Health tracking devices

• US 10,150,002 B2
• Filed: 02/10/2016
• Issued: 12/11/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions Limited (Accenture PLC)
• Original Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions Limited (Accenture PLC)
• Inventors: Kass, Alex M., Wan, Dadong
• Primary Examiner(s): Shah, Milap
• Application Number:
  US15/040,690
• Publication Number:
  US 20170225034A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,035 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2503/12 Healthy persons not otherwise provided for, e.g. subjects of a marketing survey
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0443 Modular apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0024 for multiple sensor units attached to the patient, e.g. using a body or personal area network
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6801 specially adapted to be attached to or worn on the body surface
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6895 Sport equipment
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/00 Exercising apparatus for developing or strengthening the muscles or joints of the body by working against a counterforce, with or without measuring devices electric or electronic controls therefor A63B24/00
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 22/00 Exercising apparatus specially adapted for conditioning the cardio-vascular system, for training agility or co-ordination of movements force-resisting aspects A63B21/00; for particular parts of the body, e.g. to strengthen particular limbs or muscles A63B23/00; electric or electronic controls therefor A63B24/00
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 22/0023 the inclination of the main axis of the movement path being adjustable, e.g. the inclination of an endless band
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 22/0242 with speed variation
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 22/0605 performing a circular movement, e.g. ergometers
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/12 Absolute positions, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/50 Wireless data transmission, e.g. by radio transmitters or telemetry
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0062 Monitoring athletic performances, e.g. for determining the work of a user on an exercise apparatus, the completed jogging or cycling distance
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0075 Means for generating exercise programs or schemes, e.g. computerized virtual trainer, e.g. using expert databases
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0087 Electric or electronic controls for exercising apparatus of groups A63B21/00 - A63B23/00, e.g. controlling load
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/00 Teaching not covered by other main groups of this subclass teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying F41G3/26
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/70 relating to mental therapies, e.g. psychological therapy or autogenous training
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 : for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 : for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for promoting healthy behavior. The methods, systems, and apparatus include an action of receiving device capability information for multiple devices. The device capability information from each device describes capabilities of the device. Additional actions include receiving an indication of a health goal of a user and receiving health information of the user sensed by a first device of the multiple devices. Further actions include generating a health related instruction for a second device of the multiple devices based on the health information of the user sensed by the first device of the multiple devices, the health goal of the user, and the device capability information of the second device. An additional action includes providing the health related instruction to the second device.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, at a server of a system that includes (i) the server and (ii) a set of multiple devices that include a wearable device and an exercise machine, device capability information for each device in the set of multiple devices, where the device capability information from each device describes capabilities of the device and the exercise machine is configured to be triggerable by the server to perform a physical action that makes a long aerobic physical activity available to the user;

receiving, by the server, an indication of a health goal of a user;

receiving, by the server, heart rate information of the user sensed by the wearable device of the multiple devices;

determining, by the server based on the heart rate information sensed by the wearable sensor and the health goal of the user, to provide the long aerobic physical activity for the user to perform instead of to provide a short strength related physical activity for the user to perform;

determining, by the server, from the device capability information from the exercise machine that the long aerobic physical activity is available through the exercise device with performance of a physical action by the exercise machine;

in response to determining from the device capability information from the exercise machine that the long aerobic physical activity is available through the exercise machine with performance of the physical action by the exercise machine, generating, by the server, a health related instruction that triggers the exercise machine of the multiple devices to perform the physical action that makes the long aerobic physical activity available to the user;

receiving, by the server, an indication that the user has turned on the exercise machine; and

in response to receiving the indication that the user has turned on the exercise machine, providing, by the server to the exercise machine, the health related instruction that triggers the exercise machine to perform the physical action that makes the long aerobic physical activity available to the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the health related instruction additionally causes the exercise machine to display a recommendation of a particular exercise for the user.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein health related instruction additionally causes the exercise machine to begin monitoring particular health information of the user.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving an indication of a health goal of a user comprises:

receiving the indication of the health goal of the user from a health provider device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein generating, a health related instruction that triggers the exercise machine of the multiple devices to perform the physical action that makes the long aerobic physical activity available to the user comprises:

determining a health model that matches the health goal of the user;

identifying one or more user behaviors based on the health model and the health information of the user;

selecting a user behavior that is enabled by a capability of the exercise machine indicated by the device capability information of the exercise machine; and

determining the health related instruction for the exercise machine based on the selected user behavior.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving device capability information comprises:

providing a first request for capability information to the wearable device;

receiving device capability information from the wearable device in response to the first request;

providing a second request for capability information to the exercise machine; and

receiving device capability information from the exercise machine in response to the second request.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the exercise machine comprises a treadmill, a row machine, or a stair climber device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving device capability information comprises receiving, from a treadmill, an indication of a range of speeds that the treadmill is capable of operating between,

wherein generating a health related instruction that triggers the exercise machine of the multiple devices to perform a physical action comprises determining, based at least on (i) the health goal of the user, (ii) the range of speeds that the treadmill is capable of operating between, and (iii) the heart rate information sensed by the wearable device, a speed that the treadmill should operate at between the range of speeds that the treadmill is capable of operating between.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein generating, a health related instruction that triggers the exercise machine of the multiple devices to perform the physical action comprises:

obtaining the heart rate information;

translating the heart rate information into a unified vocabulary using a first translation function;

generating the health related instruction in the unified vocabulary based at least on the heart rate information translated into the unified vocabulary;

identify a second translation function for the exercise machine;

translating the health related instruction in the unified vocabulary into a health related instruction translated for the exercise machine using the second translation function; and

providing, to the exercise machine, the health related instruction translated for the exercise machine.

