Transfer of measurement data related to physical exercise

• US 9,017,265 B2
• Filed: 08/02/2013
• Issued: 04/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Polar Electro Oy
• Original Assignee: Polar Electro Oy
• Inventors: Kampman, Ville, Jomppanen, Tuomas
• Primary Examiner(s): KAHELIN, MICHAEL WILLIAM
• Application Number:
  US13/957,956
• Publication Number:
  US 20140039329A1
• Time in Patent Office: 634 Days
• Field of Search: 600/508
• US Class Current: 600/508
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2505/09 Rehabilitation or training
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0004 characterised by the type of physiological signal transmitted
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0006 ECG or EEG signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/002 Monitoring the patient using a local or closed circuit, e.g. in a room or building A61B5/0017 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/024 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse rate or heart rate A61B5/0205, A61B5/021 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4848 Monitoring or testing the effects of treatment, e.g. of medication
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4866 Evaluating metabolism A61B5/083 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4875 Hydration status, fluid retention of the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7278 Artificial waveform generation or derivation, e.g. synthesising signals from measured signals A61B5/327 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7475 User input or interface means, e.g. keyboard, pointing device, joystick

Abstract

A system for processing heart rate measurement data includes a server computer configured to: associate, during a registration procedure for a measurement device of a user, a device identifier of the measurement device with a user account of the user stored in the server computer; receive a device identifier and real-time heart rate measurement data over a network connection; identify the user'"'"'s measurement device from the received device identifier; store the received heart rate measurement data to the user account of the user on the basis of the association between the received device identifier and the corresponding user account; compute, repeatedly during the physical exercise from the received heart rate measurement data, advanced performance data comprising at least one value which accumulates during the physical exercise; and transmit the computed advanced performance data to the equipment interface unit over the network connection during the physical exercise.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a wireless interface configured to provide a wireless device-to-device connection with a measurement device;

a network interface configured to provide the apparatus with a network connection;

a user interface;

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including a computer program code that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the apparatus to perform operations comprising;

receiving, at a beginning of an exercise carried out by a user, a device address from a measurement device attachable to the user'"'"'s body, wherein the device address comprises a medium access control address or an internet protocol address of the measurement device;

determining a network address of a server computer to which to route real-time heart rate measurement data acquired from the measurement device during the exercise;

receiving said heart rate measurement data with the device address from the measurement device through the wireless interface during the exercise;

causing the network interface to transmit the device address with the heart rate measurement data through the network connection to the network address of the server computer, wherein the server computer uses the device address to identify the measurement device from the received device address, the server computer storing the heart rate measurement data to a user account, the server computer determining the user account based on association of the user account with the device address, the user account being pre-established before the exercise, and wherein the server computer computes, repeatedly during the physical exercise from the heart rate measurement data it receives, advanced performance data comprising at least one value which accumulates during the physical exercise;

receiving the advanced performance data from the server computer over the network connection during the physical exercise; and

outputting the advanced performance data to the user.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise, causing the apparatus to transmit the measurement data to the server computer in real time, as it is being received through the wireless interface.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory is arranged to store an address database linking device addresses of measurement devices with server computer network addresses, and wherein the operations further comprise causing the apparatus to determine the network address of the server computer from the received device address of the measurement device on the basis of said link between the network address of the server computer and the received device address of the measurement device in the database.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving the network address of the server computer from the measurement device through the wireless interface; and

determining the network address of the server computer from the network address received from the measurement device.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising at least one sensor arranged to measure physiological measurement data related to the user during the exercise, and wherein the operations further comprise causing the apparatus to cause the network interface to transmit the physiological measurement data together with the device address of the user'"'"'s measurement device to the server computer over the same network connection through which the heart rate measurement data is transmitted.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the advanced performance data is determined based on information stored in the user account before the exercise.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the advanced performance data comprises a recovery need parameter indicating a need for recovery as a result of the physical exercise and at least one of total energy expenditure during the exercise and energy expenditure in metabolic component levels, the metabolic component levels comprising at least one of fats, carbohydrates, and proteins.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one value received from the server computer is a numerical value.