Health and Exercise Monitoring System and Method Thereof

• US 20140129240A1
• Filed: 11/07/2012
• Published: 05/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Shenzhen Good Family Enterprise Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Shenzhen Good Family Enterprise Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Zhang, JiaXiang
• Application Number:
  US13/671,525
• Publication Number:
  US 20140129240A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0038 Sports
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising

Abstract

An exercise monitoring system that includes a data obtaining unit arranged for gathering a set of health data of a user, a health management unit that communicates with the data obtaining unit, wherein health instruction is provided based on the set of health data provided from the health management unit with the goal of improving the user'"'"'s health. The health instruction is automatically generated in response to an input from the set of health data. The health management unit includes an interaction unit, wherein a personal trainer of the user interacts with the user to provide the health instruction on a real-time basis.

Claims

1. An exercise monitoring system, comprising:

a data obtaining unit arranged for obtaining a set of health data of a user, and

a health management unit communicated with said data obtaining unit for receiving said set of health data, wherein a health instruction is provided based on said set of health data through said health management unit for improving health of the user.

2. The exercise monitoring system, as recited in claim 1, wherein said health management unit is linked with a plurality of health statuses, wherein each one of said health status is arranged for reflecting one particular set of health data and is correlated to one said particular health instruction, wherein said health instruction is automatically generated in response to an input of said set of health data.

3. The exercise monitoring system, as recited in claim 1, wherein said health management unit comprises an interaction unit, wherein a personal trainer of the user interacts with the user to provide said health instruction.

4. The exercise monitoring system, as recited in claim 3, wherein said health instruction is a real-time diagnosis for the user from the personal trainer.

5. The exercise monitoring system, as recited in claim 2, further comprising a login unit through which the user logs into said exercise monitoring system and has access to the health monitoring unit, wherein the user has a user account registered in said exercise monitoring system.

6. The exercise monitoring system, as recited in claim 3, further comprising a login unit through which the user logs into said exercise monitoring system and has access to the health monitoring unit, wherein the user has a user account registered in said exercise monitoring system.

7. The exercise monitoring system, as recited in claim 4, further comprising a login unit through which the user logs into said exercise monitoring system and has access to said health monitoring unit, wherein the user has a user account registered in said exercise monitoring system.

8. The exercise monitoring system, as recited in claim 7, wherein the user uses a membership card, QRCode card, username and password to log into said exercise monitoring system through said login unit.

9. The exercise monitoring system, as recited in claim 7, wherein the user uses a physical feature of the user selected from the group consisting of fingerprint and cornea to log into said exercise monitoring system through said login unit.

10. The exercise monitoring system, as recited in claim 2, wherein said data obtaining unit further comprises an input unit arranged for the user to manually input said set of health data, wherein said input unit is selected from the group consisting of a touch screen, a keyboard, a write board, and a microphone.

11. The exercise monitoring system, as recited in claim 2, further comprising an exercise item for the user to do exercise, wherein said data obtaining unit and said health monitoring unit are linked or integrated with said exercise item, wherein said data obtaining unit further comprises a detection unit automatically detecting said set of health data generated from said exercise item on a real-time basis.

12. The exercise monitoring system, as recited in claim 11, wherein said exercise item is further provided with a central processing unit arranged for control an operation of said exercise item, a setting unit setting up operation parameters of said exercised item based on said health instruction, and an activation unit for activating said exercise item based on said operating parameters.

13. The exercise monitoring system, as recited in claim 11, wherein said exercise item is further provided with a baseband communicating unit for installing of a telephone SIM card, wherein said baseband communicating unit is linked with said interaction unit, whereby the user interacts with the personal trainer with telephone calls or SMS messages.

14. The exercise monitoring system, as recited in claim 11, wherein said exercise item is further installed with a loudspeaker unit and a microphone unit.

15. The exercise monitoring system, as recited in claim 11, wherein said exercise item is further provide with at least a hardware interface and a storage module, wherein a portable storage medium is employed to have access to said set of health data stored in said storage module.

16. The exercise monitoring system, as recited in claim 11, further comprising a network connection unit provided for communication between the user and the personal trainer, wherein said network connection unit is selected from the group consisting of a wired network connection module, a near field communication module, a Bluetooth module, and a WIFI module.

17. The exercise monitoring system, as recited in claim 10, wherein said exercised monitoring system is incorporated into a portable device selected from the group consisting of a tablet computer, a PDA, and a cell phone.

18. The exercise monitoring system, as recited in claim 11, further comprising a web server linked with said health management and said data obtaining unit in a wired connection or wireless connection, wherein said heal data and said health instruction are stored and updated in said web server for the user to download.

19. The exercise monitoring system, as recited in claim 11, wherein the personal trainer is selected from the group consisting of a health instructor, a fitness trainer, and an expert of said exercise item.

20. The exercise monitoring system, as recited in claim 19, wherein said health data comprises operating parameters of said exercise item and physical parameters of the user.

21. An exercise monitoring method, comprising the following steps:

(a) generating a set of health data for a user through a data obtaining unit, and

(b) interactively linking said data obtaining unit with a health management unit, wherein said health monitoring unit is used for providing a health instruction based on said set of health data.

22. The exercise monitoring method, as recited in claim 21, further comprising a step of associating with the user with a personal trainer through an interaction unit of said health management unit on a real-time basis.

23. The exercise monitoring method, as recited in claim 21, wherein the step (b) further comprises a step of automatically generating said health instruction from said health management which is linked with a plurality of health statuses, wherein each one of the health status is arranged for reflecting one particular set of health data and is correlated to one particular exercise instruction.

24. The exercise monitoring method, as recited in claim 21, wherein the user is communicated with the personal trainer in a wired connection or wireless connection.

25. The exercise monitoring method, as recited in claim 22, further comprising a step of setting operating parameters of said exercise item based on said health instruction from the personal trainer.

32. The business method, as recited in claim 21, further comprising a step of charging a percentage of a payment from the user to the personal trainer by the seller.

26. A business method for at least one user of an exercise item, a seller of said exercise item, and a personal trainer of the user, wherein the method comprises the following steps:

(a) providing said exercise item and an exercise monitoring system for the user by the seller of said exercise item;

(b) linking said exercise item with an exercise monitoring system, wherein the user logs into said exercise monitoring system and obtains a set of health data of the user generated from said exercise item when using said exercise item; and

(c) associating the user with the personal trainer in such a manner that a real-time diagnosis or heal instruction based on said set of health data is provided to the user by the personal trainer.

27. The business method, as recited in claim 26, further comprising a step of linking said health monitoring system with a web server in a wire connection or wireless connection, wherein said set of health data is stored and updated in said web server.

28. The business method, as recited in claim 26, wherein the interaction of the user and the personal trainer is implemented on a real-time basis.

29. The business method, as recited in claim 26, wherein the personal trainer is selected by the user from a plurality of personal trainers at different locations.

30. The business method, as recited in claim 26, wherein said step (c) further comprises a step of associating the user with the personal trainer via telephone calls, SMS messages, emails, or video chat.

31. The business method, as recited in claim 26, further comprising a step of providing a user account by said seller for the user, wherein the user uses a membership card, QRCode card, or username and password to log into said user account in said exercise monitoring system.