GENERAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A WELLNESS APPLICATION USING DATA ASSOCIATED WITH A DATA-CAPABLE BAND

• US 20140129242A1
• Filed: 11/08/2012
• Published: 05/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: JB IP Acquisitions LLC
• Original Assignee: AliphCom, Inc. (AliphCom Corp.)
• Inventors: Utter, Max Everett II
• Application Number:
  US13/672,416
• Publication Number:
  US 20140129242A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising

Abstract

Health and wellness management techniques and devices are described including receiving data representing an activity profile defining parameters upon which a target activity score is established based on one or more health-related activities, acquiring sensor data representing subsets of acquired parameters based on sensors disposed in a wearable computing device, determining values for the subsets of the acquired parameters based on reference values for the parameters set forth in the activity profile, calculating an activity score based on the values, determining a context score based on at least one of an environmental parameter and a social parameter, forming an adjusted score using the context score, determining an time for a performance of an activity, and generating a representation of a recommendation to perform the activity at the time, the representation generated prior to the time.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving data representing an activity profile defining parameters upon which a target activity score is established based on one or more health-related activities;

acquiring sensor data representing one or more subsets of acquired parameters based on one or more sensors disposed in a wearable computing device;

determining values for the one or more subsets of the acquired parameters based on reference values for the parameters set forth in the activity profile;

calculating at a first processor an activity score based on the values, the activity score representing an attained portion of the one or more health-related activities;

determining a context score based on at least one of an environmental parameter and a social parameter;

forming an adjusted score using the context score;

determining a time for a performance of an activity; and

generating a representation of a recommendation to perform the activity at the time, the representation generated prior to the time.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

presenting the representation using an interface at or before the time.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the time for the performance of the activity comprises:

receiving data from an activity manager configured to determine the values used in calculating the activity score.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the time for the performance of the activity comprises:

coordinating data associated with one or more sleep parameters and the values used in calculating the activity score.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the time for the performance of the activity comprises:

coordinating data associated with one or more nutrition parameters and the values used in calculating the activity score.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising detecting, using the one or more sensors, the performance of the activity at the time.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising adjusting the activity score upon detection of the performance of the activity at the time.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein an amount of positive points is applied to adjust the activity score upon detection of the performance of the activity at the time.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising detecting, using the one or more sensors, the performance of the activity at another time, during which the performance of the activity will have a less positive impact on data representing a user'"'"'s health and wellness.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein an amount of negative points is applied to adjust the activity score upon detection of the performance of the activity at the another time.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the time comprises a duration of time, during which the performance of the activity will have a greater positive impact than during another time on data representing a user'"'"'s health and wellness, wherein the time and the another time are based on a circadian rhythm.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the time comprises a minimum amount of time before a bedtime.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the time for the performance of the activity is determined using coordination between a social manager configured to provide data associated with one or more social parameters and an activity manager configured to determine the values used in calculating the activity score.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the recommendation is based upon a determination by a social manager of a time during which a user associates with family.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the recommendation is based upon a determination by a social manager of a time during which a user associates with a colleague.

16. A device, comprising:

a first interface configured to receive data representing acquired parameters from one or more sensors, at least one sensor being disposed in a wearable computing device;

a processor configured to implement an aggregation engine comprising an activity manager and a conversion module, the aggregation engine configured to determine values for the one or more subsets of the acquired parameters based on reference values for the parameters set forth in the activity profile, to calculate an activity score based on the values, the activity score representing an attained portion of the one or more health-related activities, to determine a context score based on at least one of an environmental parameter and a social parameter, to form an adjusted score using the context score, to determine a time for a performance of an activity, and to generate a representation of a recommendation to perform the activity at the time, the representation generated prior to the time; and

a second interface configured to cause presentation of the representation of the recommendation.

17. The device of claim 16, wherein the conversion module comprises a context score generator configured to calculate the context score.

18. The device of claim 16, wherein the aggregation engine further comprises an environmental manager configured to provide the environmental parameter.

19. The device of claim 16, wherein the aggregation engine further comprises a social manager configured to provide the social parameter.