CN104683569A - Method, system and device for automatically linking activity tracking device to user equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

Methods, systems and devices for linking devices to tracking devices are provided. One method includes obtaining a semi-unique identifier, by a device, from a website. The semi-unique identifier is used for an activity tracking device, matched with the website, of a user account. The method also includes scanning the semi-unique identifier, wherein the scanning is the scanning of notification messages generated by one or more activity tracking devices; identifying the activity tracking device by matching a notified semi-unique identifier with the semi-unique identifier obtained from the website; and linking the activity tracking device to the device, wherein the linking is established in a condition that a user is not required to link the activity tracking device to the device.

Description

For movable tracking equipment being automatically linked to the method for subscriber equipment, system and equipment

Technical field

The disclosure relates to the system and method for the linking communications between movable tracking equipment and client device.

Background technology

In recent years, healthy and body-building (fitness) demand shockingly increased.Because the body-building understood better is for the benefit of holistic health and body and mind, there is described growth.Regrettably, although it is such as numerous new technologies of the equipment and computer and so on of internet, connection that the modern cultural of today has been brought, people have become not too movable.In addition, many office works require that people are sitting in before computer screen in long-time section, This further reduces the activity level of people.In addition, the entertainment options of a lot of today relates to the interface relating to computer of viewing content of multimedia, computer social networking and other type.The computer activity of even now can be very voluminous with happiness, but such activity is tending towards the overall body movement reducing people.

There is provided to give the user paying close attention to healthy and body-building and measure or record their activity or the mode of shortage activity, often use body-building tracker.Body-building tracker is such as walked for measuring, move, run, sleep, be in inertia, by bike, the activity of to take exercise on elliptical exercise machine etc. and so on.Usually, can transmit and check the data of being collected by such body-building tracker on the computing device.But, often such data are provided as and there is the substantially cumulative of activity data that is complicated or that make us the interface obscured.In addition, the renewal between tracker and client device requires the synchronization scenario of wiring connector and/or complexity usually.

There is embodiment as described herein in this context.

Summary of the invention

The embodiment described in the disclosure provides and is provided for movable tracking equipment (ATD) and can automatically links to the system of the equipment of such as user's computing equipment and so on, device, computer-readable medium and method, and described user's computing equipment is such as smart phone, flat computer, laptop computer, computing equipment etc.In one implementation, automatically linking to movable tracking equipment uses the logic of ATD to realize noticing the identifier data obtained by subscriber equipment.The operating system that application is followed the tracks of in the activity performed on subscriber equipment can input when not requiring user or action to initiate to link with ATD when linking.In one example, described identifier data is half unique identifier (SU-ID) can noticed by ATD, can link to make scanning subscriber equipment and consult to confirm the correct connection with ATD.

In one embodiment, a kind of method is provided.The method comprises notices by movable tracking equipment the data comprising half unique identifier of movable tracking equipment.The notice of data is configured to for by the equipment Inspection at scanning institute notification data.The method comprises once half unique identifier is found by described equipment and mates the copy of half unique identifier obtained from the activity tracking website for user account by described equipment, then with described equipment connection.Then the method establishes the link with described equipment.Link when the movable tracking equipment that described device authentication has described half unique identifier is associated with user account and occur.In one embodiment, scanning, connection and link foundation are opened in response to equipment and are logged in and provides the application on the equipment of the access of user account and automatically occur.

In one embodiment, a kind of method is provided.The method is included in equipment place and obtains half unique identifier from website.Described half unique identifier is used for the movable tracker of the user account being paired to website.The method comprises by described device scan half unique identifier.Described scanning is the scanning of the notice message generated by nigh one or more movable tracker.The method is by carrying out identification activity tracker by half noticed unique identifier match in half unique identifier obtained from website.Then the method comprises linking between foundation activity tracker with equipment.Establish the link when not requiring user to initiate so that movable tracker is linked to equipment.

In another embodiment again, provide a kind of method.The method is included in tracking equipment place and receives request to match with the user account being managed the portal management applied by executed activity.Data are sent to website from tracking equipment in response to described request by the method.Described data comprise half unique identifier of tracking equipment.Described half unique identifier and user account are associated to make the client device being associated with user account have the access associated of half unique identifier to tracking equipment.The method comprises notices half unique identifier by tracking equipment.Half unique identifier described in the client means scans being associated with user account and be restricted to the connection of the tracking equipment noticing described half unique identifier.In one example, the sequence number of tracking equipment will have the sequence number comprising half unique identifier.In another embodiment, from sequence number at least partially draw half unique identifier.

