Methods and Systems for Classification of Geographic Locations for Tracked Activity

• US 20140039840A1
• Filed: 08/05/2013
• Published: 02/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fitbit, Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Fitbit, Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Yuen, Shelten Gee Jao, Park, James, Lee, Hans Christiansen
• Granted Patent: US 8,738,321 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/189
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0214 of power generation or supply
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0242 adapted to measure environmental factors, e.g. temperature, pollution
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0219 Inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes, tilt switches
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
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• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02405 Determining heart rate variability
• 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 5/222 combined with detection or measurement of physiological parameters, e.g. heart rate
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4809 Sleep detection, i.e. determining whether a subject is asleep or not
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• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6824 Arm or wrist
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• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/743 Displaying an image simultaneously with additional graphical information, e.g. symbols, charts, function plots
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/744 Displaying an avatar, e.g. an animated cartoon character
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 22/006 Pedometers
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 13/00 Indicating or recording presence, absence, or direction, of movement electric switches H01H; counting moving objects G06M7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/245 : Query processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 : Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 : relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 : for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 : for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 : Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 : Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A method includes receiving activity of a monitoring device that is configured to be worn by a user having a user account. The activity includes an amount of movement of the monitoring device and occurs for a period of time. The method further includes receiving geo-location data for the monitoring device and processing the activity data and geo-location data received for the period of time. The operation of processing is performed to segment the period of time into at least two events. The method includes assigning an identifier to each event. The identifier has a default description for the geo-location data. The default description is selected from a plurality of descriptions based on the activity data obtained by the movement of the monitoring device for the geo-location data.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving activity of a monitoring device that is configured to be worn by a user having a user account, the activity including an amount of movement of the monitoring device and the activity occurring for a period of time;

receiving geo-location data for the monitoring device;

processing the activity data and geo-location data received for the period of time, the processing configured to segment the period of time into at least two events; and

assigning an identifier to each event, the identifier having a default description for the geo-location data, the default description being selected from a plurality of descriptions based on the activity data obtained by the movement of the monitoring device for the geo-location data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein an increased level of activity influences selection of a first default description and a decreased level of activity influences a second default description that is different than the first default description.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising,

receiving a user-defined description to replace the default description for use with the user account, for the user account making the user-defined description the default description for the geo-location data and the received activity;

and

storing the user-defined description for the geo-location data to a location-activity database.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising,

receiving user-defined descriptions from a plurality of user accounts for the geo-location data, the user-defined descriptions replacing the default description in the plurality of user accounts;

and

storing the user-defined descriptions for the geo-location in a location-activity database.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the default description used for the user account includes descriptions obtained as user-defined descriptions from other user accounts.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the location-activity database includes a plurality of default descriptions for geo-location data, wherein certain geo-location data include a plurality of user-defined descriptions received from a plurality of user accounts over time, and for selected geo-location data selecting one of the user-defined descriptions as the default description.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifier is configured for rendering on a screen of a display, the identifier is defined by one or more of text, or an image, or an image with text, or a logo, or a graphic, or a color, or as colored text, or as a graphical user interface, or as an interfacing icon, or combinations of two or more thereof.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the selection from a plurality of descriptions being based on the activity data obtained by the movement of the monitoring device at the geo-location data further comprises,

assigning each of the plurality of descriptions for the geo-location data with a pre-defined level of activity that represents activity that is producible at the geo-location data;

determining a level of the activity data for the monitoring device at the geo-location data;

wherein the selection of the default description for the geo-location correlates to the determined level of activity data.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising,

sending data for rendering on a graphical user interface of a device, the data includes data that identifies the events and renders the identifier, the events being associated with the period of time along a timeline and the identifier with the default description defined to be rendered in association with each event;

the identifier is defined by one or more of text, or an image with text, or a logo with text, or a graphic with text, or as colored text, or as a graphical user interface with text, or as an interfacing icon with text, or combinations of two or more thereof.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the sent data is received by the device over the Internet, and the device is one of the monitoring device or a computing device that is separate from the monitoring device.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein a type of movement in addition to the amount of movement of the monitoring device is used to select the default description for the events.

