Method and apparatus for monitoring and improving exercise schedule compliance
First Claim
1. A computer-based system for monitoring and increasing a user'"'"'s exercise program compliance, the system comprising:
- a computer having means for receiving and storing personal information about the user, including the user'"'"'s exercise schedule and compliance goal;
means for remotely contacting the user after a scheduled exercise session and inquiring of a user'"'"'s compliance during a last scheduled exercise session;
means for receiving and storing a user'"'"'s compliance information;
processing means for calculating a user'"'"'s new rate of compliance to the exercise program based on the compliance information received remotely from the user, comparing that new rate of compliance to the user'"'"'s compliance goal and generating a feedback message; and
means for transmitting that feedback message to the user; and
remote means by which the user can receive from the computer a compliance inquiry, input to the computer the user'"'"'s compliance information, and receive from the computer the feedback message.
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Abstract
A computer-based system for monitoring and improving a user'"'"'s exercise compliance by providing the user with multiple forms of feedback designed to encourage adherence to an exercise schedule. In one embodiment the system comprises a personal computer having a commercially available telephony card and a cellular telephone carried by the user. The system calls the user after each scheduled workout and prompts the user to input whether they completed the workout. The system accepts and stores the input, calculates whether the user is achieving their workout goal, and gives the user positive or negative audio feedback based on whether the user is meeting their workout adherence target.
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1. A computer-based system for monitoring and increasing a user'"'"'s exercise program compliance, the system comprising:
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a computer having means for receiving and storing personal information about the user, including the user'"'"'s exercise schedule and compliance goal;
means for remotely contacting the user after a scheduled exercise session and inquiring of a user'"'"'s compliance during a last scheduled exercise session;
means for receiving and storing a user'"'"'s compliance information;
processing means for calculating a user'"'"'s new rate of compliance to the exercise program based on the compliance information received remotely from the user, comparing that new rate of compliance to the user'"'"'s compliance goal and generating a feedback message; and
means for transmitting that feedback message to the user; andremote means by which the user can receive from the computer a compliance inquiry, input to the computer the user'"'"'s compliance information, and receive from the computer the feedback message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of monitoring and increasing the compliance of a user following an exercise program, the method comprising the steps of:
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the user inputting into a computer system a user'"'"'s identification data, the user'"'"'s exercise schedule and an exercise compliance goal; after each scheduled exercise session the computer system requesting the user to input into the computer system whether the user did or did not exercise during a scheduled exercise session; the user entering a yes or no response into the computer system via a remote device; the computer system calculating the percentage of times the user has completed scheduled exercise sessions and comparing that percentage compliance to the user'"'"'s exercise compliance goal; and the computer system providing the user with remote feedback regarding whether the user is currently in compliance with the user'"'"'s exercise compliance goal. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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