Providing real-time segment performance information

• US 9,291,713 B2
• Filed: 03/29/2012
• Issued: 03/22/2016
• 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): D'Agostino, Paul A
• Assistant Examiner(s): DOSHI, ANKIT B
• Application Number:
  US13/434,435
• Publication Number:
  US 20120253488A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,454 Days
• Field of Search: 463 39- 42, 482/8, 700/91
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/19 Sporting applications
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/04 Forecasting or optimisation specially adapted for administrative or management purposes, e.g. linear programming or "cutting stock problem" market predictions or forecasting for commercial activities G06Q30/0202
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0639 Performance analysis of employees; Performance analysis of enterprise or organisation operations

Abstract

Providing real-time segment performance information is disclosed. In some embodiments, a segment associated with a user'"'"'s current activity is determined based at least in part on at least a portion of location information recorded so far. In some embodiments, real-time segment performance information associated with the user'"'"'s current activity on the segment is communicated.

Claims

1. A method of providing real-time segment performance information, comprising:

storing a user configured definition for a window of concurrency on a segment, wherein the window of concurrency on the segment is defined based at least in part on a threshold time value or a threshold distance value, wherein the user configured definition for the window of concurrency comprises a condition for determining that at least two users comprise concurrent users with respect to one another on the segment, wherein the condition comprises a window within which at least two users currently performing activities that match the segment comprise concurrent users with respect to one another on the segment;

determining, without user intervention, a first user'"'"'s current activity that matches the segment based at least in part on at least a portion of location information recorded for the first user, wherein determining that the segment matches the first user'"'"'s current activity includes determining that the at least portion of location information recorded for the first user matches at least a portion of a set of geographic information associated with the segment;

determining, without user intervention, a second user'"'"'s current activity that matches the segment based at least in part on at least a portion of location information recorded for the second user;

determining, using a processor, whether the second user comprises a concurrent user with respect to the first user on the segment based at least in part on;

determining a progress difference between the first user'"'"'s current activity and the second user'"'"'s current activity based at least in part on comparing the at least portion of location information recorded for the first user and the at least portion of location information recorded for the second user; and

comparing the progress difference to the stored user configured definition for the window of concurrency on the segment; and

communicating real-time segment performance information associated with the first user'"'"'s current activity on the segment based at least in part on the determination of whether the second user comprises the concurrent user with respect to the first user on the segment, wherein the second user is currently active on the segment.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining that the first user'"'"'s current activity matches the segment includes determining that the at least portion of location information recorded for the first user crosses a virtual start line associated with the segment.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the first user'"'"'s current activity matches the segment includes determining whether the at least portion of location information recorded for the first user crosses a portion associated with the segment.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the location information recorded for the first user includes global positioning system (GPS) points and an associated timestamp at each GPS point.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving user-configurable selections associated with transmission of data by a device including one or more of the following:

receiving one or more trigger event definitions, receiving a time period definition, and receiving one or more definitions associated with battery life conservation.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein communicating real-time segment performance information is based at least in part on feedback data sent to a device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein communicating real-time segment performance information is based at least in part on feedback data generated at a device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the segment is associated with a user selection of segments to potentially match.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining data associated with one or more segments to potentially match to a device, wherein the obtained segment data is to be stored locally at the device, and wherein the at least portion of the location information recorded for the first user and other data associated with the first user'"'"'s current activity are to be compared at the device to the locally stored data.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the performance information includes:

comparison results between performance data associated with the first user'"'"'s current activity on the segment and stored historical performance data associated with the segment.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the stored historical performance data includes data associated with one or both of the first user and another user.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the performance information includes:

comparison results between performance data associated with the first user'"'"'s current activity on the segment and stored concurrent performance data associated with other users'"'"' current activities on the segment.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving user configurable selections associated with one or more other users whose performance data is to be compared with performance data associated with the first user'"'"'s current activity.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending at least a portion of the performance information recorded for the first user to a third party operated social network.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising receiving a response from the third party operated social network based at least in part on the at least sent portion of the performance information.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a current progress associated with the first user'"'"'s current activity on the segment based at least in part on the at least portion of the performance information recorded for the first user.

17. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining whether another segment is nearby a current location of the first user'"'"'s current activity.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the user configured definition for the window of concurrency on the segment is received from the first user.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein in the event that the second user comprises the concurrent user with respect to the first user, further comprising determining the real-time segment performance information based at least in part on comparing performance data associated with the first user'"'"'s current activity on the segment to performance data associated with the second user'"'"'s current activity on the segment.

20. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving configurable selections associated with one or more other users whose current activity is to be compared with the first user'"'"'s current activity; and

determining that the one or more other users comprise the second user.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein the first user and the second user did not start the segment at a same time, and wherein the second user is currently performing a physical activity on the segment and is currently within the threshold distance value or within the threshold time value of the first user on the segment.

22. The method of claim 1, wherein the progress difference between the first user'"'"'s current activity and the second user'"'"'s current activity on the segment is within the threshold distance value or within the threshold time value.

23. A system for providing real-time segment performance information, comprising:

a processor configured to;

store a user configured definition for a window of concurrency on a segment, wherein the window of concurrency on the segment is defined based at least in part on a threshold time value or a threshold distance value, wherein the user configured definition for the window of concurrency comprises a condition for determining that at least two users comprise concurrent users with respect to one another on the segment, wherein the condition comprises a window within which at least two users currently performing activities that match the segment comprise concurrent users with respect to one another on the segment;

determine, without user intervention, a first user'"'"'s current activity that matches the segment based at least in part on at least a portion of location information recorded for the first user, wherein determining that the segment matches the first user'"'"'s current activity includes determining that the at least portion of location information recorded for the first user matches at least a portion of a set of geographic information associated with the segment;

determine, without user intervention, a second user'"'"'s current activity that matches the segment based at least in part on at least a portion of location information recorded for the second user;

determine whether the second user comprises a concurrent user with respect to the first user on the segment based at least in part on;

determining a progress difference between the first user'"'"'s current activity and the second user'"'"'s current activity based at least in part on comparing the at least portion of location information recorded for the first user and the at least portion of location information recorded for the second user; and

comparing the progress difference to the stored user configured definition for the window of concurrency on the segment; and

communicate real-time segment performance information associated with the first user'"'"'s current activity on the segment based at least in part on the determination of whether the second user comprises the concurrent user with respect to the first user on the segment, wherein the second user is currently active on the segment; and

a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the processor is further configured to receive user-configurable selections associated with transmission of data by a device including one or more of the following:

receiving one or more trigger event definitions, receiving a time period definition, and receiving one or more definitions associated with battery life conservation.

25. The system of claim 23, wherein to communicate real-time segment performance information is based at least in part on feedback data sent to a device.

26. The system of claim 23, wherein to communicate real-time segment performance information is based at least in part on feedback data generated at a device.

27. The system of claim 23, wherein the processor is further configured to:

obtain data associated with one or more segments to potentially match to a device, wherein the obtained segment data is to be stored locally at the device, and wherein the at least portion of the location information recorded for the first user and other data associated with the first user'"'"'s current activity are to be compared at the device to the locally stored data.

28. The system of claim 23, wherein the performance information includes:

comparison results between performance data associated with the first user'"'"'s current activity on the segment and stored historical performance data associated with the segment.

29. The system of claim 23, wherein the performance information includes:

comparison results between performance data associated with the first user'"'"'s current activity on the segment and stored concurrent performance data associated with other users'"'"' current activities on the segment.

30. The system of claim 23, wherein the processor is further configured to receive user configurable selections associated with one or more other users whose performance data is to be compared with performance data associated with the first user'"'"'s current activity.

31. A computer program product for providing real-time segment performance information, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

storing a user configured definition for a window of concurrency on a segment, wherein the window of concurrency on the segment is defined based at least in part on a threshold time value or a threshold distance value, wherein the user configured definition for the window of concurrency comprises a condition for determining that at least two users comprise concurrent users with respect to one another on the segment, wherein the condition comprises a window within which at least two users currently performing activities that match the segment comprise concurrent users with respect to one another on the segment;

determining, without user intervention, a first user'"'"'s current activity that matches the segment based at least in part on at least a portion of location information recorded for the first user, wherein determining that the segment matches the first user'"'"'s current activity includes determining that the at least portion of location information recorded for the first user matches at least a portion of a set of geographic information associated with the segment;

determining, without user intervention, a second user'"'"'s current activity that matches the segment based at least in part on at least a portion of location information recorded for the second user;

determining whether the second user comprises a concurrent user with respect to the first user on the segment based at least in part on;

determining a progress difference between the first user'"'"'s current activity and the second user'"'"'s current activity based at least in part on comparing the at least portion of location information recorded for the first user and the at least portion of location information recorded for the second user; and

comparing the progress difference to the stored user configured definition for the window of concurrency on the segment; and

communicating real-time segment performance information associated with the first user'"'"'s current activity on the segment based at least in part on the determination of whether the second user comprises the concurrent user with respect to the first user on the segment, wherein the second user is currently active on the segment.