Method for providing activity information of other related to activity pattern of user and electronic device thereof

• US 10,321,272 B2
• Filed: 02/08/2018
• Issued: 06/11/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Cho, Seongho, Min, Hong-Bin, Park, Kwan-Su
• Primary Examiner(s): Eisner, Ronald
• Application Number:
  US15/892,276
• Publication Number:
  US 20180227706A1
• Time in Patent Office: 488 Days
• Field of Search: 4554041, 4554042, 4554561-457, 34053913, 340988-996, D101042
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0257 using atmospheric pressure
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0475 Special features of memory means, e.g. removable memory cards
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0219 Inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes, tilt switches
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0223 Magnetic field sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• 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 5/6898 Portable consumer electronic devices, e.g. music players, telephones, tablet computers
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7282 Event detection, e.g. detecting unique waveforms indicative of a medical condition A61B5/4094, A61B5/4818, A61B5/349, A61B5/0823 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0068 Comparison to target or threshold, previous performance or not real time comparison to other individuals
• 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: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/60 for the operation of medical equipment or devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• 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 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 : Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services

Abstract

This disclosure includes a method and electronic device for providing activity information of another related to an activity pattern of a user. The device includes a communication module, a sensor configured to sense a motion of a user of the device, a memory configured to store information about a first event and second event related to an activity pattern of the user, and at least one processor. The processor is configured to: acquire first activity information that is related to the motion of the user, select a corresponding one event among the first event and the second event, based at least on the first activity information, receive, from an external device, data corresponding to second activity information that is related to motions of one or more other users related to the corresponding one event, and display data corresponding to the first activity information and the data corresponding to the second activity information.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a communication circuitry;

at least one sensor;

a memory; and

at least one processor operatively coupled to the communication circuitry, the at least one sensor and the memory,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to;

identify, from a first user, a user input for generating an event regarding a first type of motion among multiple types of motions to be sensed by the at least one sensor;

identify, in response to identifying the user input, one or more second users associated with the first type and distinct from the first user;

display, in response to identifying the one or more second users, a user interface to the first user for requesting selection of one or more third users regarding the event, wherein the user interface displays the identified one or more second users with a representation indicating that the one or more second users may correspond to the one or more third users; and

transmit, in response to the selection of the one or more third users by the first user, to one or more external electronic devices respectively corresponding to the selected one or more third users, one or more messages associated with the event.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

identify, after transmitting the one or more messages, at least one third user among the one or more third users indicating acceptance of joining the event based on at least one message being received from at least one of the one or more external electronic devices; and

adjust, in response to identifying the at least one third user, the user interface to request the user performing the first type of motion.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

identify, based on the at least one sensor, first information regarding the first user performing the first type of motion in response to the adjusted user interface;

identify, from the identified at least one third user, at least one second information has been detected from the identified at least one third user while performing the first type of motion; and

display the identified first information and the at least one second information within the user interface.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

acquire location information of the electronic device by using the at least one sensor or communication circuitry; and

perform the identification operation regarding the one or more second users, based further on the location information.

5. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the at least one processor is configured to provide a result of comparing the first information and the at least one second information within the user interface.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

display, as the representation, one or more visual elements respectively corresponding to the identified one or more second users in the user interface,

wherein the one or more visual elements respectively configured to make the corresponding second user to be inserted into or excluded from the one or more third users.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one sensor comprises at least one of an acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor, a barometer, a geomagnetic sensor, a motion sensor, or a global navigation satellite system (GNSS).

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

identify communication history information of the electronic device; and

perform the identifying operation regarding the one or more second users, based further on the communication history information.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium comprising a plurality of instructions that, when executed by a processor of an electronic device, are configured to cause the electronic device to perform operations comprising:

identifying, from a first user, a user input for generating an event regarding a first type of motion among multiple types of motions to be sensed by at least one sensor of the electronic device;

identifying, in response to identifying of the user input, one or more second users associated with the first type and distinct from the first user;

displaying, in response to identifying of the one or more second users, a user interface to the first user for requesting selection of one or more third users regarding the event, wherein the first user interface displays the identified one or more second users with a representation indicating that the one or more second users may correspond to the one or more third users; and

transmitting, in response to the selection of the one or more third users by the first user, to one or more external electronic devices respectively corresponding to the selected one or more third users, one or more messages associated with the event.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprises,

identifying, after the transmitting of the one or more messages, at least one third user among the one or more third users indicating acceptance of joining the event based on at least one message being received from at least one of the one or more external electronic devices;

and

adjusting, in response to identifying the at least one third user, the user interface to request the user performing the first type of motion.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 10, wherein the operations further comprises,

identifying, based on the at least one sensor, first information regarding the first user performing the first type of motion in response to the adjusted user interface;

identifying, from the identified at least one third user, at least one second information has been detected from the identified at least one third user while performing the first type of motion; and

displaying the identified first information and the at least one second information within the user interface.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 9, wherein the operations further method comprise:

acquiring location information of the electronic device by using the at least one sensor or communication circuitry; and

performing the identifying operation regarding the one or more second users, based further on the location information.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise:

providing a result of comparing the first information and the at least one second information within the user interface.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 9, wherein the method operations further comprise:

identifying communication history information of the electronic device; and

performing the identifying operation regarding the one or more second users based further on the communication history information.