In one implementation, the method is also included in and does not require that user automatically attempts with scan tracing equipment and finds the connection of the client device of described half unique identifier and tracking equipment be linked in client device when inputting to initiate to link.

In one implementation, described tracker can be linked to multiple client devices with the access to user account or the association to subscriber equipment.

In one implementation, sequence number will comprise various information, comprise device type or unit type data or edition data or build date or manufacture position or the number of seconds manufactured after zero point day or wherein two or more of any combinations.

In one implementation, half unique identifier for tracking equipment is generated by the sequence number obtaining tracking equipment or is obtained, and half unique identifier is the subset of sequence number.The subset of sequence number is for defining half unique identifier.In one embodiment, half unique identifier of each tracking equipment is defined by bit value.Bit value can be cycled to repeat.Such as, bit value can define the number of seconds after the zero point of manufacturing activities tracker.

In one implementation, more than one client device is associated with user account, and more than one client device can be linked to tracking equipment.

In one implementation, scan half unique identifier and should be used for management by client activities, with make by the notification device not noticing half unique identifier from the connection of client device get rid of.

In one implementation, for client device, when opening client activities application, the method performs the scanning for half unique identifier.Scan when not requiring user to input tracking equipment to be linked to client device, and the effect prevented with the equipment connection without described half unique identifier is played in scanning.

In another embodiment, a kind of tracking equipment being arranged to the activity of catching for user is provided.Described equipment comprises housing and places in the housing to catch the transducer of the exercise data be associated with the activity of user.Described equipment also comprises the memory of half unique identifier for storing caught exercise data and tracking equipment.In certain embodiments, described memory can the sequence number of memory device, and this sequence number comprises half unique identifier.Described equipment comprises for managing the processor of tracking equipment by the connection of wireless connections and client device.Processor is configured to data to be sent to the client device communicated with website from tracking equipment.Described data comprise half unique identifier of tracking equipment.Described half unique identifier is associated with the user account at website place to make the client device being associated with user account have the access of half unique identifier to tracking equipment.The notice that processor is configured to realize half unique identifier can scan half unique identifier with the client device making to be associated with user account and set up and the linking of tracking equipment.

In an embodiment, a kind of equipment being attachable to wrist is provided.This equipment comprise battery, for generation of altitude information altimeter, for catch the exercise data be associated with the activity of user accelerometer, for show data screen, for realizing with the telecommunication circuit of the radio communication of client device, for storing the memory of caught exercise data, altitude information and half unique identifier.This equipment also comprises the processor of the connection for managing equipment use telecommunication circuit and the client device being attachable to wrist.Processor is configured to data to be sent to the client device communicated with website from the equipment being attachable to wrist.Described data comprise half unique identifier of the equipment being attachable to wrist.Described half unique identifier is associated with the user account of the user at website place to make the client device being associated with user account have the access of half unique identifier to the equipment being attachable to wrist.The notice that processor is configured to realization double unique identifier can scan half unique identifier with the client device making to be associated with user account and set up and the linking of the equipment being attachable to wrist.

Additionally provide store by the executable program command of processor for the computer-readable medium of management activity tracking equipment to the AutoLink of computing equipment.

Other side becomes apparent from the detailed description below in conjunction with appended accompanying drawing, and it describes the principle of the embodiment described in the disclosure by way of example.

Accompanying drawing explanation

The various embodiments described in the disclosure can be understood best by reference to the following description combining appended accompanying drawing.

Figure 1A shows the block diagram of movable tracking equipment according to an embodiment of the invention.

Figure 1B illustrates the example of movable tracking equipment according to an embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 1 C illustrates another example of movable tracking equipment according to an embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 illustrates the example comprising the movable tracking equipment of the interface being used in the activity of tracking equipment and the exemplary components of motion and being associated with display screen according to an embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 3 illustrates according to an embodiment of the invention with devices communicating with the example of the movable tracking equipment docked with server.

Fig. 4 illustrates the wherein user according to an embodiment of the invention just movable tracking equipment (ATD) 100 of wearing and just using the embodiment of equipment.Fig. 5 illustrates the embodiment that wherein ATD according to an embodiment of the invention and website (site) match.

Fig. 6 illustrates in which during operation ATD and devices communicating to realize link embodiment of ATD and equipment.

Fig. 7 A illustrates wherein multiple ATD according to an embodiment of the invention and may reside in wherein subscriber equipment and just attempting being connected to an example in the ad-hoc location of the correct ATD of specific user.

Fig. 7 B illustrates the example wherein according to user account user A with two ATD (such as, tracker 1 and tracker 2) be associated with account.

