Multi-activity platform and interface

• US 10,172,540 B2
• Filed: 03/16/2016
• Issued: 01/08/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nike, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Nike, Inc.
• Inventors: Balakrishnan, Ashok, Davis, Christopher W., Lyman, Jefferson, Setti, Sridhar, Convay, Wade, Greer, Tara, Mathure, Gaurabh, Thorwarth, Christopher C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Deichl, Jennifer M
• Application Number:
  US15/072,058
• Publication Number:
  US 20160296798A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,028 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2503/10 Athletes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1112 Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4866 Evaluating metabolism A61B5/083 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7435 Displaying user selection data, e.g. icons in a graphical user interface
• CPC Class Codes: F04C 2270/0421 Controlled or regulated
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 17/40 Data acquisition and logging for input to computer G06F3/00
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/40 relating to mechanical, radiation or invasive therapies, e.g. surgery, laser therapy, dialysis or acupuncture
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• 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

Abstract

A multi-activity system may be configured to receive, upload, synchronize and process data for a variety of different activity types and/or recorded using multiple types of activity monitoring devices. In one example, an application interface may be defined with a multiple functions that are each useable by various types of devices and for processing multiple types of data. Additionally or alternatively, data for different activity types and/or recorded using different types of monitoring devices may be processed differently. Synchronization of data may further be handled on a device-by-device basis, device-type basis and/or activity-type basis using various tracking parameters.

Claims

1. A method performed by an athletic tracking system comprising:

receiving physical activity data from a plurality of activity monitoring devices, each activity monitoring device including a sensor configured to measure physical activity data of a user;

categorizing the received physical activity data based on type of activity monitoring device and based on type of physical activity;

storing, in a first storage area, a first portion of the physical activity data corresponding to a first type of activity monitoring device and a first type of physical activity;

storing, in a second storage area, a second portion of the physical activity data corresponding to a second type of activity monitoring device and a second type of physical activity;

determining, based on the first type of activity monitoring device and the first type of physical activity, a first synchronization offset configured to specify a point at which synchronization of the first portion of the physical activity data is to begin; and

determining, based on the second type of activity monitoring device and the second type of physical activity, a second synchronization offset configured to specify a point at which synchronization of the second portion of the physical activity data is to begin;

responsive to receiving an instruction to synchronize data, modifying the physical activity data such that the first portion of the physical activity data is modified by the first synchronization offset and the second portion of the physical activity data is modified by the second synchronization offset; and

displaying, by a display unit, a synchronized data display including the modified physical activity data.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing, in a third storage area, a third portion of the physical activity data corresponding to a first type of activity monitoring device and a second type of physical activity;

storing, in a fourth storage area, a fourth portion of the physical activity data corresponding to a second type of activity monitoring device and a first type of physical activity;

determining, based on the first type of activity monitoring device and the second type of physical activity, a third synchronization offset configured to specify a point at which synchronization of the third portion of the physical activity data is to begin; and

determining, based on the second type of activity monitoring device and the first type of physical activity, a fourth synchronization offset configured to specify a point at which synchronization of the fourth portion of the physical activity data is to begin,

wherein the synchronized data display includes physical activity data from the third storage area modified by the third synchronization offset and physical activity data from the fourth storage area modified by the fourth synchronization offset.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether the modified physical activity data meets a physical activity threshold; and

presenting a goal achievement message to the display unit upon determining that the modified physical activity data meets the physical activity threshold.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating a first set of metrics for the first portion of the received physical activity data; and

generating a second set of metrics for the second portion of the received physical activity data,

wherein the first set of metrics includes at least one activity metric not included in the second set of metrics.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a first predefined set of activity tags used for the first type of activity; and

processing the first portion of the received physical activity data to extract one or more values for the first predefined set of activity tags.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

determining a second predefined set of activity tags used for the second type of activity; and

process the second portion of the received physical activity data to extract one or more values for the second predefined set of activity tags.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a number of activity points earned by the user based on the received physical activity data; and

categorizing the determined number of activity points based on the at least one of;

type of activity monitoring device used and type of physical activity performed.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining whether the user has achieved a streak of two or more consecutive goal time periods in which a corresponding activity point goal has been reached.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising recommending at least one of a product and an athletic activity based on the received physical activity data.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

processing a challenge between a first user and a second user;

receiving a first set of physical activity data from the first user;

receiving a second set of physical activity data from the second user; and

determining a winner of the challenge based on the first and second sets of physical activity data.

