Systems and methods for a portable electronic journal

• US 8,092,345 B2
• Filed: 11/13/2009
• Issued: 01/10/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Adidas AG
• Original Assignee: Celume Development, LLC
• Inventors: Ellis, Michael, Ellis, Caron
• Primary Examiner(s): RICHMAN, GLENN E
• Application Number:
  US12/617,985
• Publication Number:
  US 20100057803A1
• Time in Patent Office: 788 Days
• Field of Search: 482 1- 9, 482900-902, 715/200, 715/202, 455/456.1
• US Class Current: 482/8
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Abstract

We have disclosed a modular personal network (MPN) that includes multiple devices that may be worn, carried, or used in close proximity to a user. The devices communicate wirelessly. Functions of the MPN may be modified by adding or removing components. The MPN may communicate with a personal computer. General purpose devices may include a control unit, a display, a user input, and an audio output. The MPN may provide a variety of functions, including time, communication, entertainment, organization, guidance, athletic, medical, travel, outdoors, identity, security, and military.

Claims

1. A portable electronic journal configured to be worn or carried by a user comprising a memory to store journal entries, journal software with which a user interacts and creates a new journal and is capable of creating individual text or audio journal entries for the journal and optionally linking one or more images to the journal, a user input device that is used in creating journal entries, wherein the user input device is selected from the group consisting of a voice input device and a text input device to create journal entries, a digital camera that creates images to store with the created journal entries, a clock to tag the journal entries with date and time, a communication device to upload the journal entries to a personal computer, and software to format the journal entries to a common file format.

2. The journal of claim 1 wherein the journal entries comprise athletic journal entries, competition journal entries, medical journal entries, health journal entries, nutrition journal entries, physical therapy journal entries, travel journal entries, music journal entries, work journal entries, or school journal entries.

3. The journal of claim 1 further comprising a location monitor used to tag journal entries with a location.

4. The journal of claim 1 further comprising means to create sketch, image, or video journal entries.

5. The journal of claim 1 further comprising means to input a medical image to be linked to a journal entry.

6. The journal of claim 1 further comprising a database comprising a plurality of database entries wherein a journal entry may be tagged with one of the plurality of database entries.

7. The journal of claim 6 wherein the database comprises an athletic database, a nutrition database, a treatment database, a diagnostic database, a patient database, a pharmaceutical database, an insurance database, a medical instrument database, a health alert database, a competition database, or a personal database.

8. The journal of claim 6 further configured to make automatic calculations related to a journal entry and a linked database entry.

9. The journal of claim 1 further comprising an athletic data collection device wherein a journal entry may be tagged with data collected using the athletic data collection device.

10. The journal of claim 9 wherein the athletic data collection device comprises a heart rate monitor, a blood pressure monitor, or a stopwatch.

11. The journal of claim 1 further comprising a medical diagnostic instrument wherein a journal entry may be tagged with data collected using the medical diagnostic instrument.

12. The journal of claim 1 further comprising a medical treatment device wherein a journal entry may be tagged with data related to a usage of the medical treatment device.

13. The journal of claim 1 further comprising a voice recognition circuit wherein the journal is configured to accept user commands from the voice recognition circuit.

14. The journal of claim 1 further configured to allow the user to track an expense in a journal entry.

15. The journal of claim 1 further configured to allow the user to download information related to a region into the journal.

16. The journal of claim 15 wherein the information related to a region comprises language information, dialect information, currency exchange rate information, time zone information, location information, business information, custom information, law information, geography information, wildlife information, climate information, weather forecasts, transit schedules, entertainment schedules, attractions information, park information, or plant information.

17. The journal of claim 1 further configured to provide route guidance.

18. The journal of claim 1 further configured to provide localized advertisements or discounts.

19. The journal of claim 1 further configured to provide an expense management feature.

20. A method of providing portable electronic journaling to a user comprising receiving voice or text input from a device worn or carried by the user, creating a new journal using an interface with which the user interacts and which is capable of creating individual text or audio journal entries for the journal and optionally linking one or more images to the journal, creating a journal entry based on the voice or text input, storing the journal entry in a memory worn or carried by the user, creating an image using a digital camera worn or carried by the user, storing the image in the memory with the journal entry, recording the date and time using a clock worn or carried by the user, storing the date and time in the memory with the journal entry, uploading the journal entry, image, date and time to a personal computer, and formatting the journal entry to a common file format.