not to authenticate the user.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 18 , comprising:
 responsive to the comparing matching the at least one template within a matching criteria, determining to authenticate the user.