10. The method of claim 1, comprising:

receiving, by the server, additional heart rate information of the user sensed by the wearable device of the multiple devices while the user is performing the long aerobic physical activity with the exercise machine; and

in response to receiving the additional heart rate information of the user sensed by the wearable device of the multiple devices while the user is performing the long aerobic physical activity with the exercise machine, providing, by the server to the exercise machine, a second health related instruction that triggers the exercise machine to perform a second physical action that makes a different long aerobic activity available to the user.

11. A system comprising:

one or more computers and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising;

receiving, at a server of a system that includes (i) the server and (ii) a set of multiple devices that include a wearable device and an exercise machine, device capability information for each device in the set of multiple devices, where the device capability information from each device describes capabilities of the device and the exercise machine is configured to be triggerable by the server to perform a physical action that makes a long aerobic physical activity available to the user;

receiving, by the server, an indication of a health goal of a user;

receiving, by the server, heart rate information of the user sensed by the wearable device of the multiple devices;

determining, by the server based on the heart rate information sensed by the wearable sensor and the health goal of the user, to provide the long aerobic physical activity for the user to perform instead of to provide a short strength related physical activity for the user to perform;

determining, by the server, from the device capability information from the exercise machine that the long aerobic physical activity is available through the exercise device with performance of a physical action by the exercise machine;

in response to determining from the device capability information from the exercise machine that the long aerobic physical activity is available through the exercise machine with performance of the physical action by the exercise machine, generating, by the server, a health related instruction that triggers the exercise machine of the multiple devices to perform the physical action that makes the long aerobic physical activity available to the user;

receiving, by the server, an indication that the user has turned on the exercise machine; and

in response to receiving the indication that the user has turned on the exercise machine, providing, by the server to the exercise machine, the health related instruction that triggers the exercise machine to perform the physical action that makes the long aerobic physical activity available to the user.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the health related instruction additionally causes the exercise machine to display a recommendation of a particular exercise for the user.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein health related instruction additionally causes the exercise machine to begin monitoring particular health information of the user.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein receiving an indication of a health goal of a user comprises:

receiving the indication of the health goal of the user from a health provider device.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein generating, a health related instruction that triggers the exercise machine of the multiple devices to perform the physical action that makes the long aerobic physical activity available to the user comprises:

determining a health model that matches the health goal of the user;

identifying one or more user behaviors based on the health model and the health information of the user;

selecting a user behavior that is enabled by a capability of the exercise machine indicated by the device capability information of the exercise machine; and

determining the health related instruction for the exercise machine based on the selected user behavior.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein receiving device capability information comprises:

providing a first request for capability information to the wearable device;

receiving device capability information from the wearable device in response to the first request;

providing a second request for capability information to the exercise machine; and

receiving device capability information from the exercise machine in response to the second request.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the exercise machine comprises a treadmill, a row machine, or a stair climber device.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the first type of physical activity comprises a long aerobic activity and the second activity comprises a short strength related activity.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein receiving device capability information comprises receiving, from a treadmill, an indication of a range of speeds that the treadmill is capable of operating between,

wherein generating a health related instruction that triggers the exercise machine of the multiple devices to perform a physical action comprises determining, based at least on (i) the health goal of the user, (ii) the range of speeds that the treadmill is capable of operating between, and (iii) the heart rate information sensed by the wearable device, a speed that the treadmill should operate at between the range of speeds that the treadmill is capable of operating between.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing software comprising instructions executable by one or more computers which, upon such execution, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

receiving, at a server of a system that includes (i) the server and (ii) a set of multiple devices that include a wearable device and an exercise machine, device capability information for each device in the set of multiple devices, where the device capability information from each device describes capabilities of the device and the exercise machine is configured to be triggerable by the server to perform a physical action that makes a long aerobic physical activity available to the user;

receiving, by the server, an indication of a health goal of a user;

receiving, by the server, heart rate information of the user sensed by the wearable device of the multiple devices;

determining, by the server based on the heart rate information sensed by the wearable sensor and the health goal of the user, to provide the long aerobic physical activity for the user to perform instead of to provide a short strength related physical activity for the user to perform;

determining, by the server, from the device capability information from the exercise machine that the long aerobic physical activity is available through the exercise device with performance of a physical action by the exercise machine;

in response to determining from the device capability information from the exercise machine that the long aerobic physical activity is available through the exercise machine with performance of the physical action by the exercise machine, generating, by the server, a health related instruction that triggers the exercise machine of the multiple devices to perform the physical action that makes the long aerobic physical activity available to the user;

receiving, by the server, an indication that the user has turned on the exercise machine; and

in response to receiving the indication that the user has turned on the exercise machine, providing, by the server to the exercise machine, the health related instruction that triggers the exercise machine to perform the physical action that makes the long aerobic physical activity available to the user.