Methods And Systems For Classification Of Geographic Locations For Tracked Activity

• US 20150088464A1
• Filed: 12/02/2014
• Published: 03/26/2015
• 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 9,615,215 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
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4812 Detecting sleep stages or cycles
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4815 Sleep quality
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6824 Arm or wrist
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6838 Clamps or clips
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7264 Classification of physiological signals or data, e.g. using neural networks, statistical classifiers, expert systems or fuzzy systems neural networks per se G06N3/00; expert systems per se G06N5/00
• 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:

calculating a geo-location for an activity tracker, the activity tracker being for use by a user when performing an activity;

querying a database to determine whether the database includes a location describing the geo-location;

generating an option on a display device for entry of an identification of the geo-location upon determining that the database does not include the location describing the geo-location, the identification including a description of the geo-location;

updating the database with the description of the geo-location received upon receiving a response to the option;

receiving metric data measured by the monitoring device for the performance of the activity;

generating activity levels showing changes in the metric data over time; and

associating a location identifier including the received description of the geo-location, the location identifier being displayed in association with the activity levels.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the geo-location includes a longitude, or a latitude, or an altitude, or a combination thereof.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the option is generated in a user account assigned to the user.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the location identifier includes a symbol.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the activity tracker includes a wristwatch, or a wristband, or a bracelet.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the location includes a textual description of the geo-location.

7. The method of claim 1,

wherein the metric data includes an amount of calories burned by the user, or an amount of distance traveled by the user, an amount of steps walked or ran by the user, or an amount of hours slept by the user, or an amount of time for which the user is active,

wherein the activity levels include a level indicating the amount of calories burned by the user, or a level indicating the distance traveled by the user, or a level indicating the amount of steps walked or ran by the user, or the level indicating the amount of hours slept by the user, or the level indicating the amount of time for which the user is active.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the location identifier is displayed in association with the activity levels when the location identifies and the activity levels are displayed along a timeline.

9. A method comprising:

receiving a geo-location for an activity monitoring device that is configured to be used by a user;

receiving metric data that provides a measure of an activity when performed by the user during use of the activity monitoring device;

determining based on the metric data a type of the activity when performed at the geo-location;

determining whether the type of the activity is performed for greater than a pre-determined time period;

generating an option to receive entry of a word description of the geo-location, wherein generating the option is performed for display on a display device upon determining that the type of the activity is performed at the geo-location for greater than the pre-determined time period; and

updating a database with the word description of the geo-location, the database for storing and providing access to a mapping between the geo-location and the word description of the geo-location.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the geo-location includes a latitude, a longitude, or an altitude, or a combination thereof.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the activity monitoring device includes a light emitting diode device that is configured to be worn on a hand of the user or to be worn by the user as a clip.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the option is generated in a user account of the user, the user account accessed using a username and a password.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the activity monitoring device includes a wristwatch, or a wristband, or a bracelet.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the metric data includes an amount of calories burned by the user, or an amount of distance traveled by the user, an amount of steps walked or ran by the user, or an amount of hours slept by the user, or an amount of time for which the user is active.

15. A method comprising:

receiving geo-location data for an activity tracker, the activity tracker for use by a user when performing an activity;

querying a first database via a computer network to determine whether the first database includes one or more words describing the geo-location data, wherein the first database includes a mapping between one or more geo-locations and one or more descriptive locations;

querying a second social network database via the computer network in response to determining that the first database does not include the one or more words describing the geo-location data, the second social network database includes posted comments made by members of a social network;

receiving a word description from the second social network database upon querying the second social network database, the word description describing the geo-location data; and

updating the first database with the word description to provide a mapping between the word description and the geo-location data in the first database, the first database for access and storage of the word description.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the geo-location data includes a latitude, or a longitude, or an altitude, or a combination thereof.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the activity tracker includes a wristwatch, or a wristband, or a bracelet.

18. A method comprising:

providing an option to a plurality of users to confirm a description of a geo-location;

receiving from some of the users one or more positive confirmations indicating that the description describes the geo-location;

receiving from some of the users one or more negative confirmations indicating that the description does not describe the geo-location;

determining whether the one or more positive confirmations are greater in number than the one or more negative confirmations; and

updating a database with the description of the geo-location upon determining that the one or more positive confirmations are greater in number than the one or more negative confirmations, wherein the database includes a mapping between the description of the geo-location and the geo-location.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the geo-location includes a longitude, or a latitude, or an altitude, or a combination thereof.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein providing the option to the users to confirm the description of the geo-location comprises generating the option to request the users via a plurality of user accounts to confirm the description of the geo-location, wherein each user account is uniquely identified by a username and a password.