Task modulation for wellness programs

• US 10,413,779 B2
• Filed: 06/17/2016
• Issued: 09/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Welltok, Inc. (Red Intermediate Co. LLC)
• Original Assignee: Welltok, Inc. (Red Intermediate Co. LLC)
• Inventors: Ingram, Paul, Quinn, Elizabeth, McElfresh, Travis
• Primary Examiner(s): Yen, Jason T
• Application Number:
  US15/186,169
• Publication Number:
  US 20170365186A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,187 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0065 Evaluating the fitness, e.g. fitness level or fitness index
• 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 24/0059 Exercising apparatus with reward systems
• 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 71/0622 Visual, audio or audio-visual systems for entertaining, instructing or motivating the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0639 Performance analysis of employees; Performance analysis of enterprise or organisation operations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1097 Task assignment
• 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: G09B 19/003 Repetitive work cycles; Sequence of movements
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/125 the stations being mobile
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/04 characterised by modifying the teaching programme in response to a wrong answer, e.g. repeating the question, supplying a further explanation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information

Abstract

A system to assist users with the completion of tasks in a wellness program itinerary. The system assists users in completing tasks by recommending a controlled number of tasks for a user to perform in a next task period. The system determines the number of tasks to recommend by computing a pace that would enable the user to complete all wellness programs in the itinerary within a recommended time period. The system determines which tasks to recommend to the user based on several factors, such as a user state and user environment. The user environment is based on the location of the user, and may include the weather and surrounding landmarks at the location.

Claims

1. A method implemented by a computing system to modulate a set of tasks associated with a plurality of wellness programs, the method comprising:

for each wellness program in a plurality of wellness programs associated with a user;

retrieving a time remaining to complete the wellness program;

retrieving tasks remaining to complete the wellness program;

determining a recommended number of tasks to be completed in a next task period based on the time remaining to complete each wellness program and a total number of tasks remaining for each the wellness program;

retrieving state data associated with the health of the user based on obtaining sensor data from a sensor;

retrieving environment data based on a location of the user based on determining the location of a mobile device associated with the user;

selecting a set of recommended tasks for the user to complete in the next task period, the recommended tasks selected from the tasks remaining to complete for each wellness program, the selection based on the recommended number of tasks to be completed in the next task period, the user state data, and the user environment data;

providing the selected set of recommended tasks to the user; and

generating a revised set of recommended tasks for the user based on updated user state data, updated user environment data, and task completion progress for the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the revised set of recommended tasks comprises:

tracking the task completion progress by the user; and

after a triggering event;

retrieving the updated user state data and the updated user environment data,

determining a second recommended number of tasks to be completed based on the time remaining to complete each wellness program and a total number of tasks remaining for each the wellness program; and

generating a modified recommended set of tasks for the user based on the updated user state data, the updated user environment data, and the second recommended number of tasks.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first triggering event is a task period elapsing, a request to add a new wellness program to the wellness program itinerary, or an indication that all tasks in the recommended set of tasks have been completed.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the user environment data is further based on retrieved weather conditions associated with the location of the user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein retrieving user environment data comprises retrieving information on surrounding landmarks based on the location of the user.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein tracking progress of task completion for the user comprises querying the user to determine whether a task has been completed or receiving data from a mobile device associated with the user that reflects that the task has been completed.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the state data associated with the health of the user is further based on medical records received from a health provider service.

8. The method of claim 1,

wherein the user state data includes data that indicates a task has a physical requirement, and

wherein selecting the set of recommended tasks comprises identifying tasks capable of being performed by the user with the physical requirement.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the determined location of the mobile device associated with the user is based on determined Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the next task period is a single day, two days, or a week.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, perform to modulate a number of tasks provided to a user, the method comprising:

for each wellness program in a plurality of wellness programs associated with a user;

retrieving a time remaining to complete the wellness program;

retrieving tasks remaining to complete the wellness program;

determining a recommended number of tasks to be completed in a next task period based on the time remaining to complete each wellness program and a total number of tasks remaining for each the wellness program;

retrieving state data associated with the health of the user based on obtaining sensor data from a sensor;

retrieving environment data based on a location of the user based on determining the location of a mobile device associated with the user;

selecting a set of recommended tasks for the user to complete in the next task period, the recommended tasks selected from the tasks remaining to complete for each wellness program, the selection based on the recommended number of tasks to be completed in the next task period, the user state data, and the user environment data;

providing the selected set of recommended tasks to the user; and

generating a revised set of recommended tasks for the user based on updated user state data, updated user environment data, and task completion progress for the user.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein generating the revised set of recommended tasks comprises:

tracking task completion progress by the user; and

after a triggering event;

retrieving the updated user state data and the updated user environment data,

determining a second recommended number of tasks to be completed based on the time remaining to complete each wellness program and a total number of tasks remaining for each the wellness program; and

generating a modified recommended set of tasks for the user based on the updated user state data, the updated user environment data, and the second recommended number of tasks.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the first triggering event is a task period elapsing, a request to add a new wellness program to the wellness program itinerary, or an indication that all tasks in the recommended set of tasks have been completed.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the user environment data is further based on retrieved weather conditions associated with the location of the user.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein retrieving user environment data comprises retrieving information on surrounding landmarks based on the location of the user.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein tracking progress of task completion for the user comprises querying the user to determine whether a task has been completed or receiving data from a mobile device associated with the user that reflects that the task has been completed.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the state data associated with the health of the user is further based on medical records received from a health provider service.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11,

wherein the user state data includes data that indicates a user has a physical requirement, and

wherein selecting the set of recommended tasks comprises identifying tasks capable of being performed by the user with the physical requirement.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the determined location of the mobile device associated with the user is based on determined Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the next task period is a single day, two days, or a week.