METHOD FOR PROVIDING WELLNESS-RELATED DIRECTIVES TO A USER

• US 20140363797A1
• Filed: 05/28/2014
• Published: 12/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LARK Technologies, Inc. (Abbvie Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: LARK Technologies, Inc. (Abbvie Incorporated)
• Inventors: Hu, Julia, Zira, Jeff
• Application Number:
  US14/289,384
• Publication Number:
  US 20140363797A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/236
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0092 Nutrition
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/02 with visual presentation of the material to be studied, e.g. using film strip

Abstract

One variation of a method for providing wellness-related directives to a user includes: at a computing device associated with the user, receiving a selection for a first wellness application and a selection for a second wellness application; receiving a first set of motion data collected by the computing device and a wearable device wirelessly coupled to the mobile computing device; generating a first directive for the user according to the first set of motion data and a first rule defined within the first wellness application; identifying a conflict between the first directive and a second directive, the second directive generated from motion data received from the wearable device according to a second rule defined within the second wellness application; and electing the first directive for presentation to the user in place of the second directive according to a conflict resolution scheme.

Claims

1. A method for providing wellness-related directives to a user, comprising:

at a computing device associated with the user, receiving a selection for a first wellness application and a selection for a second wellness application;

receiving a first set of motion data collected by the computing device and a wearable device wirelessly coupled to the mobile computing device;

generating a first directive for the user according to the first set of motion data and a first rule defined within the first wellness application;

identifying a conflict between the first directive and a second directive, the second directive generated from motion data received from the wearable device according to a second rule defined within the second wellness application; and

electing the first directive for presentation to the user in place of the second directive according to a conflict resolution scheme.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the selection for the first wellness application comprises receiving an election for loading a diet-related application into a wellness account associated with the user, and wherein receiving the selection for the second wellness application comprises receiving an election for loading a fitness-related application into the wellness account, the diet-related application supported by a first third-party provider, the fitness-related application supported by a second third-party provider other than the first third-party provider, and the first third-party provider and the second third-party provider external the wellness account.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising identifying a behavior of the user from a set of previous motion data of the user collected from the computing device and the wearable device, wherein generating the first directive comprises detecting a behavioral deviation of the user based on a comparison of the behavior of the user and the first set of motion data and selecting the first directive from a set of directives associated with the first wellness application based on the behavioral deviation.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising identifying a previous action of the user from data collected through the computing device during a previous period of time, and wherein generating the first directive comprises predicting a future action of the user and a time of the future action based on the previous action, selecting the first directive from a set of directives associated with the first wellness application based on the predicted future action, and setting a delivery time of the first directive that precedes the time of the future action.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the conflict between the first directive and the second directive comprises detecting a contradiction between a first action specified in the first directive and a second action specified in the second directive, and wherein electing the first directive in place of the second directive comprises ranking an importance of a first current habit program of the first wellness application over an importance of a second current habit program of the second wellness application according to the conflict resolution scheme.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein generating the first directive comprising retrieving local environmental data from a remote database, inserting local environmental data into the first directive, and setting a delivery time for the first directive to the user based on a weather forecast for a location proximal the computing device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the conflict between the first directive and the second directive comprises identifying a set delivery time of the second directive within a threshold time of a set delivery time of the first directive, and wherein electing the first directive in place of the second directive comprises calculating a first confidence in a positive response to the first directive based on a history of the user and the conflict resolution scheme, calculating a second confidence in a positive response to the second directive based on the history of the user and the conflict resolution scheme, and electing the first directive in place of the second directive according to the first confidence exceeding the second confidence.

8. A method for providing wellness-related directives to a user, comprising:

at a computing device associated with the user, receiving a selection for a first wellness application and a selection for a second wellness application;

selecting a first habit program within the first wellness application;

receiving a first set of motion data collected by the computing device and a wearable device wirelessly coupled to the mobile computing device;

selecting a first directive from the first habit program for presentation to the user according to the first set of motion data;

identifying a conflict between the first habit program and a second habit program within the second wellness application based on a conflict resolution scheme;

selecting a third habit program within the second wellness application in place of the second habit program;

receiving a second set of motion data collected by the wearable device wirelessly; and

