Apparatus, method, and program product for tracking physical activity

• US 10,166,438 B2
• Filed: 04/11/2017
• Issued: 01/01/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Vissa, Sudhir, Lautner, Douglas, Tyagi, Vivek
• Primary Examiner(s): Wilson, Brian
• Application Number:
  US15/484,465
• Publication Number:
  US 20180290020A1
• Time in Patent Office: 630 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals

Abstract

Apparatuses, methods, and program products are disclosed for tracking physical activity. One apparatus includes a processor, and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The code is executable by the processor to detect, by use of the apparatus held by a first person, a second person in close proximity to the first person. The code is executable by the processor to track physical activity of the first person. The code is executable by the processor to transmit at least a portion of the tracked physical activity of the first person to an electronic identity corresponding to the second person to enable attaching at least the portion of the tracked physical activity of the first person to the electronic identity corresponding to the second person.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a processor;

a memory that stores code executable by the processor to;

detect, by use of the apparatus held by a first person, a second person in close proximity to the first person by detecting a wireless device corresponding to the second person, by detecting a voice profile corresponding to the second person, or a combination thereof;

track physical activity of the first person, wherein the physical activity comprises a number of steps the first person takes, a number of stairs the first person steps, a location of the first person over time, an elevation of the first person, an activity of the first person, movements corresponding to the first person, or some combination thereof, and wherein the tracked physical activity comprises information indicating whether the second person is in close proximity to the first person at certain times during the physical activity upon detecting whether the second person is in close proximity to the first person during the physical activity; and

transmit at least a portion of the tracked physical activity of the first person to an electronic identity corresponding to the second person as a result of detecting the second person in close proximity to the first person by detecting the wireless device corresponding to the second person, by detecting the voice profile corresponding to the second person, or the combination thereof to enable attaching at least the portion of the tracked physical activity of the first person to the electronic identity corresponding to the second person and to show that the second person had the same physical activity as the tracked physical activity of the first person, wherein the electronic identity corresponding to the second person comprises an account of the second person used to track physical activity of the second person, and the physical activity of the second person is stored on a storage device.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the code executable by the processor performs detecting the voice profile corresponding to the second person by comparing the voice profile to a plurality of voice profiles that are captured by the apparatus.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the code executable by the processor performs capturing the plurality of voice profiles by controlling the apparatus to actively listen to phone conversations and associating a detected voice with a contact in a contact list.

4. A method comprising:

detecting, by use of a first apparatus held by a first person, a second person in close proximity to the first person by detecting a wireless device corresponding to the second person, by detecting a voice profile corresponding to the second person, or a combination thereof;

tracking physical activity of the first person, wherein the physical activity comprises a number of steps the first person takes, a number of stairs the first person steps, a location of the first person over time, an elevation of the first person, an activity of the first person, movements corresponding to the first person, or some combination thereof, and wherein the tracked physical activity comprises information indicating whether the second person is in close proximity to the first person at certain times during the physical activity upon detecting whether the second person is in close proximity to the first person during the physical activity; and

transmitting at least a portion of the tracked physical activity of the first person to an electronic identity corresponding to the second person as a result of detecting the second person in close proximity to the first person by detecting the wireless device corresponding to the second person, by detecting the voice profile corresponding to the second person, or the combination thereof to enable attaching at least the portion of the tracked physical activity of the first person to the electronic identity corresponding to the second person and to show that the second person had the same physical activity as the tracked physical activity of the first person, wherein the electronic identity corresponding to the second person comprises an account of the second person used to track physical activity of the second person, and the physical activity of the second person is stored on a storage device.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein detecting the voice profile corresponding to the second person further comprises:

capturing audio input;

comparing the audio input to a plurality of voice profiles; and

selecting the voice profile of the plurality of voice profiles that matches the audio input.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising storing information corresponding to time periods during the tracked physical activity in which the second person is detected to be in close proximity to the first person.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein tracking the physical activity of the first person comprises tracking the physical activity of the first person using the first apparatus, a second apparatus, or some combination thereof.

8. The method of claim 4, wherein detecting the second person in close proximity to the first person comprises detecting the second person in response to beginning tracking the physical activity of the first person.

9. The method of claim 4, further comprising obtaining the electronic identity corresponding to the second person in response to detecting the second person.

10. A program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium that stores code executable by a processor, the executable code comprising code to perform:

detecting, by use of a first apparatus held by a first person, a second person in close proximity to the first person by detecting a wireless device corresponding to the second person, by detecting a voice profile corresponding to the second person, or a combination thereof;

tracking physical activity of the first person, wherein the physical activity comprises a number of steps the first person takes, a number of stairs the first person steps, a location of the first person over time, an elevation of the first person, an activity of the first person, movements corresponding to the first person, or some combination thereof, and wherein the tracked physical activity comprises information indicating whether the second person is in close proximity to the first person at certain times during the physical activity upon detecting whether the second person is in close proximity to the first person during the physical activity; and

transmitting at least a portion of the tracked physical activity of the first person to an electronic identity corresponding to the second person as a result of detecting the second person in close proximity to the first person by detecting the wireless device corresponding to the second person, by detecting the voice profile corresponding to the second person, or the combination thereof to enable attaching at least the portion of the tracked physical activity of the first person to the electronic identity corresponding to the second person and to show that the second person had the same physical activity as the tracked physical activity of the first person, wherein the electronic identity corresponding to the second person comprises an account of the second person used to track physical activity of the second person, and the physical activity of the second person is stored on a storage device.

11. The program product of claim 10, wherein the executable code further comprises code to perform storing information corresponding to time periods during the tracked physical activity in which the second person is detected to be in close proximity to the first person.

12. The program product of claim 10, wherein tracking the physical activity of the first person comprises tracking the physical activity of the first person using the first apparatus, a second apparatus, or some combination thereof.

13. The program product of claim 10, wherein the executable code further comprises code to perform obtaining the electronic identity corresponding to the second person in response to detecting the second person.

14. The program product of claim 10, wherein the executable code further comprises code to perform detecting a voice profile corresponding to the second person.

15. The program product of claim 14, wherein the executable code to perform detecting the voice profile corresponding to the second person further comprises code to perform:

capturing audio input;

comparing the audio input to a plurality of voice profiles; and

selecting the voice profile of the plurality of voice profiles that matches the audio input.