Fig. 8 A illustrates the example that the wherein ATD executable operations in one embodiment of the present of invention can occur to make AutoLink.

Fig. 8 B illustrates wherein equipment according to an embodiment of the invention can operate to set up the example linked with ATD.

Fig. 8 C illustrates according to an embodiment of the invention wherein equipment and can operate to set up and the linking and perform the example of the checking of correct ATD of ATD.

Fig. 9 illustrates the example wherein can being caught by movable tracking equipment or be collected various types of User Activity according to various embodiments of the present invention.

Embodiment

The embodiment described in the disclosure provides and makes movable tracking equipment (ATD) can automatically link to the system of the equipment of such as user's computing equipment (smart phone, flat computer, laptop computer, computing equipment etc.) and so on, device, computer-readable medium and method.In various embodiments, with logic the AutoLink to movable tracking equipment is configured to realize to notice identifier data that (advertise) obtained by subscriber equipment, with make when do not require user to input or action to initiate to link subscriber equipment can link with ATD.In one embodiment, identifier data is half unique identifier (SU-ID) can noticed by ATD, the subscriber equipment wanting to link with ATD can be found and consult the connection to ATD.

In one implementation, notice is the function performed by the logic of atd circuit (such as, firmware, hardware, software, circuit, logic etc.), and the logic of this atd circuit makes it possible to launch wireless data.The data launched can be any sizes, although by making the data that are advertised little, ATD utilizes less power with transmitting data.In one implementation, the data of launching noticed by ATD are the form of one or more bit or one or more grouping (packet).Such as, grouping can be called notice grouping.In order to the object of further example, such notice grouping can be by the form of bluetooth low-yield (BT LE) standard definition or form.In other embodiments, data or grouping can be defined by any agreement, standard or noncanonical format.

In the example of BT LE standard, ATD serve as can notify its meaningful to be sent to the miscellaneous equipment of " scanning " from (slave) equipment." notice " message can also comprise the identifier data of event or measured value or certain form.In one embodiment, the logic of ATD is configured to notice draws from device identifier or its part (such as, device identifier is sequence number), calls it as half unique identifier (SU-ID) here.Although can notice all size or part or whole equipment Serial Number, notice and be less than the power consumption that whole equipment Serial Number saves ATD, this extends the use between charging.For an implementation, SU-ID is 16 bits.In one example, 16 than holding as very equally distributed, and much equipment is got rid of by scanning, thus reduce attempt with the connection of ATD not noticing SU-ID.Although SU-ID is not exclusively unique, it is enough unique, makes the equipment of user should only need to be connected to the possible coupling of very little quantity.

As mentioned above, SU-ID can distribute to avoid making too many tracker notice identical SU-ID equably or at least in part.In one implementation, from the sequence number of ATD, draw, generate or obtain SU-ID (such as, SU-ID can be a part for sequence number).In a configuration of sequence number, one of field in sequence number represents the data having manufactured day " number of seconds (seconds from midnight) since zero point ".Thus, SU-ID can be the one or more bit values having represented " number of seconds since zero point ".In one example, when manufacturing line all day (or within a period of time) and run with relatively consistent speed (or the interval of a certain change or speed), can suppose that SU-ID to have in those number of seconds the equal opportunity of any one.

By selecting the value of SU-ID changed for different ATD, SU-ID can be considered to be substantial uniform distribution.As a result, the multiple trackers existed in identical near zone have the less chance of identical SU-ID.Thus, SU-ID is unique across all trackers unlike sequence number.Only such as, if SU-ID is from 1 to 1000 range, can expect has the chance of 1/1000 to have identical SU-ID for two trackers.But, if be distributed as crooked (skewed), to make 50%, there is SU-ID between 1-100, then given two trackers, more they identical SU-ID may will be had.When the number of seconds after zero point is used as half unique identifier, the possible number of seconds that 3600 of tasking sequence number can be divided different will be there is.Inventionbroadly, SU-ID is selected/is assigned as time dependent number, and therefore, the tracker that there are two vicinities will have the possibility of the minimizing of identical SU-ID.

In alternative embodiment, SU-ID by ATD, generated by the equipment of such as phone, flat computer, portable set, laptop computer or any computing equipment and so on, or can be generated by website 350.In certain embodiments, stochastic generation SU-ID.If stochastic generation SU-ID, then SU-ID needs not be a part for sequence number and does not need to generate based on sequence number.Therefore, should be understood that the generation of SU-ID can take various configuration.If stochastic generation, then SU-ID can be represented by the data of such as one or more bit and so on.In one embodiment, the data data that can also be alphanumeric data or digitally represent.In one implementation, random SU-ID can be produced by the random number generator producing random code or data.

