System and method for creating ad-hoc events from sensed sport-specific data

• US 10,356,189 B2
• Filed: 11/19/2015
• Issued: 07/16/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Suunto Oy (Anta International Group Holdings Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Suunto Oy (Anta International Group Holdings Ltd.)
• Inventors: Miettinen, Michael, Maikkola, Teemu, Eriksson, Timo, Nieminen, Heikki, Lindman, Erik, Ahlstrom, Mikko
• Primary Examiner(s): Duong, Oanh
• Application Number:
  US14/945,914
• Publication Number:
  US 20160150039A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,335 Days
• 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 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

A method, a sports watch, a computer program, a computing device and a system for creating an event accessible over a communications network, characterized by the method comprising receiving a first sport-specific data from a first sports watch; receiving a second sport-specific data from a second sports watch; comparing the first sport-specific data and the second sport-specific data; detecting a common context with the first sport-specific data and the sport-specific second data; and creating an event based on the common context.

Claims

1. A method executed on a computing device for creating an event accessible over a communications network, the method comprising:

receiving, by the computing device, a first sport-specific data from a first sports watch, wherein the first sports watch comprises a first housing, a first wristband attached to the first housing, a first sensor positioned in the first housing and a second sensor wirelessly connected to the first sports watch, wherein the first sport-specific data comprises a sport mode and sensor data, wherein the sport mode is configured for a certain sport that a first user wearing the first sports watch on a wrist is practicing, and wherein the sensor data relates to the sport mode and comprises configured sensor configuration for the certain sport;

receiving, by the computing device, a second sport-specific data from a second sports watch, wherein the second sports watch comprises a second housing, a second wristband attached to the second housing, a third sensor positioned in the second housing and a fourth sensor wirelessly connected to the second sports watch, wherein the second sport-specific data comprises the sport mode and the sensor data, wherein the sport mode is configured for a certain sport that a second user wearing the first sports watch on a wrist is practicing, and wherein the sensor data relates to the sport mode and comprises configured sensor configuration for the certain sport;

comparing, by the computing device, the first sport-specific data and the second sport-specific data;

detecting, by the computing device, a common context with the first sport-specific data and the sport-specific second data; and

creating, by the computing device, an event, based on the common context, ad hoc enabling the first or the second sport watch to only accept the event in order to join the event.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first sport-specific data is formed by the first sports watch and the second sport-specific data is formed by the second sports watch.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of allowing a user profile assigned to a user of a sports watch to join the event.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first sport-specific data and the second sport-specific data include positioning information and the common context includes at least the location of the event and the sport that the event relates to.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of the computing device sending a notification of an event invitation to the first sports watch and to the second sports watch.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

receiving third sport-specific data from a third sports watch, and

comparing the first, second and third sport-specific data, wherein the common context is detected with the first, second and third sport-specific data.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the computing device provides a first user profile assigned to the first sports watch, wherein the computing device provides a second user profile assigned to the second sports watch, and wherein the computing device provides a third user profile assigned to the third sports watch, wherein the computing device notifies a third user profile about the created event, and wherein the third user profile is assigned to follow the first user profile or the second user profile.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the computing device is a server, and wherein the server provides a web page accessible via the Internet.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first sports watch is connected to a mobile phone, and the mobile phone comprises the second sensor.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the common context is configured without considering locations of the first and the second sport watches.

11. A first sports watch for use by a first user and configured to communicate with a server, the first sports watch comprising:

a housing;

a wristband attached to the housing;

a first sensor positioned in the housing;

a wireless communication interface for communicating with the server, wherein the wireless communication interface is further configured to connect to a second sensor wirelessly;

wherein one of the first and second sensors is configured to provide movement information;

at least one processor;

at least one memory;

a display; and

a non-transient computer-readable medium containing code to direct the processor to;

collect the movement information;

form sport-specific data from the movement information, wherein the first sport-specific data comprises a sport mode and sensor data, wherein the sport mode is configured for a certain sport that the first user wearing the first sports watch on his or her wrist is practicing, and wherein the sensor data relates to the sport mode and comprises configured sensor configuration for the certain sport;

send the sport-specific data to the server;

receive a notification of an event creation from the server;

display on the display an interactive user-interface object with which a user interacts in order to accept the event creation; and

accept the event so that the sport watch is configured to join the event ad hoc by only accepting the event invitation.

