Defining and matching segments

• US 9,208,175 B2
• Filed: 04/05/2012
• Issued: 12/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Strava, Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Strava, Incorporated
• Inventors: Shaw, Mark, Kitchel, Davis
• Primary Examiner(s): Kim, Taelor
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mitiku, Berhanu
• Application Number:
  US13/440,799
• Publication Number:
  US 20120254212A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,342 Days
• Field of Search: 707/918, 707/E17.014, 707/758, 707/687, 707/769, 701/32.4, 701/412, 700/91, 715/716
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/258 Data format conversion from or to a database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/56 having vectorial format
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries

Abstract

Defining and matching segments is disclosed. In some embodiments, defining and matching segments includes receiving a user defined segment via a user interface input; and determining a matching effort (e.g., which can include a set of Geographic Positioning System (GPS) data) to the segment using a processor. In some embodiments, the data associated with the effort includes one or more of the following: heart rate, speed, time, and power. In some embodiments, defining and matching segments further includes storing data associated with the matching effort with the segment. In some embodiments, the user defined segment is based at least in part in uploaded GPS data. In some embodiments, the user defined segment is based at least in part on selected points on a map application.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving a user submitted definition of a first segment via a user interface input, wherein a recorded effort comprises the first segment and one or more of the following;

heart rate, speed, time, and power, wherein the first segment comprises a portion of a set of Geographic Positioning System (GPS) data associated with the recorded effort, and wherein the first segment is defined based at least in part on a user selected segment start point and a user selected segment end point based on the set of GPS data associated with the recorded effort;

storing the first segment in a segments database;

determining that the first segment is redundant with respect to a second segment stored in the segments database, wherein the second segment comprises a portion of a set of GPS data associated with a different recorded effort, and wherein determining that the first segment is redundant with respect to the second segment comprises determining that the user submitted definition of the first segment at least partially overlaps with a user submitted definition of the second segment; and

in response to the determination that the first segment is redundant with respect to the second segment;

discarding the second segment from the segments database;

maintaining the first segment in the segments database associating a set of GPS data to a matching effort; and

determining the matching effort by matching a set of GPS data associated with the matching effort to the first segment, wherein determining the matching effort comprises matching the set of GPS data associated with the matching effort to the first segment using a first threshold of match for a loose match or a second threshold of match for a tight match, and wherein the tight match comprises determining that the matching effort crossed a start line and a finish line.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein data associated with the matching effort includes one or more of the following:

heart rate, speed, time, and power.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising accessing data associated with the matching effort.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing data associated with the matching effort with the first segment.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the definition of the first segment is based at least in part on selected points on a map application.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising aggregating associated data of a plurality of matching efforts.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising displaying at least a subset of the aggregated data in a table.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining overlapping segments.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the second threshold is higher than the first threshold.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the matching effort includes performing a query at an R-Tree indexed database.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the user selected segment start point and the user selected segment end point is selected based at least in part on a visual representation associated with the recorded effort.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein in response to the determination that the first segment is redundant with respect to the second segment, further comprising presenting a prompt at the user interface indicating that the first segment is redundant with respect to the second segment.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein discarding the second segment from the segments database is based at least in part on a user input received via the user interface.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein discarding the second segment from the segments database is based at least in part on crowdsourcing.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving the user selected segment start point based on the set of GPS data associated with the recorded effort;

determining that the user selected segment start point is associated with a plurality of times along the recorded effort or a plurality of distances along the recorded effort; and

receiving a selection of one of the plurality of times along the recorded effort or the plurality of distances along the recorded effort to be associated with the user selected segment start point.

16. A system, comprising:

a processor configured to;

receive a user submitted definition of a first segment via a user interface input, wherein a recorded effort comprises the first segment and one or more of the following;

heart rate, speed, time, and power, wherein the first segment comprises a portion of a set of Geographic Positioning System (GPS) data associated with the recorded effort, and wherein the first segment is defined based at least in part on a user selected segment start point and a user selected segment end point based on the set of GPS data associated with the recorded effort;

store the first segment in a segments database;

determine that the first segment is redundant with respect to a second segment stored in the segments database, wherein the second segment comprises a portion of a set of GPS data associated with a different recorded effort, and wherein to determine that the first segment is redundant with respect to the second segment comprises to determine that the user submitted definition of the first segment at least partially overlaps with a user submitted definition of the second segment; and

in response to the determination that the first segment is redundant with respect to the second segment;

discard the second segment from the segments database;

maintain the first segment in the segments database associating a set of GPS data to a matching effort; and

determine the matching effort by matching a set of GPS data associated with the matching effort to the first segment, wherein determining the matching effort comprises matching the set of GPS data associated with the matching effort to the first segment using a first threshold of match for a loose match or a second threshold of match for a tight match, and wherein the tight match comprises determining that the matching effort crossed a start line and a finish line; and

a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory is configured to provide the processor with instructions.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein data associated with the matching effort includes one or more of the following:

heart rate, speed, time, and power.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein to determine the matching effort includes to perform a query at an R-Tree indexed database.

19. A computer program product, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium and comprising computer instructions for:

receiving a user submitted definition of a first segment via a user interface input, wherein a recorded effort comprises the first segment and one or more of the following;

heart rate, speed, time, and power, wherein the first segment comprises a portion of a set of Geographic Positioning System (GPS) data associated with the recorded effort, and wherein the first segment is defined based at least in part on a user selected segment start point and a user selected segment end point based on the set of GPS data associated with the recorded effort;

storing the first segment in a segments database;

determining that the first segment is redundant with respect to a second segment stored in the segments database, wherein the second segment comprises a portion of a set of GPS data associated with a different recorded effort, and wherein determining that the first segment is redundant with respect to the second segment comprises determining that the user submitted definition of the first segment at least partially overlaps with a user submitted definition of the second segment; and

in response to the determination that the first segment is redundant with respect to the second segment;

discarding the second segment from the segments database;

maintaining the first segment in the segments database associating a set of GPS data to a matching effort; and

determining the matching effort by matching a set of GPS data associated with the matching effort to the first segment, wherein determining the matching effort comprises matching the set of GPS data associated with the matching effort to the first segment using a first threshold of match for a loose match or a second threshold of match for a tight match, and wherein the tight match comprises determining that the matching effort crossed a start line and a finish line.