Multiple user profiles in portable apparatus

• US 8,826,177 B2
• Filed: 10/27/2010
• Issued: 09/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Polar Electro Oy
• Original Assignee: Polar Electro Oy
• Inventors: Hope, Sirpa, Collins, Jeff
• Primary Examiner(s): ITURRALDE, ENRIQUE W
• Application Number:
  US12/913,355
• Publication Number:
  US 20110154258A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,406 Days
• Field of Search: 715/745, 715/748, 715/764, 715/789, 715/810, 715/811, 715/812, 715863-866, 600508-509, 600/520
• US Class Current: 715/810
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network

Abstract

Management of multiple user profiles in a portable apparatus is disclosed. A method includes storing user profiles of a group in a portable apparatus, wherein each user profile specifies user-specific parameters; performing performs a selection of a user profile from among the user profiles of the group stored in the portable apparatus on the basis of a predetermined condition; and modifying modifies an exercise data processing configuration of the portable apparatus on the basis of the selected user profile.

Claims

1. A portable apparatus comprising:

a memory configured to store user profiles of a group, each user profile specifying user-specific parameters including a time of exercise;

a processor configured to perform a selection of a user profile from among the user profiles of the group stored in the memory on the basis of a predetermined condition, and to modify an exercise data processing configuration of the portable apparatus on the basis of the selected user profile;

the processor being further configured to perform the selection automatically without the user interacting with a user interface of the portable apparatus, or semi-automatically by the user accepting a user profile suggested in the user interface of the portable apparatus; and

a clock configured to provide a clock time to the processor, the processor being further configured to perform the selection utilizing the clock time as a part of the predetermined condition, the clock time representing a time of day, thereby enabling automatic selection of the user profile from among the user profiles of the group stored in the memory whose time of exercise matches the clock time.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory is further configured to store time of exercise for each user profile, and the processor is further configured to select the user profile whose time of exercise matches the clock time.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the memory is further configured to store as the time of the exercise at least one of starting time of the exercise, duration of the exercise, ending time of the exercise.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a receiver configured to wirelessly receive the user profiles of the group.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to modify as the exercise data processing configuration of the portable apparatus at least one of an activity calculation algorithm, an energy expenditure calculation algorithm, a motion detection based activity threshold, a fitness test algorithm, heart rate zone limits, mode of exercise data display.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to calculate a parameter from an exercise performed by the user of the portable apparatus under the control of the modified exercise data processing configuration of the portable apparatus, and the portable apparatus further comprises an output device configured to output the parameter.

7. A method comprising:

storing user profiles of a group in a portable apparatus, each user profile specifying user-specific parameters including a time of exercise;

performing a selection of a user profile from among the user profiles of the group stored in the portable apparatus on the basis of a predetermined condition;

modifying an exercise data processing configuration of the portable apparatus on the basis of the selected user profile;

performing the selection automatically without the user interacting with a user interface of the portable apparatus, or semi-automatically by the user accepting a user profile suggested in the user interface of the portable apparatus;

providing a clock time to the portable apparatus; and

performing the selection utilizing the clock time as a part of the predetermined condition, the clock time representing a time of day, thereby enabling automatic selection of the user profile from among the user profiles of the group stored in the memory whose time of exercise matches the clock time.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

storing time of exercise for each user profile; and

selecting the user profile whose time of exercise matches the clock time.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

storing as the time of the exercise at least one of starting time of the exercise, duration of the exercise, ending time of the exercise.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving wirelessly the user profiles of the group.

11. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

modifying as the exercise data processing configuration of the portable apparatus at least one of an activity calculation algorithm, an energy expenditure calculation algorithm, a motion detection based activity threshold, a fitness test algorithm, heart rate zone limits, mode of exercise data display.

12. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

calculating a parameter from an exercise performed by the user of the portable apparatus under the control of the modified exercise data processing configuration of the portable apparatus; and

outputting the parameter.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising encoded instruction that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to:

store user profiles of a group in a portable apparatus, each user profile specifying user-specific parameters including a time of exercise;

perform a selection of a user profile from among the user profiles of the group stored in the portable apparatus on the basis of a predetermined condition;

modify an exercise data processing configuration of the portable apparatus on the basis of the selected user profile;

performing the selection automatically without the user interacting with a user interface of the portable apparatus, or semi-automatically by the user accepting a user profile suggested in the user interface of the portable apparatus;

providing a clock time to the portable apparatus; and

performing the selection utilizing the clock time as a part of the predetermined condition, the clock time representing a time of day, thereby enabling automatic selection of the user profile from among the user profiles of the group stored in the memory whose time of exercise matches the clock time.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, further comprising encoded instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to:

store time of exercise for each user profile; and

select the user profile whose time of exercise matches the clock time.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, further comprising encoded instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to store as the time of the exercise at least one of starting time of the exercise, duration of the exercise, ending time of the exercise.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, further comprising encoded instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to receive wirelessly the user profiles of the group.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, further comprising encoded instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to modify as the exercise data processing configuration of the portable apparatus at least one of an activity calculation algorithm, an energy expenditure calculation algorithm, a motion detection based activity threshold, a fitness test algorithm, heart rate zone limits, mode of exercise data display.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, further comprising encoded instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to:

calculate a parameter from an exercise performed by the user of the portable apparatus under the control of the modified exercise data processing configuration of the portable apparatus; and

output the parameter.

14. A portable apparatus comprising:

means for storing user profiles of a group, each user profile specifying user-specific parameters including a time of exercise;

means for performing a selection of a user profile from among the user profiles of the group stored in the means for storing on the basis of a predetermined condition;

means for modifying an exercise data processing configuration of the portable apparatus on the basis of the selected user profile;

means for performing the selection automatically without the user interacting with a user interface of the portable apparatus, or semi-automatically by the user accepting a user profile suggested in the user interface of the portable apparatus;

means for providing a clock time to the portable apparatus; and

means for performing the selection utilizing the clock time as a part of the predetermined condition, the clock time representing a time of day, thereby enabling automatic selection of the user profile from among the user profiles of the group stored in the memory whose time of exercise matches the clock time.

15. A management apparatus for portable apparatuses, comprising:

a user interface configured to define user profiles of a group, each user profile specifying user-specific parameters including a time of exercise;

a transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit the user profiles of the group to the portable apparatuses;

a memory configured to store user profiles of a group, each user profile specifying user-specific parameters;

a processor configured to perform a selection of a user profile from among the user profiles of the group stored in the memory on the basis of a predetermined condition, and to modify an exercise data processing configuration of the portable apparatus on the basis of the selected user profile;

the processor being further configured to perform the selection automatically without the user interacting with a user interface of the portable apparatus, or semi-automatically by the user accepting a user profile suggested in the user interface of the portable apparatus; and

a clock configured to provide a clock time to the processor, the processor being further configured to perform the selection utilizing the clock time as a part of the predetermined condition, the clock time representing a time of day, thereby enabling automatic selection of the user profile from among the user profiles of the group stored in the memory whose time of exercise matches the clock time.