12. A method comprising:

obtaining a geo-location of a monitoring device, the monitoring device configured to be used by a user for tracking activity data associated with the user;

determining a type of activity data of the user for the geo-location;

determining whether the geo-location is currently associated with an identifying location in a location-activity database;

processing the activity data of the user to generate a candidate description for the geo-location when the identifying location is absent in the location-activity database;

requesting confirmation of the candidate description from the user, wherein for a positive confirmation the candidate description is assigned to the identifying location for the geo-location;

updating the location-activity database to include the identifying location for the geo-location upon receiving the positive confirmation.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein for a negative confirmation, requesting an alternate description for the identifying location;

and

updating the location-activity database with the alternate description for the identifying location.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

calculating a number of positive and negative confirmations for the geo-location;

selecting a default description for the geo-location based on the calculated number; and

updating the location-activity database with the default description for the identifying location in the location-activity database.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the monitoring device is wearable as a watch, or a wrist band, or a clip.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the activity data includes levels of activities performed by the user while the user is wearing the monitoring device.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the candidate description includes a textual description or a description that includes a graphical element.

18. The method of claim 12, wherein the confirmation includes a positive confirmation that the candidate description identifies the location or a negative confirmation that the candidate description does not identify the location.

19. A method comprising:

obtaining one or more geo-locations of a monitoring device, the monitoring device configured to be used by a user to produce activity data;

determining whether the geo-locations are associated with a descriptive location in a location-activity database;

generating a prompt on a display of the monitoring device to receive the descriptive location associated with the geo-locations upon determining that the descriptive location is not within the location-activity database;

receiving the descriptive location from the monitoring device; and

sending an update to the location-activity database with the received descriptive location, wherein the descriptive location is associated to the produced activity data.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein obtaining one or more geo-locations includes determining the one or more geo-locations based on triangulation.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein the monitoring device is wearable as a watch, or a wrist band, or a clip by the user.

22. The method of claim 19, wherein the location is associated with the geo-locations when the geo-locations are used to identify the location and are included within the locations.

23. The method of claim 19, wherein the location-activity database is located within a server.

24. The method of claim 19, further comprising generating based on the update an activity identifier identifying the activity data.

25. The method of claim 19, further comprising generating a location identifier identifying the location based on the update.

26. A system comprising:

a monitoring device configured to be carried by a user, the monitoring device including;

a position sensor for determining activity data based on motions performed by the user for a time period; and

a device locator for determining geo-location data associated with the monitoring device;

a server including a network interface controller for receiving the activity data from the monitoring device,

the network interface controller for receiving the geo-location data from the monitoring device;

the server for analyzing the activity data and the geo-location data received for time period, the analysis performed to segment the time period into at least two events; and

the server for assigning an identifier to each event, the identifier having a default description for the geo-location data, the default description being generated from a plurality of descriptions, the default description generated based on the activity data for the geo-location data.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein an increased level of activity influences selection of a first default description and a decreased level of activity influences a second default description that is different than the first default description.

28. The system of claim 26, wherein the server includes:

a processor for receiving a user-defined description to replace the default description for use with a user account of the user, for the user account making the user-defined description the default description for the geo-location data and the received activity; and

a memory device for storing the user-defined description for the geo-location data in a location-activity database.

29. The system of claim 26, wherein the network interface controller is configured to receive user-defined descriptions from a plurality of user accounts for the geo-location data, the user-defined descriptions replacing the default description in the plurality of user accounts, the server further comprising a memory device for storing the user-defined descriptions for the geo-location in a location-activity database.

30. The system of claim 26, wherein the default description used for a user account of the user includes descriptions obtained as user-defined descriptions from other user accounts.