In one embodiment, apply (APP) to be arranged on the equipment of user.Such as, the equipment of user can operate any amount of operating system, the iOS of such as Apple, the Android (Android) of Google, the Windows of Microsoft, the OS etc. of blackberry, blueberry company.As mentioned above, equipment can have any form factor, such as smart phone, flat computer, laptop computer, personal digital assistant, glasses, computer etc.In one embodiment, the APP be arranged on equipment will be that movable tracking applies (such as, see Fig. 3, item 202).In order to the object of example, describe the iOS of apple, but as mentioned above, this process can be made to use any operating system on the equipment of any type to operate, as long as enabling wireless communication.Therefore, movable tracking application 202 communicates with the operating system of the equipment being such as iOS, and this operating system will detect and start APP 202.

APP 202 knows the SU-ID of the equipment being registered to user account.In one example, website will transmit Sequence Number subscriber equipment, and this sequence number comprises SU-ID, or website can send SU-ID self to subscriber equipment.Then iOS can use SU-ID to identify the ATD of the SU-ID noticing coupling, and iOS can be connected to each in ATD to determine which ATD is associated with user account.In most of implementation, a small amount of ATD by be present in user equipment near, therefore, probably iOS only will be connected to the ATD noticing coupling SU-ID.Once find correct ATD, iOS will automatically link to ATD.

In one embodiment, automatically mean that user does not need to initiate link process.Once user opens the APP on the equipment of user, when there is no user intervention (such as, do not require that user clicks icon, control piece (control), configuration interface etc. on APP to initiate the link process with ATD), the link process of ATD and final link that SU-ID is being noticed in search operates.

In alternative embodiment, unique ID (UID) of ATD can be noticed.Although this will consume more power than SU-ID, but some embodiment may require the identification of more accurate ATD, such as when needing speed to get the link of ATD (such as, avoid the connection of multiple coupling, even if the plurality of coupling is few).

Computing equipment can be the computer that executed activity follows the tracks of application (APP).Computing equipment can take any form, as long as it can process information, loading and perform application, and wirelessly can communicate with movable tracking equipment.In order to example object, computing equipment can be computer, any equipment of Tablet PC, smart phone, flat computer, laptop computer, desktop computer, wrist-watch computer, eyeglass computer or the access had memory and disposal ability.

In one embodiment, ATD is configured to collect exercise data, activity data and other data, such as height or relative altitude data, barometric information, heart rate data, temperature data, data with alert, target data, historical state data, treated data, undressed data etc.

In addition, although computing equipment can have the access to Internet connection usually, each transmission between movable tracking equipment and computing equipment does not require Internet connection.When computing equipment is connected to internet, computing equipment then can by data syn-chronization to server.In one embodiment, server can be the virtualized server etc. in one or more distributed server, data center, distributive data center.In one embodiment, server performs and realizes applying the activity management that the user account of the tolerance be associated with movable tracking equipment is accessed.

It should be noted that many inventions that existence describes and illustrates here.Invention had both been not limited to any single aspect and had also been not limited to embodiment, any combination being also not limited to such aspect and/or embodiment and/or displacement.In addition, each aspect of the present invention and/or embodiment can adopt separately or one or more combinations of other side with the present invention and/or embodiment.For the sake of brevity, manyly will here not discuss separately in those displacements and combination.

Further, describing and illustrating in process of the present invention, set forth various circuit, framework, structure, assembly, function and/or element and its combination and/or replace.Should be understood that being different from those describes especially and the circuit, framework, structure, assembly, function and/or the element that illustrate and its combination and/or displacement are expected and within the scope of the invention.

Figure 1A shows the block diagram of movable tracking equipment 100 according to an embodiment of the invention.Movable tracking equipment 100 comprises in the housing, and this housing can be dressed by user or hold.Housing can be the form of fixture on muffetee, equipment, wearable device, or can hold in the hand of user or in pocket by user or be attached to the health of user.Movable tracking equipment 100 comprises apparatus assembly 102, and it can be logic, firmware, holder and glue logic, one or more processor, microelectronic device and the form to connection circuit.In one example, assembly 102 will comprise processor 106, memory 108, wireless transceiver 110, user interface 114, biometric (biometric) transducer 116 and environmental sensor 118.

