System, method, and computer readable medium for recommendations based on wearable sensors

• US 10,956,956 B2
• Filed: 07/19/2013
• Issued: 03/23/2021
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Bhardwaj, Anurag, Sundaresan, Neelakantan, Piramuthu, Robinson
• Primary Examiner(s): Wood, Allison G
• Application Number:
  US13/946,814
• Publication Number:
  US 20140052567A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,804 Days
• Field of Search: 705 261- 272, 705 267
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0631 Item recommendations

Abstract

Apparatus and method for providing contextual recommendations based on user state are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, sensor data corresponding to at least one sensor included in an item worn by a user is received. A user state is determined based on the received sensor data. In response to a state change being satisfied by at least the user state, a recommendation is determined based on the user state and a profile associated with the user. The recommendation may be presented on an electronic mobile device associated with the user.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

at least one memory;

at least one sensor included in an item worn by a user;

the at least one sensor to create first sensor data by directly measuring, via three dimensional (3D) death sensing, one or more physical dimensions of one or more body parts of the user while the item is worn by the user;

at least one receiver to receive the first sensor data;

a display;

at least one processor in communication with each of the memory, the receiver, and the display; and

one or more modules comprising instructions stored in the memory and executed by the processor to perform operations comprising;

determining a user state based on the first sensor data that includes the body measurement data, and in response to a state change being satisfied by at least the user state, determining a recommendation that includes an article of clothing from an inventory to present on the display, the recommendation being determined based on the user state and a profile associated with the user.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the receiver comprises a short-range receiver.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the item comprises an article of clothing, accessory, jewelry, or shoes.

4. The system of claim 1;

wherein the determining of the user state comprises identifying one or more of a physical activity, a physical environment, a physiological state, a body measurement, or a preferred fit measurement corresponding to the user.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the recommendation that indicates the article of clothing from the inventory is determined based on the user state being body measurements and the profile being information about clothes owned by the user, wherein the article of clothing complements the clothes owned by the user and the certain size is determined according to the body measurements.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the recommendation further indicates an item available for purchase from an inventory based on the user state being a physical activity or a physical environment associated with the user and the profile being information about personal property owned by the user.

7. A method for providing recommendations, the method comprising:

creating first sensor data by directly measuring, via three dimensional (3D) depth sensing using at least one sensor included in an item worn by a user, one or more physical dimensions of one or more body parts of the user while the item is worn by the user;

determining a user state based on the first sensor data that includes the body measurement data; and

in response to a state change being satisfied by at least the user state, determining, using at least one processor;

a recommendation that includes an article of clothing from an inventory to present on an electronic mobile device associated with the user;

the recommendation being determined based on the user state and a profile associated with the user.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the at least one sensor comprises a motion sensor, an accelerometer, a gyroscope;

a temperature sensor, a moisture sensor, a pressure sensor, a contact sensor, an imaging sensor, a galvanic skin response sensor, a heat flux sensor, or an optical sensor.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the determining of the user state comprises identifying one or more of a physical activity, a physical environment, a physiological state;

a body measurement, or a preferred fit measurement corresponding to the user.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the profile comprises information about clothes owned by the user, information about personal property owned by the user, music preferences associated with the user, health goals associated with the user, body goals associated with the user, past purchases associated with the user, contact information associated with the user, or baseline physiological data associated with the user.

11. The method of claim 7, further comprising communicating with a remote device to obtain additional data for use in determining the recommendation.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the recommendation that indicates the article of clothing from the inventory is determined based on the user state being body measurements or preferred fit measurements and the profile being information about clothes owned by the user, wherein the article of clothing complements the clothes owned by the user and the certain size is determined according to the body measurements or preferred fit measurements.

13. The method of claim 7, wherein the recommendation further indicates an item available for purchase from an inventory based on the user state being a physical activity or a physical environment associated with the user and the profile being information about personal property owned by the user.

14. The method of claim 7, further comprising receiving a second sensor data corresponding to at least one sensor included in a second item wearable by the user, wherein the determining of the user state is based on the first and second sensor data, the user state comprising detection of both the item and the second item being worn by the user, and wherein the recommendation further indicates music recommendations in response to the determined user state.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the profile comprises music preferences associated with the user.

16. The method of claim 7, wherein the recommendation further indicates one or more tips for weight loss based on the user state being inactivity or weight change and the profile comprising information about previous physical activities or weight, and wherein the at least one sensor comprises a pressure sensor embedded in shoes worn by the user or contact sensors embedded in a waistband of the item worn by the user.

17. A non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform operations comprising:

creating first sensor data by directly measuring, via three dimensional (3D) depth sensing using at least one sensor included in an item worn by a user, one or more physical dimensions of one or more body parts of the user while the item is worn by the user;

determining a user state based on the first sensor data that includes the body measurement data; and

in response to a state change being satisfied by at least the user state, determining a recommendation that includes an article of clothing from an inventory to present on an electronic mobile device associated with the user, the recommendation being determined based on the user state and a profile associated with the user.