METHODS FOR MONITORING HEALTH, WELLNESS AND FITNESS WITH FEEDBACK

• US 20140249379A1
• Filed: 08/06/2013
• Published: 09/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fitbit, Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hello, Inc.
• Inventors: Proud, James
• Granted Patent: US 9,339,188 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/301
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0214 of power generation or supply
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0219 of externally powered implanted units
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/08 Sensors provided with means for identification, e.g. barcodes or memory chips
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0015 characterised by features of the telemetry system
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/002 Monitoring the patient using a local or closed circuit, e.g. in a room or building A61B5/0017 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0205 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/486 Bio-feedback A61B5/375 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6831 Straps, bands or harnesses
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7275 Determining trends in physiological measurement data; Predicting development of a medical condition based on physiological measurements, e.g. determining a risk factor
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 22/006 Pedometers
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/23 The load being a medical device, a medical implant, or a life supporting device
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/005 Mechanical details of housing or structure aiming to accommodate the power transfer means, e.g. mechanical integration of coils, antennas or transducers into emitting or receiving devices
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/70 involving the reduction of electric, magnetic or electromagnetic leakage fields
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/80 involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00034 : Charger exchanging data with an electronic device, i.e. telephone, whose internal battery is under charge
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 : specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• 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 4/70 : Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]

Abstract

A method is provided for obtaining monitored information about an individual to create life activity data. Individual information is detected or measured. The individual information is selected from of at least one of, an individual'"'"'s activities, behaviors and habit information, and an individual'"'"'s health. A monitoring device is used to detect or measure the individual information. The monitoring device includes ID circuitry with an ID storage that contains a unique individual ID, a communication system which reads and transmits the unique individual ID from the ID storage, a power source and a pathway system. The individual information is received from the monitoring device at a telemetry system that includes a database. The individual information is analyzed using life activity data with one or more analysis tools at the telemetry system. Life activity data is created for the individual.

Claims

1. A method for obtaining monitored information about an individual and create life activity data, comprising:

using a monitoring device to detect or measure individual information selected from of at least one of, an individual'"'"'s activities, behaviors and habit information, and an individual'"'"'s health, the monitoring device including ID circuitry with an ID storage that contains a unique individual ID, a communication system which reads and transmits the unique individual ID from the ID storage, a power source and a pathway system;

receiving the individual information from the monitoring device at a telemetry system that includes a database;

analyzing the individual information using life activity data one or more analysis tools at the telemetry system; and

creating life activity data for the individual.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting one or more goals by the individual that are used by the telemetry system.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein at least one of the one of the one or more goals includes a target caloric intake and a target caloric burn for the individual.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

creating caloric burn data for the individual, wherein the life activity data is information relating to caloric intake for the individual.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the life activities data includes information relating to foods eaten by the individual.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an individual survey from the individual at the telemetry system.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing feedback to the individual from the telemetry system.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing feedback to the individual relating to at least one of individual, nutrition, activity level, mind centering, sleep, daily activity, and exercise.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the feedback includes information relating to at least one of, individual physiological information, individual indicative of the individual'"'"'s life activity, individual data indicative of one or more contextual parameters of the individual and monitoring a degree to which an individual has followed a routine.

10. The method of either claim 1, further comprising:

providing feedback to the individual in graphical form.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating one or more web pages containing feedback for the individual.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

including the one or more analysis tools in the database.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

not including the one or more analysis tools in the database.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

including an analysis element in the one or more analysis tools.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

including in the database base standards for at least one of individual, activities, behaviors, habit information and health information that is indicative of a healthy lifestyle of activities, behaviors, habit information, exercise programs and health condition.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

analyzing the individual information received from the monitoring device relative to the base standards.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

updating the base standards.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the update information includes updated base standards.

19. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

using an activity manager to associate one or more contexts of an individual activity or health parameter.

20. The method of claim 11. further comprising:

providing feedback from a feedback system or subsystem at the telemetry system in communication with the one or more analysis tools.