Mobile communication terminal and method

• US 8,529,407 B2
• Filed: 07/11/2008
• Issued: 09/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Nurmela, Marja-Leena, Tuorila, Heini, Reed, Dominick
• Primary Examiner(s): GINSBERG, OREN ISAAC
• Application Number:
  US12/171,336
• Publication Number:
  US 20080269018A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,887 Days
• Field of Search: 482 1- 9, 482901-902, 600519-520, 600/595, 434/247, 700/91, 700/94, 705/2, 846/00, 846/12
• US Class Current: 482/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/11 Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor, mobility of a limb for measuring pulse A61B5/02 ;A61B5/1038 takes precedence; motion detection to correct for motion artifacts in physiological signals A61B5/721
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/222 combined with detection or measurement of physiological parameters, e.g. heart rate
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0078 Exercise efforts programmed as a function of time
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0625 Emitting sound, noise or music
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/063 Spoken or verbal instructions
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/12 Absolute positions, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/20 Distances or displacements
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/30 Speed
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/40 Acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/78 Surface covering conditions, e.g. of a road surface
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/803 Motion sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/836 Sensors arranged on the body of the user
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/20 with means for remote communication, e.g. internet or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/50 Wireless data transmission, e.g. by radio transmitters or telemetry
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0062 Monitoring athletic performances, e.g. for determining the work of a user on an exercise apparatus, the completed jogging or cycling distance
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/06 for rowing or sculling
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/16 for cycling , i.e. arrangements on or for real bicycles
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0686 Timers, rhythm indicators or pacing apparatus using electric or electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising

Abstract

A method in a mobile communication device includes detecting an input indicating a planned pattern of intensity of an exercise session in at least one timed step, storing a music inventory of songs including a rhythm associated with each song in a memory of the mobile communication device, selecting a playlist of songs with rhythms correlated to each of the at least one timed step of the planned pattern of intensity, and playing the playlist in response to initiation of the exercise session.

Claims

1. A method in a device comprising:

accessing an electronic calendar application stored in the device;

storing a planned exercise entry in the electronic calendar, the planned exercise entry including a day, a start time and a duration;

associating an exercise schedule with the planned exercise entry, the exercise schedule comprising an exercise type, the exercise type including at least one timed step, the at least one timed step having a planned pattern of intensity and a target heart rate range for an exercise type;

storing a music playlist to be associated with each timed step of the planned exercise entry in a memory of the device, the music playlist including one or more songs associated with each of the timed steps, wherein each song of the music playlist associated with a timed step has a tempo corresponding to the target heart rate range for the timed step;

accessing an exercise application in the device;

identifying from the calendar application the planned exercise entry corresponding to a current date and time;

determining that an exercise associated with the planned exercise entry corresponding to the current date and time has started and;

playing a song from the playlist that corresponds to the exercise associated with the planned exercise entry corresponding to the current date and time.

2. The method according to claim 1, comprising selecting a playlist of songs based on a predetermined exercise type.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein selecting a playlist of songs involves:

determining at least one exercise period being at least a subset of a planned exercise associated with a planned exercise session, each of said at least one exercise periods having an associated exercise period intensity;

for each of said at least one exercise periods, determining a range of beats per minute matching said intensity;

for each of said at least one exercise periods, presenting at least one song from an inventory of songs, said song having a beats per minute measurement matching said range of beats per minute; and

for each of said at least one exercise periods, detecting an input to select one of said at least one song, to be comprised in said playlist.

4. The method according to claim 1 wherein the memory is part of a media player and the exercise schedule is performed on said media player.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

for each of said at least one timed step of said exercise session, determining a range of beats per minute matching said intensity;

for each of said at least one timed step of said exercise session, selecting one of said songs having a rhythm matching said range of beats per minute, said song or songs to be comprised in said playlist.