Environmental sensor 118 can be the form of motion detection sensor.In certain embodiments, motion sensor can be one or more in accelerometer or gyroscope or rotary encoder or calorie measuring transducer or calorimetry transducer or humidity measuring transducer or displacement transducer or sonac or pedometer or altimeter or linear-movement pickup or angular motion sensor or multiaxial motion transducer or its combination.Biometric sensors 116 can be defined by the physiological characteristic of the user measuring use activity tracking equipment 100.User interface 114 provides the mode communicated with movable tracking equipment 100 in response to user interactions 104.User interactions 104 can be Body contact form (such as, but not limited to, pressing button, touch, draw sweep, rub, repeatedly touch, gesture etc.).

In certain embodiments, user interface 114 is configured to receive with the user interactions 104 of noncontact input form.Noncontact input can be the mode by proximity sense, button press, touch sensitive screen input, graphical user interface input, phonetic entry, Speech input etc.Movable tracking equipment 100 can use wireless transceiver 110 to communicate with client and/or server 112.Permission activity tracking equipment 100 is used wireless connections to communicate by wireless transceiver 110, and these wireless connections are realized by radio communication logic.Radio communication logic can be the form of the circuit with radio communication capability.The form that radio communication capability can be Wi-Fi connection, bluetooth connects, low-yield bluetooth connects or wireless network share other form any of (tethering) or near-field communication.In other embodiment again, movable tracking equipment 100 can use wired connection (not shown) to come and other computing device communication.As mentioned, environmental sensor 118 can the motion of detected activity tracking equipment 100.

Motion can be the activity of user, such as walks, runs, stair climbing etc.Motion can also be the form of the Body contact that any surface of movable tracking equipment 110 receives, as long as environmental sensor 118 can detect such motion from Body contact.As will be explained in more detail, Body contact can be by finger tapping down or the form of repeatedly touching on the housing of movable tracking equipment 100.

Figure 1B illustrates the example with the movable tracking equipment 100 of housing 130 of the wearable form of the equipment of wrist that is attachable to.As mentioned above, the transducer of movable tracking equipment 100 can detect such as be applied to housing 130 surface on and the motion of the Body contact that receives on the surface of housing 130 and so on.In the illustrated example, Body contact is the form of touching or repeatedly touching surface.In one embodiment, apparatus assembly 102 is included in housing 130.Apparatus assembly can comprise circuit, firmware (such as, renewable firmware), processor, battery, logic etc.The position that apparatus assembly 102 is integrated in housing 130 can change.Such as, apparatus assembly 102 can be integrated in the various positions around housing 130, and is not limited to be attachable to the equipment of wrist or the middle body of chipset.In certain embodiments, apparatus assembly 102 can be integrated in intelligent watch equipment or with intelligent watch integration of equipments.

In other embodiments, apparatus assembly 102 is positioned at the middle position of the equipment being attachable to wrist substantially, such as under the position that display screen 122 is positioned at or the position that is positioned at of contiguous display screen 122.In illustrated example, housing 130 also comprises button 126.Button 126 can be pressed to activate display screen 122, navigate to the various tolerance of display on screen 122 or close screen 122.

Fig. 1 C illustrates another example of movable tracking equipment 100 according to an embodiment of the invention.The form factor of movable tracking equipment 100 show be comprise the screen 122 be integrated in housing 130, button 126 and apparatus assembly 102 can pointing device.Housing 130 can comprise and allows to be attached to the clothes of user or the fixture of article or be placed in user's pocket or supporter by equipment simply.Therefore, can also realize on the surface of the movable tracking equipment 100 of Fig. 1 C about the Body contact shown by Figure 1B.Therefore, should be understood that the form factor of movable tracking equipment 100 can adopt various configuration and should not be limited to the example arrangement provided here.

Fig. 2 illustrates the example of the movable tracking equipment 100 of Figure 1A-1C, shows some additional exemplary components of activity and the motion being used in tracking equipment and is associated with the interface of display screen 122.In one example, the finger of user can be used in touching and provide Body contact on any surface of movable tracking equipment 100.When the transducer 156 by movable tracking equipment 100 senses, Body contact will cause the response of movable tracking equipment 100, and therefore on display screen 122, provides certain to measure.In one embodiment, the example of display screen 122 can include but not limited to liquid crystal display (LCD) screen, light-emitting diode (LED) screen, Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) screen, plasma panel etc.

As shown in Figure 2, movable tracking equipment 100 comprises logical one 58.Logical one 58 can comprise movable trace logic 140, Body contact logical one 42, display interface logical one 44, alert management logical one 46, pairing and link logical one 47, radio communication logical one 48, processor 106 and transducer 156.Other logic can provide with the form of the firmware that can frequently upgrade.In one example, firmware, software, logic etc. can perform and manage pairing and link logical one 47.In addition, holder (such as, memory) 108 and battery 154 can be integrated in movable tracking equipment 100.Movable trace logic 140 can comprise the logic being configured to process the exercise data produced by transducer 156, to quantize motion and to produce and the discernible tolerance be associated of moving.

