Providing Diet and Exercise Plans with Real Time Tracking, Modification, and Notification

• US 20130209972A1
• Filed: 02/08/2013
• Published: 08/15/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amiigo, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Abraham Carter, David Scott
• Inventors: Carter, Abraham, Scott, David
• Granted Patent: US 9,171,482 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/127
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0092 Nutrition
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets

Abstract

The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for providing diet and exercise plans and for providing real time tracking and notifications of the user'"'"'s conformance with a plan. The plan can be dynamically updated in real time based on the user'"'"'s compliance with the plan. In some embodiments, the present invention can be implemented using a user'"'"'s mobile phone that communicates with one or more other computing devices that are incorporated into exercise devices.

Claims

1. A method for providing a dynamically updated diet and exercise plan, the method comprising;

receiving, by a computing device, a diet and exercise plan of a user, the diet and exercise plan including a target number of calories to burn during a time period, the target number of calories being based on the number of calories consumed by the user in the time period and a total number of calories burned by the user during the time period;

generating and displaying, to the user, a first recommended workout to perform using a first of a plurality of exercise devices;

receiving, from the first exercise device and in response to the user using the first exercise device, a number of calories burned by the user while using the first exercise device;

deducting the number of calories burned by the user while using the first exercise device from the target number of calories; and

based on the target number of calories that remain after the deduction of the number of calories burned by the user while using the first exercise device, generating and displaying to the user, a second recommended workout to perform using a second of the plurality of exercise devices.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the computing device is a portable computing device carried by the user.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the portable computing device is a mobile phone.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the computing device is incorporated into a scale.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the computing device incorporated into the scale receives the number of calories burned by the user while using the first exercise device via a portable computing device carried by the user.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the time period comprises a day.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, from a third exercise device and in response to the user using the third exercise device, a number of calories burned by the user while using the third exercise device;

determining that the user used the third exercise device rather than performing the second recommended workout on the second exercise device; and

modifying the diet and exercise plan by recommending a third recommended workout to perform using one of the plurality of exercise devices, the third recommended workout being generated based on the type of workout that was performed on the third exercise device so as to not recommend a workout that uses the same muscle group that was used on the third exercise device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the number of calories consumed by the user is based at least partially on estimates generated using photographs of food consumed by the user during the time period.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first recommended workout includes a recommended number of calories to burn while using the first exercise device, and wherein the received number of calories burned by the user while using the first exercise device is less than the recommended number, the method further comprising:

modifying the diet and exercise plan by modifying another recommended workout in the plan to increase the amount or intensity of the other recommend workout.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the first recommended workout includes a recommended number of calories to burn while using the first exercise device, and wherein the received number of calories burned by the user while using the first exercise device is less than the recommended number, the method further comprising:

modifying the diet and exercise plan by adding another recommended workout to the plan.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the first recommended workout includes a recommended number of calories to burn while using the first exercise device, and wherein the received number of calories burned by the user while using the first exercise device is greater than the recommended number, the method further comprising:

modifying the diet and exercise plan by modifying another recommended workout in the plan to decrease the amount or intensity of the other recommend workout.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the first recommended workout includes a recommended number of calories to burn while using the first exercise device, and wherein the received number of calories burned by the user while using the first exercise device is greater than the recommended number, the method further comprising:

modifying the diet and exercise plan by removing another recommended workout to the plan.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that the user has burned more calories during the time period than the target number of calories; and

modifying the diet and exercise plan to recommend that the user consume more calories.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that the user has consumed more calories during the time period than the target number of calories; and

modifying the diet and exercise plan one or more of;

modifying a recommended workout in the plan by increasing the amount or intensity of the recommended workout;

or

adding a recommended workout to the plan.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one recommended workout in the diet and exercise plan comprises one or more of:

a workout performed by another user;

a workout recommended by another user;

or

a workout contained in another user'"'"'s diet and exercise plan.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting the user'"'"'s diet and exercise plan to a server for display within a social media environment.

17. A computing device comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more computer storage media storing computer executable instructions which when executed by a processor perform a method for providing a dynamically updated diet and exercise plan, the method comprising;

receiving a diet and exercise plan of a user, the diet and exercise plan including a target number of calories to burn during a time period, the target number of calories being based on the number of calories consumed by the user in the time period and a total number of calories burned by the user during the time period;

generating and displaying, to the user, a first recommended workout to perform using a first of a plurality of exercise devices;

receiving, from the first exercise device and in response to the user using the first exercise device, a number of calories burned by the user while using the first exercise device;

deducting the number of calories burned by the user while using the first exercise device from the target number of calories; and

based on the target number of calories that remain after the deduction of the number of calories burned by the user while using the first exercise device, generating and displaying to the user, a second recommended workout to perform using a second of the plurality of exercise devices.

18. The computing device of claim 17, wherein the computing device comprises:

a mobile phone carried by the user;

or

a scale configured to communicate with one or more of;

a mobile phone carried by the user;

or

one or more of the plurality of exercise devices.

19. The computing device of claim 18, wherein the mobile phone or scale is configured to:

receive a diet and exercise plan or a portion of a diet and exercise plan of another user and modify the user'"'"'s diet and exercise plan based on the diet and exercise plan or portion of the diet and exercise plan of the other user;

or

transmit the user'"'"'s diet and exercise plan or a portion of the user'"'"'s diet and exercise plan to a server for display in a social media environment.

20. The computing device of claim 19 wherein the received diet and exercise plan or portion of a diet and exercise plan of the other user comprises one or more workouts completed or recommended by the other user;

and

wherein the transmitted diet and exercise plan or portion of a diet and exercise plan of the user comprises one or more workouts completed or recommended by the user.