selecting a second directive from the third habit program for presentation to the user according to the second set of motion data.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein selecting the first habit program within the first wellness application comprises correlating actions by the user within a previous period of time with establishment of a behavior targeted in a previous habit program within the first wellness application, terminating the previous habit program in response to establishment of the behavior targeted in the previous habit program, and selecting the first habit program within the first wellness application in response to termination of the previous habit program.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein selecting the first habit program within the first wellness application comprises selecting the first habit program from a set of habit programs defined within the wellness application according to a selected goal of the user, a behavior targeted in the previous habit program, and a perceived difficulty of the previous habit program.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein receiving the selection for the first wellness application and the selection for the second wellness application comprises receiving the selection for the first wellness application at a first time, receiving the selection for the second wellness application at a second time succeeding the first time, and selecting the second habit program defining a default initial habit program within the second wellness application in response to receiving the selection for the second wellness application.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein identifying the conflict between the first habit program and the second habit program comprises detecting a similarity greater than a threshold similarity between a first behavior specified for development in the first habit program and a second behavior specified for development in the second habit program, the threshold similarity defined in the conflict resolution scheme, and wherein selecting the third habit program within the second wellness application comprises deselecting the second habit program and selecting the third habit program specifying a third behavior for development in response to the similarity greater than the threshold similarity.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein receiving the selection for the first wellness application and the selection for the second wellness application comprises receiving an election for loading the first wellness application into a wellness account associated with the user at a first time and receiving an election for loading the second wellness application into the wellness account at a second time succeeding the first time, and wherein identifying the conflict between the first habit program and the second habit program comprises identifying a potential health hazard in simultaneous development of a first behavior targeted in the first habit program and a second behavior targeted in the second habit program.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein identifying the conflict between the first habit program and the second habit program comprises ranking an importance of the first wellness application over an importance of the second wellness application according to the conflict resolution scheme, and wherein selecting the third habit program comprises selecting the third habit program within the second wellness application in response to a ranked importance of the first wellness application over a ranked importance of the second wellness application.

15. The method of claim 8, wherein receiving the first set of motion data comprises collecting a first set of action identifiers from the computing device and collecting a second set of action identifiers from the wearable device, and wherein selecting the first directive comprises identifying a trigger for a behavior of the user from the first set of action identifiers and the second set of action identifiers, selecting the first directive associated with the behavior, and setting a delivery time for the first directive based on the trigger.

16. The method of claim 8, further comprising displaying the first directive on the computing device at a first time and displaying the second directive on the computing device at a second time succeeding the first time.

17. A method for providing wellness-related directives to a user, comprising:

receiving, from a user, an election of a first wellness application to a wellness account associated with the user;

receiving a set of motion data collected by a computing device and a wearable device, the computing device linked to the wellness account, the wearable device in wirelessly communication with the mobile computing device;

identifying completion of a first habit program by the user based on the set of motion data, the first habit program defined within the first wellness application;

selecting a second habit program within the first wellness application in response to completion of the first habit program by the user;

receiving, from the user, an election of a second wellness application to the wellness account;

identifying a conflict between the first wellness application and the second wellness application; and

rejecting the second wellness application from the wellness account based on the conflict.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein identifying the conflict between the first wellness application and the second wellness application comprises identifying a potential health hazard in simultaneous execution of the first wellness application and the second wellness application by the user.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein identifying the conflict between the first wellness application and the second wellness application comprises identifying the potential health hazard in execution of the second wellness application within a threshold time of completion of the first wellness application by the user.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein receiving the election of the first wellness application to the wellness account comprises receiving the election of the first wellness application corresponding at a first time, wherein receiving the election of the second wellness application to the wellness account comprises receiving the election of the second wellness application at a second time succeeding the first time, wherein identifying the conflict between the first wellness application and the second wellness application comprises identifying a contradiction between a first target behavior targeted within the first wellness application and a second target behavior targeted within the second wellness application, the first target behavior and the second target behavior corresponding to a particular wellness category, and wherein rejecting the second wellness application from the wellness account comprises maintaining the first wellness application within the wellness account and rejecting the second wellness application from the wellness account substantially at the second time.

21. The method of claim 17, wherein identifying completion of the first habit program by the user comprises identifying a series of actions by the user over a period of time from the set of motion data, correlating the series of actions by the user with establishment of a first behavior targeted in a first habit program within the first wellness application, and terminating the first habit program in response to establishment of the first behavior targeted in the first habit program, wherein selecting the second habit program within the first wellness application comprises selecting the second habit program targeting a second behavior building on the first behavior in response to termination of the first habit program.

22. The method of claim 17, further comprising selecting a directive from a set of directives associated with the first habit program based on the set of motion data and displaying the directive as a notification on the computing device.