6. The method of claim 1 comprising:

a first timed step in the exercise schedule where the target heart range is a low intensity, and the tempo of each song associated with the first timed step has a beat per minute corresponding to the low intensity target heart rate range;

a second timed step following the first timed step, the second timed step having an intensity higher than the low intensity of the first timed step, and wherein the tempo of each song of the second timed step has a beat per minute corresponding to the a target heart rate range of the second timed step;

a third timed step, the third timed step having a duration that is longer than each of the first and second timed steps, and an intensity of the third timed step is higher than each of the first and second timed steps, wherein the tempo of each song of the third timed step has a beat per minute corresponding to the a target heart rate range of the third timed step; and

a fourth timed step, the fourth timed step having an intensity that is substantially equal to or less than the intensity of the first timed step and the tempo of each song of the fourth timed step has a beat per minute corresponding to the a target heart rate range of the fourth timed step, a duration of the fourth timed step being less than the duration of the third timed step.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein a song to be played during each of the timed steps is automatically selected from the music playlist, wherein when more than one song is available for a timed step, a song that is most played is automatically selected to be played first.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein when a duration of a selected song is less than a duration of the timed step, a second song is automatically selected to be played during the timed step.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein when a duration of a selected song is greater than a duration of the timed step, the selected song is truncated to match the duration of the timed step.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein when a duration of the selected song does not match a duration of the timed step, the duration of the timed step is automatically adjusted to match the duration of the selected song.

11. The method of claim 6, wherein the planned exercise entry in the calendar comprises an exercise schedule that includes an exercise type for each of the first, second, third and fourth timed steps, and wherein a song corresponding to the exercise type and intensity for each of the first, second, third and fourth timed step is automatically selected from the playlist for each of the first, second, third and fourth timed step.

12. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to;

access an electronic calendar application stored in a device;

store a planned exercise entry in the electronic calendar, the planned exercise entry including a day, a start time and a duration;

associate an exercise schedule with the planned exercise entry, the exercise schedule comprising- an exercise type, the exercise type including at least one timed step, the at least one timed step having a planned pattern of intensity and a target heart range for an exercise type;

store a music playlist to be associated with each timed step of the planned exercise entry in a memory of the device, the music playlist including one or more songs associated with each of the timed steps, wherein each song of the music playlist associated with a timed step has a tempo corresponding to the target heart range for the timed step;

access an exercise application in the device;

identify from the calendar application the planned exercise entry corresponding to a current date and time;

determine that an exercise associated with the planned exercise entry corresponding to the current date and time has started; and

play a song from the playlist that corresponds to the exercise associated with the planned exercise entry corresponding to the current date and time.

13. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the apparatus comprises a media player.

14. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the apparatus comprises a mobile communication terminal.

15. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the at least one timed step comprises a first timed step in the exercise schedule where the target heart range is a low intensity, and the tempo of each song associated with the first timed step has a beat per minute corresponding to the low intensity target heart rate range, a second timed step following the first timed step, the second timed step having an intensity higher than the low intensity of the first timed step, and wherein the tempo of each song of the second timed step has a beat per minute corresponding to the target heart rate range of the second timed step, a third timed step, the third timed step having a duration that is longer than each of the first and second timed steps, and an intensity of the third timed step is higher than each of the first and second timed steps, wherein the tempo of each song of the third timed step has a beat per minute corresponding to the target heart rate range of the third timed step, and a fourth timed step, the fourth timed step having an intensity that is substantially equal to or less than the intensity of the first timed step and the tempo of each song of the fourth timed step has a beat per minute corresponding to the target heart rate range of the fourth timed step, a duration of the fourth timed step being less than the duration of the third timed step.

16. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein if a duration of a selected song associated with the timed step does not match a duration of the timed step, the duration of the timed step is automatically adjusted to match the duration of the selected song.

