Motion-activated display of messages on an activity monitoring device

• US 10,838,675 B2
• Filed: 11/12/2018
• Issued: 11/17/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fitbit, Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Fitbit, Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Yuen, Shelten, Roberts, Timothy
• Primary Examiner(s): Dalbo, Michael J
• Application Number:
  US15/929,061
• Publication Number:
  US 20190146740A1
• Time in Patent Office: 736 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0214 of power generation or supply
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• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
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• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 : Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
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• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 : relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 : for local operation
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• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 : for social networking applications

Abstract

Methods, systems and devices are provided for motion-activated display of messages on an activity monitoring device. In one embodiment, method for presenting a message on an activity monitoring device is provided, including the following method operations: storing a plurality of messages to the device; detecting a stationary state of the device; detecting a movement of the device from the stationary state; in response to detecting the movement from the stationary state, selecting one of a plurality of messages, and displaying the selected message on the device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

sending one or more messages to a wearable activity monitoring device, the device configured to track motion data and including a processor; and

, with the processor;

determining a geo-location of the device;

detecting a non-user-interactive state of the device;

detecting a first change of the device from the non-user interactive state to a user-interactive state; and

in response to detecting the first change, displaying one of the one or more messages on the device;

wherein;

detecting the non-user-interactive state of the device includes determining that the device is inactive, based on identifying a time period for which an event is scheduled in a calendar of a user of the device and one or both of the determined geo-location data and the tracked motion data; and

the processor is configured to avoid displaying a motion-activated message when the non-user-interactive state is detected.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the non-user-interactive state of the device includes determining that the device is inactive based, additionally, on detecting that an ambient light level is below a threshold value.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the non-user-interactive state of the device includes determining that the device is inactive based, additionally, on detecting a physical interaction of the device by a user, that the device is inactive.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the physical interaction includes one or more of shaking or tapping the device or touching or swiping a touchscreen of the device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the non-user-interactive state of the device includes detecting a stationary state of the device that persists for a threshold time period.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the non-user-interactive state of the device includes determining that the device is inactive based, additionally, on detecting a charging state of the device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein detecting the charging state of the device includes detecting a change of the device from a non-charging state to the charging state.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the non-user-interactive state of the device includes identifying when a user of the device is engaged in an activity during which it is expected that the user will be unavailable to view a motion-activated message.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising replacing, during the non-user-interactive state, a motion activated message with other information.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the other information is one or both of current time and an activity metric.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the device is configured to detect one or more of the following activities by a user:

steps taken, energy consumed, elevation gained, active minutes.

12. An activity monitoring device configured to track motion data and comprising a processor, the processor configured to:

receive one or more messages;

determine a geo-location of the device;

detect a non-user-interactive state of the device;

detect a first change of the device from the non-user interactive state to a user-interactive state; and

in response to detecting the first change, display one of the one or more messages on the device;

wherein;

detecting the non-user-interactive state of the device includes determining that the device is inactive, identifying a time period for which an event is scheduled in a calendar of a user of the device and one or both of the determined geo-location data and the tracked motion data; and

the processor is configured avoid displaying a motion-activated message when the non-user-interactive state is detected.

13. The activity monitoring device of claim 12, wherein detecting the non-user-interactive state of the device includes determining that the device is inactive based, additionally, on detecting that an ambient light level is below a threshold value.

14. The activity monitoring device of claim 12, wherein detecting the non-user-interactive state of the device includes determining that the device is inactive based, additionally, on detecting a physical interaction of the device by a user.

15. The activity monitoring device of claim 14, wherein the physical interaction includes one or more of shaking or tapping the device or touching or swiping a touchscreen of the device.

16. The activity monitoring device of claim 12, wherein detecting the non-user-interactive state of the device includes determining that the device is inactive based, additionally, on detecting a stationary state of the device that persists for a threshold time period.

17. The activity monitoring device of claim 12, wherein detecting the non-user-interactive state of the device includes determining that the device is inactive based, additionally, on detecting a charging state of the device.

18. The activity monitoring device of claim 17, wherein detecting the non-user-interactive state of the device includes determining that the device is inactive based, additionally, on detecting a change of the device from a non-charging state to the charging state.

19. The activity monitoring device of claim 12, wherein detecting the non-user-interactive state of the device includes determining that the device is inactive based, additionally, on identifying when a user of the device is engaged in an activity during which it is expected that the user will be unavailable to view a motion-activated message.

20. The activity monitoring device of claim 12, wherein the device is a wearable device and the device is configured to detect one or more of the following activities by a user:

steps taken, energy consumed, elevation gained, active minutes.