11. A method performed by an athletic tracking system comprising:

receiving physical activity data from a plurality of activity monitoring devices, each activity monitoring device including a sensor configured to measure physical activity data of a user, wherein the received physical activity data includes physical activity data for a plurality of types of physical activity;

categorizing the received physical activity data into a plurality of portions based on a type of physical activity performed and based on type of activity monitoring device, wherein a first portion of the physical activity data corresponds to a first type of activity monitoring device and a first type of physical activity, and a second portion of the physical activity data corresponds to a second type of activity monitoring device and a second type of physical activity;

determining, based on the first type of physical activity and the first type of activity monitoring device, a first synchronization offset for the first portion of the physical activity data, the first synchronization offset specifying a point at which synchronization of the first portion of the physical activity data is to begin;

determining, based on the second type of physical activity and the second type of activity monitoring device, a second synchronization offset for the second portion of the physical activity data, the second synchronization offset specifying a point at which synchronization of the second portion of the physical activity data is to begin;

responsive to receiving an instruction to synchronize data, modifying the physical activity data such that the first portion of the physical activity data is modified by the first synchronization offset and the second portion of the physical activity data is modified by the second synchronization offset; and

displaying, by a display unit, a synchronized data display including the modified physical activity data.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

determining, based on the first type of physical activity and the second type of activity monitoring device, a third synchronization offset specifying a point at which synchronization of a third portion of the physical activity data is to begin; and

determining, based on the second type of physical activity and the first type of activity monitoring device, a fourth synchronization offset specifying a point at which synchronization of a fourth portion of the physical activity data is to begin,

wherein the synchronized data display includes the third portion of the physical activity data modified by the third synchronization offset and the fourth portion of the physical activity data modified by the fourth synchronization offset.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

storing, in a first storage area, the first portion of the physical activity data; and

storing, in a second storage area, the second portion of the physical activity data.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving additional physical activity data; and

updating at least one of the first synchronization offset and the second synchronization offset based on the additional physical activity data.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

determining whether the modified physical activity data meets a physical activity threshold; and

presenting a goal achievement message to the display unit upon determining that the modified physical activity data meets the physical activity threshold.

16. A method performed by an athletic tracking system comprising:

storing, in a first storage area, a first portion of physical activity data received from a sensor configured to measure physical activity data of a user, the first portion of physical activity data corresponding to a first type of physical activity performed;

storing, in a second storage area, a second portion of the physical activity data received from a sensor configured to measure physical activity data of a user, the second portion of the physical activity data corresponding to a second type of physical activity performed;

defining a first data offset for synchronizing the first portion of the physical activity data associated with a first device;

defining a second data offset for synchronizing the first portion of the physical activity data associated with a second device;

defining a third data offset for synchronizing the second portion of the physical activity data associated with the first device;

defining a fourth data offset for synchronizing the second portion of the physical activity data associated with the second device;

responsive to receiving an instruction to synchronize data with the first device, modifying the physical activity data such that the first portion of the physical activity data is modified by the first data offset and the second portion of the physical activity data is modified by the third data offset; and

displaying, by a display unit, a synchronized data display including the modified physical activity data synchronized with the first device.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

responsive to receiving an instruction to synchronize data with the second device, modifying the physical activity data such that the first portion of the physical activity data modified by the second data offset and the second portion of the physical activity data modified by the fourth data offset; and

displaying, by a display unit, a synchronized data display including the modified physical activity data synchronized with the second device.

18. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

determining whether the first data offset is greater than the second data offset; and

in response to determining that the first data offset is greater than the second data offset, updating the second data offset to equal the first data offset.

19. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

determining that the first device has synchronized the at least a portion of the physical activity data with the second device; and

in response to determining that the first device has synchronized the at least a portion of the physical activity data with the second device, updating the second data offset.

20. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

providing a visualization to at least a portion of the display unit of the received physical activity data, wherein different visualizations are provided depending on the at least one of a type of activity monitoring device used and the type of physical activity performed.