Some motions are by generation and quantize various types of tolerance, such as walk the calorie etc. of counting, the stair number of climbing, the distance of advancing, very active the number of minutes, burning.Body contact logical one 42 can comprise calculating or determine when given body contact can regard the logic of input as.In order to regard input as, the Body contact detected by transducer 156 should have the AD HOC that identifiable design is input.Such as, input can scheduled justice become to double-click input, and Body contact logical one 42 can analyze motion to determine whether to double-click certain generation in response to analyzing the sensing data produced by transducer 156.

In other embodiments, Body contact programming in logic can be become determine when time of occurring between specific Body contact, Body contact and whether this one or more Body contact will limit (qualify) in predefined motion profile, indicative input is expectation by described motion profile.If the Body contact not in certain predefined profile or pattern occurs, then Body contact logic will not indicate or not regard this Body contact as input.

Display interface logical one 44 is configured to processor and Body contact logic interfacing to determine when that specific metric data will be presented on the display screen 122 of movable tracking equipment 100.Display interface logical one 44 can work to open screen, display metric, display character or alphanumeric information, display graphics user interface figure or its combination.Alert management logical one 46 can work to be provided for manage and receive input from user to arrange user interface and the setting of alarm.Alert management logic can be docked with timing module (such as, clock, calendar, time zone etc.), and can the activation of alert trigger.Alarm can be the form of audible alarm or non-audible alarm.

Non-audible alarm can provide such alarm in the mode of vibration.Vibration can be produced by the motor be integrated in movable tracking equipment 100.Vibration can be defined by comprising various vibration mode, intensity and self-definedly arrange pattern.The vibration produced by one or more motor of movable tracking equipment 100 can be managed by the process of alert management logical one 46 associative processor 106.Radio communication logical one 48 is arranged to the communication of the mode by wireless signal of movable tracking equipment and another computing equipment.Wireless signal can be the form of radio signal.As mentioned above, radio signal can be Wi-Fi signal, Bluetooth signal, low-yield bluetooth (such as, LE bluetooth) signal or its form combined.Radio communication logic can be docked with the processor 106 of equipment 100, holder 108 and battery 154, be sent to computing equipment for by the activity data be stored in holder 108, this activity data can be the form of exercise data or treated exercise data.

In one embodiment, processor 106 works in conjunction with various logic assembly 140,142,144,146,147 and 148.In one embodiment, processor 106 can provide any one or the whole functions in logic module.In other embodiments, multiple chip can be used in being separated the process performed by any one in logic module and processor 106.Transducer 156 can communicate with processor 106 and/or logic module via bus.Holder 108 also with bus communication to provide the storage of the exercise data being processed by movable tracking equipment 100 or followed the tracks of.Battery 154 is provided for and supplies power to movable tracking equipment 100.

Fig. 3 illustrates the example that movable tracking equipment 100 communicates with equipment 200.Equipment 200 be can with the computing equipment of movable tracking equipment 100 and internet 160 radio communication.Equipment 200 can support installation and the execution of applying (such as, APP, mobile APP etc.).Such application can comprise movable tracking application 202.Movable tracking application 202 can be downloaded or local installation from server.Server can be to provide application to the private server of equipment or generic server, such as application repository.Follow the tracks of application 202 once movable mounted in the device 200, equipment 200 can communicate with movable tracking equipment (ATD) 100 (device A) or be configured to communicate with.As described below, first ATD 100 provides the website to the user of the tolerance produced by ATD and information accesses (such as, via user account) to match with management ATD.Being paired to website can by having the mode of internet with the subscriber equipment (such as, using OS or cyberdog (dongle) equipment of smart phone) of the access of the website of management ATD.

Equipment 200 can be smart phone, handheld computer, flat computer, laptop computer, desktop computer or can any other computing equipment of docking wireless with device A.In one embodiment, equipment can also have for the circuit and logic with Internet traffic.However, it is to be understood that and do not require that Internet connection can communicate with movable tracking equipment 100 to make equipment 200.

In one embodiment, equipment 200 and movable tracking equipment 100 are connected by bluetooth and communicate.In one embodiment, bluetooth connects is that low-yield bluetooth connects (such as, bluetooth LE, BLE or blue-tooth intelligence).Low-yield bluetooth is arranged to the low-power consumption provided relative to standard bluetooth circuit.In one embodiment, low-yield bluetooth uses the radio frequency of 2.4GHz, and this allows dual-mode equipment to share single radio antenna.In one embodiment, low-yield bluetooth connects can in the distance work up to 50 meters, the wherein range of air data rate between 1-3 megabit (Mb) is per second.In one embodiment, can be defined by specific radio link for the adjacency communicated, and not rely on any specific criteria.Should be understood that adjacency restriction by according to the change of existing standard and look to the future standard and/or circuit and ability change.

