Fitness challenge E-awards

• US 10,776,739 B2
• Filed: 09/30/2015
• Issued: 09/15/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Blahnik, Jay
• Primary Examiner(s): Utama, Robert J
• Application Number:
  US14/871,516
• Publication Number:
  US 20160089569A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,812 Days
• Field of Search: 434247
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0639 Performance analysis of employees; Performance analysis of enterprise or organisation operations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0207 Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to systems and processes for users of electronic devices to issue physical activity goal challenges and rewards to one another. In one example, a first user can provide a physical activity goal that is to be performed by a second user. The first user can further provide a reward that is to be given to the second user in response to the second user completing the physical activity goal. An electronic device associated with the second user can be used to detect physical activity performed by the second user and to determine whether the second user has completed the physical activity goal. In response to determining that the second user has completed the physical activity goal, the reward can be issued to the second user. The reward can include an image, video, song, electronic message, amount of virtual currency, access to a service, or the like.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by an electronic device comprising one or more processors, cause the electronic device to:

receive a physical activity goal challenge communication comprising a reward in an unreleased state and a physical activity goal;

store the reward in the unreleased state, wherein access to the reward by the electronic device is restricted while the reward is in the unreleased state;

receive activity data generated using an activity sensor of the electronic device, wherein the activity data is representative of user movement associated with the electronic device that is detected by the activity sensor;

determine, based on the received activity data, whether the physical activity goal has been completed; and

in response to determining that the physical activity goal has been completed, change the state of the reward to a released state, wherein access to the reward by the electronic device is allowed while the reward is in the released state, wherein the received reward is encrypted by an encryption key, and wherein the instructions cause the electronic device to change the state of the reward to the released state by causing the electronic device to;

transmit a notification to one or more servers, wherein the notification indicates that the physical activity goal has been completed;

after transmitting the notification to the one or more servers, receive, from the one or more servers, the encryption key; and

decrypt the encrypted reward using the received encryption key.

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

wherein the electronic device is associated with a first user, and

wherein receiving the physical activity goal challenge communication comprises:

receiving, at the electronic device from another electronic device associated with a second user, data representing the physical activity goal.

3. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 2, wherein the other electronic device is a server.

4. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein receiving the physical activity goal challenge communication comprises receiving, at the electronic device, user input corresponding to the physical activity goal.

5. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the physical activity goal comprises:

an amount of physical activity to be performed; and

a duration during which the amount of physical activity is to be performed.

6. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 5, wherein determining, based on the activity data, whether the physical activity goal has been completed comprises:

determining an aggregate amount of physical activity performed based on the activity data;

determining whether the aggregate amount of physical activity performed is greater than or equal to the amount of physical activity to be performed; and

determining whether the duration during which the amount of physical activity is to be performed has elapsed.

7. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 6, wherein determining whether the physical activity goal has been completed comprises:

determining that the aggregate amount of the physical activity performed is greater than or equal to the amount of physical activity to be performed; and

determining that the duration during which the amount of physical activity is to be performed has not elapsed.

8. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 5, wherein the amount of physical activity to be performed comprises a number of calories to expend, a distance to travel, or a number of steps to be taken.

9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the physical activity goal comprises:

a location to be traveled to; and

a duration during which the location is to be traveled to.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein determining, based on the activity data, whether the physical activity goal has been completed comprises:

determining a location of the electronic device based on the activity data;

determining whether the location of the electronic device is within a threshold distance from the location to be traveled to; and

determining whether the duration during which the location is to be traveled to has elapsed.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein determining whether the physical activity goal has been completed comprises:

determining that the location of the electronic device is within the threshold distance from the location to be traveled to; and

determining that the duration during which the location is to be traveled to has not elapsed.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the reward comprises an image, a video, a song, an audio message, an electronic text document, or an amount of virtual currency.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a wearable electronic device.

28. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the reward comprises a media file.

29. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the reward comprises an amount of virtual currency.