17. A computer program product comprising:

at least one computer readable non-transitory memory medium having program code stored thereon, the program code which when executed by an apparatus causes the apparatus at least to;

access an electronic calendar application stored in the device;

store a planned exercise entry in the electronic calendar, the planned exercise entry including a day, a start time and a duration;

associate an exercise schedule with the planned exercise entry, the exercise schedule comprising an exercise type, the exercise type including at least one timed step, the at least one timed step having a planned pattern of intensity and a target heart rate range for an exercise type;

store a music playlist to be associated with each timed step of the planned exercise entry in a memory of the device, the music playlist including one or more songs associated with each of the timed steps, wherein each song of the music playlist associated with a timed step has a tempo corresponding to the target heart rate range for the timed step;

access an exercise application in the device;

identify from the calendar application the planned exercise entry corresponding to a current date and time;

determine that an exercise associated with the planned exercise entry corresponding to the current date and time has started; and

play a song from the playlist that corresponds to the exercise associated with the planned exercise entry corresponding to the current date and time.

18. A mobile communication terminal comprising:

a display;

a keypad; and

a controller;

wherein said controller is configured to;

store in an electronic calendar application a planned exercise entry for an exercise schedule according to a date, a start time and a duration,

associate an exercise type with the exercise schedule, the exercise type including at least one timed step, each timed step having a planned pattern of intensity and a target heart range for an exercise associated with the timed step;

store a music inventory of songs in a memory; and

wherein said controller is further adapted to allow the user to associate a playlist of songs for each timed step, wherein each song in the playlist of songs has a tempo with a beat that corresponds to the target heart rate range of the planned pattern of intensity for the timed step; and

wherein said controller is further adapted to play said playlist in response to an initiation of the planned exercise entry by accessing an exercise application, identifying a planned exercise entry in the calendar application corresponding to a current date and time, determining a start of an exercise type, determining a current timed step for the exercise type and the planned pattern of intensity for the current timed step and selecting a song from the playlist that corresponds to the planned pattern of intensity of the current timed step.

19. The mobile communication terminal of claim 18, wherein the at least one timed step comprises a first timed step in the exercise schedule where the target heart range is a low intensity, and the tempo of each song associated with the first timed step has a beat per minute corresponding to the low intensity target heart rate range, a second timed step following the first timed step, the second timed step having an intensity higher than the low intensity of the first timed step, and wherein the tempo of each song of the second timed step has a beat per minute corresponding to the target heart rate range of the second timed step, a third timed step, the third timed step having a duration that is longer than each of the first and second timed steps, and an intensity of the third timed step is higher than each of the first and second timed steps, wherein the tempo of each song of the third timed step has a beat per minute corresponding to the target heart rate range of the third timed step, and a fourth timed step, the fourth timed step having an intensity that is substantially equal to or less than the intensity of the first timed step and the tempo of each song of the fourth timed step has a beat per minute corresponding to the target heart rate range of the fourth timed step, a duration of the fourth timed step being less than the duration of the third timed step.

20. The mobile communication terminal of claim 18, wherein if a duration of a selected song in the playlist of songs associated with a timed step does not match a duration of the timed step, the duration of the timed step is automatically adjusted to match the duration of the selected song.

21. A method comprising:

receiving user input for a planned start time for a planned exercise entry in an exercise schedule in a mobile communication terminal;

receiving user input for a planned exercise type of said planned exercise entry;

determining a music playlist to be associated with said planned exercise entry, said determining a music playlist involves determining a playlist based on said exercise type; and

when an exercise associated with said planned exercise entry is determined to have started, playing said playlist.

22. The method according to claim 21, wherein said exercise type is one taken from a group comprising cycling, running and walking.

23. The method according to claim 21, wherein receiving user input for a planned start time for said planned exercise entry comprises adding an exercise entry to a calendar.

24. The method according to claim 21, wherein the planned exercise entry includes a day and a duration.

25. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with instructions that, when performed by a processor, cause performance of:

receiving user input for a planned start time for a planned exercise entry in an exercise schedule in a mobile communication terminal;

receiving user input for a planned exercise type of said planned exercise entry;

determining a music playlist to be associated with said planned exercise entry, said determining a music playlist involves determining a playlist based on said exercise type; and

when an exercise associated with said planned exercise entry is determined to have started, playing said playlist.

26. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 25, wherein receiving user input for a planned start time for said planned exercise entry comprises adding an exercise entry to a calendar.