Encouraging achievement of health goals
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving, at a health monitoring system including a server, a health goal of a user;
receiving, at the health monitoring system from a fitness tracker device, data describing a status of the user, the status of the user related at least in part to the health goal;
determining, at the health monitoring system, that the user has not achieved the health goal based at least in part on a comparison of the status of the user and the health goal; and
sending an instruction from the health monitoring system to a home automation device associated with a location of the user, the instruction configured to instruct the home automation device to generate an altered environment at the location to encourage the user toward achieving the health goal, the altered environment at the location being associated with an adjusted temperature of the location, a blocked access to a network location, a change in lighting of the location, or a blocked access to a device located at the location, or some combination thereof.
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Abstract
A method may include receiving a health goal of a user and receiving data describing a status of the user. The status of the user may be related at least in part to the health goal. The method may also include determining that the user has not achieved the health goal based at least in part on comparing the status of the user and the health goal. The method may further include sending an instruction to an environment-altering device associated with a location of the user. The instruction may be configured to generate an altered environment at the location. The altered environment may be configured to encourage the user toward achieving the health goal.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, at a health monitoring system including a server, a health goal of a user; receiving, at the health monitoring system from a fitness tracker device, data describing a status of the user, the status of the user related at least in part to the health goal; determining, at the health monitoring system, that the user has not achieved the health goal based at least in part on a comparison of the status of the user and the health goal; and sending an instruction from the health monitoring system to a home automation device associated with a location of the user, the instruction configured to instruct the home automation device to generate an altered environment at the location to encourage the user toward achieving the health goal, the altered environment at the location being associated with an adjusted temperature of the location, a blocked access to a network location, a change in lighting of the location, or a blocked access to a device located at the location, or some combination thereof. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. One or more tangible computer-readable media storing one or more programs that are configured, when executed, to cause one or more processors to perform a method comprising:
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receiving, at a health monitoring system including a server, a health goal of a user; receiving, at the health monitoring system from a fitness tracker device, data describing a status of the user, the status of the user related at least in part to the health goal; determining, at the health monitoring system, that the user has not achieved the health goal based at least in part on a comparison of the status of the user and the health goal; and sending an instruction from the health monitoring system to a home automation device associated with a location of the user, the instruction configured to instruct the home automation device to generate an altered environment at the location to encourage the user toward achieving the health goal, the altered environment at the location being associated with an adjusted temperature of the location, a blocked access to a network location, a change in lighting of the location, or a blocked access to a device located at the location, or some combination thereof. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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