14. A method comprising:

at an electronic device;

receiving a physical activity goal challenge communication comprising a reward in an unreleased state and a physical activity goal;

storing the reward in the unreleased state, wherein access to the reward by the electronic device is restricted while the reward is in the unreleased state;

receiving activity data generated by an activity sensor of the electronic device, wherein the activity data is representative of user movement associated with the electronic device that is detected by the activity sensor;

determining, based on the received activity data, whether the physical activity goal has been completed; and

in response to determining that the physical activity goal has been completed, changing the state of the reward to a released state, wherein access to the reward by the electronic device is allowed while the reward is in the released state, wherein the received reward has been encrypted by a key, and wherein the changing comprises;

transmitting a notification to one or more servers, wherein the notification indicates that the physical activity goal has been completed;

after transmitting the notification to the one or more servers, receiving, from the one or more servers, the key; and

decrypting the encrypted reward using the received key.

16. The method of claim 14,

wherein the electronic device is associated with a first user, and

wherein receiving the physical activity goal challenge communication comprises:

receiving, at the electronic device from another electronic device associated with a second user, data representing the physical activity goal.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the other electronic device is a server.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein receiving the physical activity goal challenge communication comprises receiving, at the electronic device, user input corresponding to the physical activity goal.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein the physical activity goal comprises:

an amount of physical activity to be performed; and

a duration during which the amount of physical activity is to be performed.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein determining, based on the activity data, whether the physical activity goal has been completed comprises:

determining an aggregate amount of physical activity performed based on the activity data;

determining whether the aggregate amount of physical activity performed is greater than or equal to the amount of physical activity to be performed; and

determining whether the duration during which the amount of physical activity is to be performed has elapsed.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein determining whether the physical activity goal has been completed comprises:

determining that the aggregate amount of the physical activity performed is greater than or equal to the amount of physical activity to be performed; and

determining that the duration during which the amount of physical activity is to be performed has not elapsed.

22. The method of claim 19, wherein the amount of physical activity to be performed comprises a number of calories to expend, a distance to travel, or a number of steps to be taken.

23. The method of claim 14, wherein the physical activity goal comprises:

a location to be traveled to; and

a duration during which the location is to be traveled to.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein determining, based on the activity data, whether the physical activity goal has been completed comprises:

determining a location of the electronic device based on the activity data;

determining whether the location of the electronic device is within a threshold distance from the location to be traveled to; and

determining whether the duration during which the location is to be traveled to has elapsed.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein determining whether the physical activity goal has been completed comprises:

determining that the location of the electronic device is within the threshold distance from the location to be traveled to; and

determining that the duration during which the location is to be traveled to has not elapsed.

26. The method of claim 14, wherein the reward comprises an image, a video, a song, an audio message, an electronic text document, or an amount of virtual currency.

27. The method of claim 14, wherein the electronic device is a wearable electronic device.

30. The method of claim 14, wherein the reward comprises a media file.

31. The method of claim 14, wherein the reward comprises an amount of virtual currency.

15. An electronic device comprising:

a display;

one or more processors;

a memory; and

one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs comprising instructions for;

receiving a physical activity goal challenge communication comprising a reward in an unreleased state and a physical activity goal;

storing the reward in the unreleased state, wherein access to the reward by the electronic device is restricted while the reward is in the unreleased state;

receiving activity data generated by an activity sensor of the electronic device, wherein the activity data is representative of user movement associated with the electronic device that is detected by the activity sensor;

determining, based on the received activity data, whether the physical activity goal has been completed; and

in response to determining that the physical activity goal has been completed, changing the state of the reward to a released state, wherein access to the reward by the electronic device is allowed while the reward is in the released state, wherein the received reward is encrypted by a key, and wherein the changing comprises;

transmitting a notification to one or more servers, wherein the notification indicates that the physical activity goal has been completed;

after transmitting the notification to the one or more servers, receiving, from the one or more servers, the key; and

decrypting the encrypted reward using the received key.

32. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the reward comprises a media file.

33. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the reward comprises an amount of virtual currency.