Methods from monitoring health, wellness and fitness with feedback

• US 9,339,188 B2
• Filed: 08/06/2013
• Issued: 05/17/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fitbit, Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hello, Inc., James Proud
• Inventors: Proud, James
• Primary Examiner(s): Benlagsir, Amine
• Application Number:
  US13/960,436
• Publication Number:
  US 20140249379A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,015 Days
• Field of Search: 340/870.01, 340/870.02, 600/534.545, 600/300, 600/301
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0214 of power generation or supply
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0219 of externally powered implanted units
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/08 Sensors provided with means for identification, e.g. barcodes or memory chips
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0015 characterised by features of the telemetry system
• 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 5/0205 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/486 Bio-feedback A61B5/375 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6831 Straps, bands or harnesses
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7275 Determining trends in physiological measurement data; Predicting development of a medical condition based on physiological measurements, e.g. determining a risk factor
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 22/006 Pedometers
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/23 The load being a medical device, a medical implant, or a life supporting device
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/005 Mechanical details of housing or structure aiming to accommodate the power transfer means, e.g. mechanical integration of coils, antennas or transducers into emitting or receiving devices
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/70 involving the reduction of electric, magnetic or electromagnetic leakage fields
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/80 involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00034 : Charger exchanging data with an electronic device, i.e. telephone, whose internal battery is under charge
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 : specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• 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 4/70 : Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]

Abstract

A method is provided for obtaining monitored information about an individual to create life activity data. Individual information is detected or measured. The individual information is selected from of at least one of, an individual'"'"'s activities, behaviors and habit information, and an individual'"'"'s health. A monitoring device is used to detect or measure the individual information. The monitoring device includes ID circuitry with an ID storage that contains a unique individual ID, a communication system which reads and transmits the unique individual ID from the ID storage, a power source and a pathway system. The individual information is received from the monitoring device at a telemetry system that includes a database. The individual information is analyzed using life activity data with one or more analysis tools at the telemetry system. Life activity data is created for the individual.

Claims

1. A method for obtaining monitored information about an individual and create life activity data, comprising:

using a monitoring device that includes a microphone, an RF transmitter and sensors to determine air quality, sound level, sound quality, light quality, ambient temperature near the individual, a power source, a pathway system, ID circuitry with an ID storage that contains a unique individual ID, the RF transmitter serving as a communication system which reads and transmits the unique individual ID from the ID storage;

using at least an accelerometer or a movement detection device configured to detect movement of the individual, the accelerator and the monitoring device configured to calculate or derive sleep onset and wake time, sleep interruptions, and a quality and depth of sleep of the individual, the microphone configured to record an individual'"'"'s movement sounds detected by the accelerometer or the movement detection device, the accelerometer or the movement detection device configured to cause the microphone to stop recording the individual'"'"'s movement sounds when the movement sounds are not directed to a sleep related parameter;

receiving the individual monitored information from the monitoring device at a telemetry system that includes a database, the telemetry system in operation receiving the individual monitored information that includes the movement of the individual, the movement sounds of the individual, sleep information and sleep related parameter information data of the individual, the telemetry system or the monitoring device at least partially analyzing the individual'"'"'s monitored information to calculate or derive the sleep onset and the wake time, the sleep interruptions, and the quality and the depth of the sleep of the individual;

analyzing the individual sleep information and sleep related parameter information using the life activity data of one or more analysis tools at the telemetry system; and

creating life sleep information activity data and life sleep related parameter information activity data for the individual.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

creating caloric burn data for the individual, wherein the life activity data is information relating to caloric intake for the individual.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an individual survey from the individual at the telemetry system.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing feedback to the individual from the telemetry system.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing feedback to the individual.

6. The method of either claim 1, further comprising:

providing feedback to the individual in graphical form.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating one or more web pages containing feedback for the individual.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

including an analysis element in the one or more analysis tools.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

including in the database base sleep information and base sleep related parameter information standards for at least one of individual, activities, behaviors, habit information and health information.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

analyzing the individual monitored information received from the monitoring device relative to the base sleep information and the base sleep related parameter information standards.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

updating the base sleep information and the base sleep related parameter information standards.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein an update information includes the updated of the base sleep information and the base sleep related parameter information standards.

13. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

providing the feedback from a feedback system or subsystem at the telemetry system in communication with the one or more analysis tools.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

including the one or more analysis tools in the database.