Equipment 200 can also use Internet connection and internet 160 (such as, cloud) to communicate.The Internet connection of equipment 200 can comprise that honeycomb connects, the wireless connections of such as Wi-Fi and so on and its combination (connection such as switched between dissimilar connecting link).As mentioned above, equipment can be smart phone or flat computer or the computing equipment with the access to internet and other type any of the ability for communicating with movable tracking equipment 100.

In one embodiment, the server 220 docked with internet 160 is also provided.One or more server 220 can comprise multiple application of service activity tracking equipment 100 and the user be associated by the movable tracking equipment 100 of the mode of user account.Such as, server 220 can comprise activity management application 224.Activity management application 224 can comprise the logic for providing the access to various equipment 100, and described various equipment 100 is associated with the user account managed by server 220.Activity management application 224 can be presented by website 350.Website 350 can provide user interface, this user interface realizes the mark of the tracking equipment that user account, user data and website (such as, website) match, historical data, information, social data, social connections, rewards, the access of the medal that wins etc.Server 220 can comprise the holder 226 (or multiple storage vault, it can comprise local holder, distributed storage device, data center's holder etc.) comprising various user account and the user profiles that is associated.User account 228a for user A and the user account 228n for user N shows for comprising various information.

Information can include but not limited to equipment-user account data 300, system configuration, user's configuration, setting and data etc.Holder 226 will comprise any amount of user profiles of the quantity of the registered user depending on the user account had for its corresponding movable tracking equipment.It should further be appreciated that unique user account can make various or multiple equipment associated with it, and the plurality of equipment can be customized by user, manages and access individually.

The data from multiple ATD can also be collected and it is associated with the user account of website.In one configuration, the logic of website can manage the data of every user account from more than one equipment.Data can be used for each tracking equipment by pre-assignment or tissue or can mix based on priority rule or combine.In other embodiments, the tolerance of collecting from multiple equipment can be processed to provide the tolerance through refining.Then can access, present or check the tolerance through refining on website 350 or on the equipment of calling party account.

In one embodiment, user account will comprise half unique identifier (SU-ID) of each equipment be associated with user account.As described herein, in one embodiment, SU-ID is a part (such as, the part of 16 bits of sequence number) for the sequence number of ATD.In one embodiment, the user account managed by website 350 can also store the complete sequence number be associated with user account 228.As mentioned above, tracker can comprise to the initial pairing of website and makes tracker send complete sequence number to website.Thus, website will comprise the sequence number of SU-ID by having.

Should be understood that SU-ID to be defined as comprises more less than complete sequence number or more, and therefore 16 bit examples are only example.

In initial pairing (or the again match) period of ATD to website, the SU-ID of ATD is supplied to website.As mentioned above, in one example, ATD will send complete sequence number to website, and this complete sequence number will comprise SU-ID.In holder 302, website is then by storage sequence number, and it comprises the SU-ID of the tracker be associated with user account.Then, as described herein, ATD uses SU-ID to realize AutoLink in it is noticed.

As further shown, in one embodiment, ATD 100 can the holder 108 of stores activity data 304, device id 306 and SU-ID 302 by comprising.As mentioned above, device id 306 can be the sequence number of ATD 100.SU-ID 302 is parts of sequence number.In one example, only memory device ID 306, and notice to realize, ATD obtains the SU-ID part of sequence number.This information is stored in ATD 100.In one embodiment, the logical one 58 of ATD will comprise firmware, logic, the software that realization use device id 306 (that is, sequence number) generated or obtained SU-ID 302.

The activity data of ATD can be processed to identify the multiple tolerance be associated with exercise data or out of Memory.Can with the various graphical user interface of the website realized by server 220 to illustrate tolerance.Website can comprise the various pages with graphical user interface, checks for the user be associated with user account for reproducing and showing various tolerance.In one embodiment, website can also comprise the permission data inputting of user and the interface of configuration.

Configuration can comprise which tolerance of definition will be presented on movable tracking equipment 100.In addition, which tolerance configuration can comprise will be the mark of the first tolerance be presented on movable tracking equipment.Shown by movable tracking equipment first tolerance can be inputted in response to the user of movable tracking equipment 100.As noted above, user's input can be the mode by Body contact.Body contact is limited to determine whether Body contact is considered as input by the processor of movable tracking equipment 100 and/or logic.Input can trigger or make the display screen of movable tracking equipment 100 to open to show specific tolerance, and this specific tolerance is easily selected by a user the first tolerance for showing.In another embodiment, the first tolerance shown in response to input can be predefined as default value by system.

