Wireless initialization of electronic devices for first time use

• US 9,955,343 B2
• Filed: 02/03/2017
• Issued: 04/24/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nike, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Nike, Inc.
• Inventors: Switzer, David, Al-Kazily, Riyadth
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Ajit
• Application Number:
  US15/423,732
• Publication Number:
  US 20170150346A1
• Time in Patent Office: 445 Days
• 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 5/11 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 5/318 Heart-related electrical modalities, e.g. electrocardiography [ECG]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6804 Garments; Clothes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6807 Footwear
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7435 Displaying user selection data, e.g. icons in a graphical user interface
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4401 Bootstrapping security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities

Abstract

Apparatuses, devices, and methods of initializing an electronic device such as a wrist-worn device are provided. An optical input device may read the display of the wrist-worn device to obtain input corresponding to a pairing token presented at the display. An optical input processor may process the input to identify the pairing token. The pairing token may be provided to the wrist-worn device during a handshake process in order to establish a wireless communications session with the wrist-worn device. An initialization process may be performed via the wireless communication session. The initialization process may initialize the wrist-worn device such that a user may operate the wrist-worn device following the initialization process.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having executable instructions stored thereon for initializing an electronic device, wherein the instructions, when executed by a processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to:

read, using an optical input device of the computing device, an electronic display of the electronic device to obtain input corresponding to a pairing token presented at the display;

process the input to identify the pairing token;

provide the pairing token to the electronic device during a handshake process that establishes a wireless communication session between the computing device and the electronic device; and

perform an initialization process via the wireless communication session, wherein the initialization process initializes the electronic device such that the electronic device is available for operation by a user of the electronic device following the initialization process,

wherein the initialization process comprises providing, to the electronic device, configuration information that governs operation of the electronic device and the configuration information comprises at least one user-specified configuration setting that customizes operation of the electronic device for the user.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein:

the initialization process further comprises providing, to the electronic device, at least one of a software update or a firmware update.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 2, wherein:

at least one of the software update or the firmware update is issued after shipping the electronic device to a retailer and before purchase of the electronic device by the user.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein:

the initialization process further comprises providing, to the electronic device, user profile information associated with the user.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 4, wherein:

the user profile information comprises at least one of a height of the user, a weight of the user, or a gender of the user.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein:

the initialization process is performed prior to at least one of a first use of the electronic device by the user or a creation of a user profile for the user.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein:

processing the input to identify the pairing token comprises at least one of;

performance of an optical character recognition process to recognize one or more alphabetic, numeric, or alphanumeric characters presented at the electronic display of the electronic device,

performance of a barcode reading process to read a barcode presented at the electronic display of the electronic device,

performance of a pattern recognition process to recognize a pattern presented at the electronic display of the electronic device,

performance of an image recognition process to recognize an image presented at the electronic display of the electronic device, or

performance of a color recognition process to recognize a color presented at the electronic display of the electronic device.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor of an electronic device, cause the electronic device at least to:

generate a pairing token locally at the electronic device;

present the pairing token at an electronic display of the electronic device for optical reading by a computing device;

establish a wireless communication session with the computing device through a pairing process that uses the pairing token optically read by the computing device from the electronic display; and

perform an initialization process upon establishing the wireless communication session such that the electronic device is available for operation by a user of the electronic device following the initialization process,

wherein the initialization process comprises receiving, from the computing device, configuration information that governs operation of the electronic device and the configuration information comprises at least one user-specified configuration setting that customizes operation of the electronic device for the user.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein:

the initialization process further comprises receiving, from the computing device, at least one of a software update or a firmware update.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein:

the initialization process further comprises receiving, from the computing device, user profile information associated with the user.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein:

the user profile information comprises at least one of a height of the user, a weight of the user, or a gender of the user; and

the instructions, when executed by the processor of the electronic device, further cause the electronic device to generate energy expenditure information based on the user profile information.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein:

the initialization process is performed prior to at least one of a first use of the electronic device by the user or a creation of a user profile for the user.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable medium further comprises instructions that, when executed by the processor, further cause the electronic device at least to:

generate the pairing token in response to an initial activation of the electronic device by the user.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein:

the electronic device is one of;

an activity monitoring device that obtains movement information characterizing movement of the user, wherein the activity monitor obtains the movement information regardless of the user'"'"'s proximity to or interaction with another computing device,

a fitness monitoring device that obtains athletic information characterizing movement of the user during performance of an athletic activity, or

a sporting device that obtains sporting information associated with the user'"'"'s performance of a sporting activity.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein:

the electronic device comprises one or more athletic data acquisition units, each athletic data acquisition unit being configured to measure an athletic parameter associated with the user.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein:

the electronic device is configured to be worn by the user around a wrist of the user, an arm of the user, an ankle of the user, or a neck of the user;

the electronic device is configured to be attached to an article of clothing worn by the user;

or

the electronic device is formed within an article of clothing worn by the user.