Apparatus and Method for Customizing Interactive Fitness Activities

• US 20100160117A1
• Filed: 12/23/2008
• Published: 06/24/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Club One Incorporated (Providence St. Joseph Health)
• Original Assignee: Club One Incorporated (Providence St. Joseph Health)
• Inventors: Price, Julie Janice, Tobin, Laurence Ellis, White, Thomas Carey III
• Application Number:
  US12/343,207
• Publication Number:
  US 20100160117A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 482/9
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising

Abstract

A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to generate a personalized goal and fitness plan. The executable instructions include instructions to receive from a user a fitness goal and user personality trait information. A personalized goal and fitness plan is generated for the user based on the fitness goal and the personality trait information.

Claims

1. A computer readable storage medium comprising executable instructions to generate a personalized goal and fitness plan, the executable instructions comprising instructions to:

receive from a user a fitness goal;

receive from a user personality trait information; and

generate a personalized goal and fitness plan for the user based on the fitness goal and the personality trait information.

2. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the executable instructions to receive personality trait information further comprise executable instructions to present the user with options related to a set of personality traits.

3. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1, further comprising executable instructions to derive a personality color for the user based on the personality trait information.

4. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the executable instructions to generate a personalized goal and fitness plan comprise executable instructions to analyze information associated with the user and to correlate the information with one or more preference characteristics.

5. The computer readable storage medium of claim 4, wherein the information comprises at least one of attribute information, color characteristics, goals, interests, activities and tools associated with the user.

6. The computer readable storage medium of claim 4, wherein the preference characteristics represent an attribute describing a user'"'"'s preference.

7. The computer readable storage medium of claim 4, further comprising executable instructions to match the user'"'"'s personality trait information with one or more of the preference characteristics to generate the personalized goal and fitness plan for the user.

8. The computer readable storage medium of claim 4, wherein the personalized goal and fitness plan is a fitness profile generated for the user.

9. The computer readable storage medium of claim 8, further comprising executable instructions to determine a user'"'"'s response to a set of recommendations presented in the fitness profile over a period of time.

10. The computer readable storage medium of claim 9, further comprising executable instructions to adapt the fitness profile to include additional recommendations based on the user'"'"'s response.

11. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1, further comprising executable instructions to monitor the user'"'"'s progress levels related to the fitness goal.