Methods, systems and devices for automatic linking of activity tracking devices to user devices
First Claim
1. A method,advertising, by an activity tracking device, data that includes a semi-unique identifier of the activity tracking device, the advertising of the data is configured for detection by a device that is scanning for advertised data;
- connecting with the device once the semi-unique identifier is found by the device and the semi-unique identifier matches a copy of the semi-unique identifier obtained by the device; and
establishing a link with the device, the linking occurring when the device verifies that the activity tracking device having the semi-unique identifier is associated to the user account, the method being executed by a processor.
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Abstract
Methods, systems and devices are provided for automatically linking a device to an activity tracking device. One method includes obtaining, at the device, a semi-unique identifier from a website. The semi-unique identifier is for an activity tracker that has been paired to a user account of the website. The method includes scanning, by the device, for the semi-unique identifier. The scanning is of advertising messages generated by one or more activity trackers. The method identifies the activity tracker by matching the advertised semi-unique identifier to the semi-unique identifier obtained from the website. The method then includes establishing a link between the activity tracker and the device. The link is established without requiring user initiation to link the activity tracker to the device.
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30 Claims
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1. A method,
advertising, by an activity tracking device, data that includes a semi-unique identifier of the activity tracking device, the advertising of the data is configured for detection by a device that is scanning for advertised data; -
connecting with the device once the semi-unique identifier is found by the device and the semi-unique identifier matches a copy of the semi-unique identifier obtained by the device; and establishing a link with the device, the linking occurring when the device verifies that the activity tracking device having the semi-unique identifier is associated to the user account, the method being executed by a processor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method,
receiving, at a tracking device, a request to pair with a user account managed by a website executing an activity management application; -
transferring data from the tracking device to the website in response to the request, the data including a semi-unique identifier of the tracking device, the semi-unique identifier being associated with the user account so that client devices associated to the user account have access to an association of the semi-unique identifier of the tracking device; and advertising, by the tracking device, the semi-unique identifier, wherein client devices associated to user account scan for the semi-unique identifier and limit connection to tracking devices that have advertised the semi-unique identifier, the method being executed by a processor. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method, comprising,
obtaining, at a device, a semi-unique identifier from a website, the semi-unique identifier being for an activity tracker that has been paired to a user account of the website; -
scanning, by the device, for the semi-unique identifier, the scanning being of advertising messages generated by one or more activity trackers; identifying the activity tracker by matching the advertised semi-unique identifier to the semi-unique identifier obtained from the website; and establishing a link between the activity tracker and the device, the link being established without requiring user initiation to link the activity tracker to the device, the method being executed by a processor. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A tracking device configured for capture of activity for a user, comprising,
a housing; -
a sensor disposed in the housing to capture motion data associated with activity of the user; memory for storing the captured motion data and a semi-unique identifier of the tracking device; and a processor for managing connection of the tracking device with a client device over a wireless connection, the processor configured to transfer data from the tracking device to the client device which communicates with a website, the data including the semi-unique identifier of the tracking device, the semi-unique identifier being associated with a user account at the website so that client devices associated to the user account have access to the semi-unique identifier of the tracking device, the processor configured to enable advertising of the semi-unique identifier to enable client devices associated to user account to scan for the semi-unique identifier and establish a link with the tracking device. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30)
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