12. The first sports watch of claim 11, wherein the non-transient computer-readable medium containing code further directs the processor to receive data from at least a second sports watch participating in the created event.

13. The first sports watch of claim 12, wherein the non-transient computer-readable medium containing code further directs the processor to alert the user, if the received data from at least the second sports watch participating in the created event is outside a predefined criteria.

14. The first sports watch of claim 12, wherein the first sports watch is configured to receive data from at least the second sports watch participating in the created event.

15. A system for use by a first user and a second user, the system comprising:

at least first and second sports watches; and

at least one server including at least one server processor,

wherein the first sports watch includes;

a first housing,

a first wristband attached to the first housing,

a first sensor positioned in the first housing,

a wireless communication interface, wherein the wireless communication interface is further configured to connect to a second sensor wirelessly,

wherein one of the first and second sensors is configured to provide movement information,

at least one first sports watch processor,

at least one first memory, and

a first non-transient computer-readable medium containing code to direct the first sports watch processor to;

collect first movement information from the first sports watch,

form first sport-specific data from the first movement information, form first sport-specific data from the first movement information, wherein the first sport-specific data comprises a sport mode and sensor data, wherein the sport mode is configured for a certain sport that the first user wearing the first sports watch on his or her wrist is practicing, and wherein the sensor data relates to the sport mode and comprises configured sensor configuration for the certain sport, and

send the first sport-specific data to the at least one server;

wherein the second sports watch includes;

a second housing,

a second wristband attached to the second housing,

a third sensor positioned in the second housing,

a wireless communication interface, wherein the wireless communication interface is further configured to connect to a fourth sensor wirelessly,

wherein one of the third and fourth sensors is configured to provide movement information,

at least one second sports watch processor,

at least one second memory; and

a second non-transient computer-readable medium containing code to direct the second sports watch processor to;

collect second movement information from the second sports watch,

form second sport-specific data from the second movement information, wherein the second sport-specific data comprises the sport mode and the sensor data, wherein the sport mode is configured for a certain sport that the second user wearing the first sports watch on a wrist is practicing, and wherein the sensor data relates to the sport mode and comprises configured sensor configuration for the certain sport, and

send the second sport-specific data to the at least one server;

wherein the server further includes a third non-transient computer-readable medium containing code to direct the at least one server processor to;

determine that the at least first and second sports watches and the at least one server are executing at least one common application;

compare the first sport-specific data and at least the second sport-specific data;

detect a common context with the first sport-specific data and at least the sport-specific second data; and

create an event, based on the common context, ad hoc enabling the first or the second sport watch to only accept the event in order to join the event.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein at least one of the first and second sports watches comprises a positioning sensor providing positioning information, and wherein the common context comprises at least the location and the sport mode.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the third non-transient computer-readable medium containing code further directs the at least one server processor to send a notification of the event creation to the first and second sports watches.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the first and second non-transient computer-readable mediums containing code to further direct the first and second sports watch processors, respectively, to receive a notification of the event creation and to display an interactive user-interface object with which users of the first and second sports watches can interact with in order to accept the event creation.

19. The system of claim 15, further comprising a third sports watch including:

at least one third sensor providing third movement information,

a third wireless communication interface,

at least one third sports watch processor,

at least one third memory, and

a fourth non-transient computer-readable medium containing code to direct the third sports watch processor to;

collect third movement information from the third sports watch,

form third sport-specific data from the third movement information, and

send the third sport-specific data to the at least one server.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the third non-transient computer-readable medium containing code further directs the at least one server processor to compare the first, second and third sport-specific data, and wherein the common context is detected with the first, second and third sport-specific data.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the server provides a plurality of user profiles assigned to sports watches including a first user profile being assigned to the first sports watch, a second user profile being assigned to the second sports watch and a third user profile being assigned to the third sports watch.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the server notifies the third user profile about the created event, and wherein the third user profile is assigned to follow the first user profile or the second user profile.

23. The system of claim 15, wherein the first sports watch receives data from at least the second sports watch participating in the created event.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the first sports watch alerts the user, if the received data from at least the second sports watch participating in the created event is outside predefined criteria.