Methods using a monitoring device to monitor individual activities, behaviors or habit information and communicate with a database with corresponding individual base information for comparison

• US 9,392,939 B2
• Filed: 08/06/2013
• Issued: 07/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fitbit, Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hello, Inc.
• Inventors: Proud, James
• Primary Examiner(s): Alizada, Omeed
• Application Number:
  US13/960,407
• Publication Number:
  US 20140247144A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,078 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0214 of power generation or supply
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0233 Special features of optical sensors or probes classified in A61B5/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/08 Sensors provided with means for identification, e.g. barcodes or memory chips
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0024 for multiple sensor units attached to the patient, e.g. using a body or personal area network
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1112 Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/443 Evaluating skin constituents, e.g. elastin, melanin, water
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6831 Straps, bands or harnesses
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6898 Portable consumer electronic devices, e.g. music players, telephones, tablet computers
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/743 Displaying an image simultaneously with additional graphical information, e.g. symbols, charts, function plots
• 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 50/10 using inductive coupling
• 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 50/90 involving detection or optimisation of position, e.g. alignment
• 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: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• 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 and provide the individual with feedback. A monitoring device with one or more sensors is used to measure or detect individual information selected from of at least one of, an individual'"'"'s activities, behaviors and habit information, and an individual'"'"'s health. The monitoring device has 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 monitoring device communicates with a telemetry system. The telemetry system has a database that includes base individual information selected from at least one of, individual physiological information, information that is indicative of the individual'"'"'s activities, data indicative of one or more contextual parameters of the individual and information regarding a degree to which an individual has followed a routine.

Claims

1. A method for obtaining monitored information about an individual and provide the individual with feedback, comprising:

detecting or measuring information about the individual using a monitoring device that includes a microphone, an RF transmitter and sensors to determine air quality, sound level/quality, light quality and ambient temperature near the individual, the RF transmitter serving as a communication system;

an accelerometer configured to detect the individual'"'"'s movement information, the accelerometer and the monitoring system configured to assist to determine the individual'"'"'s sleep information and sleep behavior information, the microphone configured to record an individual'"'"'s movement sounds detected by the accelerometer, the accelerometer 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; and

communicating between the monitoring device and a telemetry system, the telemetry system having a database that includes base individual information of the individual'"'"'s sleep information and sleep behavior information from the monitoring device and the accelerometer

accessing an individual'"'"'s profile stored in the database, the telemetry system in operation selecting records of sleep information and sleep behavior information data of one or more individual'"'"'s, the telemetry system configured to receive the individual'"'"'s movement and monitoring device, with the telemetry system or the monitoring system analyzing the individual'"'"'s movement information and the monitoring device information to calculate or derive sleep onset and wake time, sleep interruptions, and the quality and depth of sleep; and

providing feedback to the user regarding one or more of the individual'"'"'s sleep onset and wake time, sleep interruptions, and the quality and depth of sleep.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

using one or more analysis tools at the telemetry system.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

providing feedback to the individual using a feedback system or subsystem at the telemetry system.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

comparing the individual'"'"'s sleep information or sleep related information from the monitoring device or accelerometer to information in the database using the one or more analysis tool.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

applying threshold values that are included in the database.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

comparing the user information from the monitoring device or accelerometer to threshold values using the one or more analysis tools.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

using an alert at the monitoring device.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

activating the alert when an individual information exceeds a threshold value.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

activating the alert only when the individual is awake.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the alert is an audio or visual alert.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

providing at least one of a display and an audio device at the monitoring system.

12. The method of either claim 3, further comprising:

providing the feedback in graphical form.

13. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

generating one or more web pages that contain feedback.

14. A method for obtaining monitored information about an individual and provide the individual with feedback, comprising:

detecting or measuring information about the individual using a monitoring device that includes a microphone, an RF transmitter and sensors to determine air quality, sound level/quality, light quality and ambient temperature near the individual;

an accelerometer configured to detect the individual'"'"'s movement information, the accelerometer and the monitoring system configured to assist to determine the individual'"'"'s sleep information and sleep behavior information, the microphone configured to record an individual'"'"'s movement sounds detected by the accelerometer, the accelerometer 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;

communicating between the monitoring device and a telemetry system, the telemetry system having a database that includes individual information of the individual'"'"'s sleep information and sleep behavior information from the monitoring device and the accelerometer indicative of the individual'"'"'s sleep information and sleep behavior and information regarding a degree to which an individual'"'"'s sleep information and sleep behavior compares with the individual'"'"'s sleep information and sleep behavior with information stored in a database about the individual; and

providing feedback to the user regarding one or more of the individual'"'"'s sleep onset and wake time, sleep interruptions, and the quality and depth of sleep.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

applying one or more analysis tools at the telemetry system.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

providing feedback to the individual using a feedback system or subsystem at the telemetry system.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

comparing the individual information from the monitoring device to the base individual information in the database.

18. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

including threshold values relative to the individual.

19. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

comparing the individual information from the monitoring device to the threshold values.

20. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

providing an alert at the monitoring device.

21. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

activating the alert when an individual information exceeds a threshold value.

22. The method of claim 21, further comprising:

activating the alert only when the individual is awake.

23. The method of claim 20, wherein the alert is an audio or visual alert.

24. The method of claim 14, wherein the monitoring system includes at least one of a display and an audio device.

25. The method of either claim 15, further comprising:

providing feedback in graphical form.

26. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

generating one or more web pages containing feedback.