Activity Monitor with Incentive Features

• US 20080182724A1
• Filed: 01/24/2008
• Published: 07/31/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: HopeLab Foundation, Inc.
• Original Assignee: HopeLab Foundation, Inc.
• Inventors: Guthrie, Nicole Lee
• Application Number:
  US12/019,597
• Publication Number:
  US 20080182724A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 482/8
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0219 Inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes, tilt switches
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4866 Evaluating metabolism A61B5/083 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/134363 for applying an electric field parallel to the substrate, i.e. in-plane switching [IPS]

Abstract

A method of monitoring a user'"'"'s activity and rewarding the monitored activity. In some embodiments, the method includes the steps of detecting motion of a user supported device; summing the motion; transmitting summed device motion to a reward center; and providing a reward to the user based on the summed device motion without comparing the device motion to a predefined kind of motion stored within the device.

Claims

1. A method of monitoring a user'"'"'s activity and rewarding the monitored activity, the method comprising:

detecting motion of a user supported device;

summing the motion;

transmitting summed device motion to a reward center; and

providing a reward to the user based on the summed device motion without comparing the device motion to a predefined kind of motion stored within the device.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the reward comprises an audio file.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the detecting and summing steps are performed by the user supported device, the method further comprising playing the music file with the user supported device.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising determining whether device motion is the user'"'"'s activity, the summing step comprising summing the device motion only if the device motion is the user'"'"'s activity.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the transmitting step comprises transmitting summed device motion over the internet.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying activity information on the device.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising setting a monitoring period and displaying summed device motion at the end of the monitoring period.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the reward comprises cell phone minutes.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the reward comprises access to online games.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the reward comprises virtual rewards.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the reward comprises a collectible item.