The configuration provided by the mode that server 220 and activity management apply 224 by user can also be provided by the mode of the activity tracking application 202 of computing equipment 200.Such as, the movable multiple screens followed the tracks of application 202 and can comprise the tolerance that also display is associated with the exercise data of catching of movable tracking equipment 100.Movable tracking application 202 can also allow the user at various graphical user interface screens place to input and be configured to arrange and define which input generation to be shown.Configuration can also allow user to select the different tracker that will match with it in the different time, such as when user account is associated with more than one tracker equipment.

Fig. 4 illustrates the wherein user according to an embodiment of the invention just movable tracking equipment (ATD) 100 of wearing and in the embodiment using equipment 200.In this implementation, user is in process ATD 100 being paired to website 350 (website).ATD 100 comprises the firmware of the process instruction had for generating SU-ID.ATD is also configured to the sequence number of ATD to be sent to equipment 200.Then sequence number will be sent to website 350 via internet 160 by equipment 200.In another embodiment, user can use the cyberdog being connected to the computer with Internet connection that ATD 100 is paired to website.In this embodiment, cyberdog wirelessly can communicate with ATD, and user can sign in the website 352 allowing ATD to the matching operation of user account.

As directed, website 350 can comprise multiple user account 228, and each user account is associated with the tracker (ATD) being paired to user account.In this example, user is user A, and user has the ATD-1 being paired to its account.In addition, the account of user A is associated with the SU-ID of ATD-1.Being associated with SU-ID can by the mode of complete sequence number obtained from ATD, and wherein each complete sequence number comprises SU-ID.In a similar fashion, one or more tracker can be associated with their respective user account by other users of such as user B, C, N and so on.When user C, two trackers (ATD-1 and ATD-2) have been associated with the account of user C, together with to the association of corresponding SU-ID (such as, and in one example, respective sequence number), relation or pointer/quote.

In one embodiment, ATD 100 is configured to its sequence number is sent to website 350 for arriving the account of user and associating of corresponding ATD.As directed, website 350 can be managed by the server 220 communicated with its holder 226.User account 228 is defined in the addressable holder of server 220.Website logic 402 can comprise activity management application 224.Activity management application 224 can work with leading subscriber account 228.The management of the ATD assigned and corresponding SU-ID can also be managed by website logic 402.

Fig. 5 illustrates the embodiment that wherein ATD according to an embodiment of the invention is paired to website 350.In operation 502, calling party account is to be paired to website by ATD.User account can be such as new user or existing user.In every case, user can add ATD (such as, one or more) and the SU-ID that is associated to its account.In operation 504, equipment 200 can scan to find that user may wish the available ATD of the user account being paired to website place.In another embodiment, the equipment performing scanning can also be cyberdog.In operation 506, select one of found ATD for being associated with user account by user.

On ATD 100 operation firmware (or logic) can during matching operation with devices communicating.During this matching operation, the sequence number of ATD 100 can be sent to equipment 200 or cyberdog by ATD 100.Sequence number (such as, comprising the SU-ID for ATD 100) is then sent to website 350 by equipment 200 or cyberdog, and then this sequence number is associated with the account of user as illustrated in fig. 4.

Fig. 6 illustrates in which during operation ATD 100 communicates to realize ATD 100 and equipment 200 link embodiment with equipment 200.Such as, once ATD 100 has been associated with the account of the user on website and SU-ID is known for website, then ATD 100 establishes the link requiring to the communication after a while of equipment 200.In this example, in operation 602, ATD 100 comprises the notice message of the SU-ID of ATD 100 by producing.

At equipment side, equipment 200 will have movable tracking and apply, and user can log in this activity and follow the tracks of application with the user account of access in website place (such as, website 350).Activity on equipment 200 is followed the tracks of application and will be carried out the user account being connected to website place, and the sequence number (it comprises SU-ID) that will be provided with for the one or more ATD be associated with account.

In operation 608, open and application on logging device 200 with the user account at access site place.In operation 610, scanning is had the ATD of the SU-ID of user account by equipment 200.The application performed on the device 200 also will utilize the function of operating system to realize scan A TD and the message noticed from ATD.In operation 612, utilize the equipment 200 of the logic of operating system (in the example of Apple iOS) and application by each connection had in the ATD of SU-ID realized with find.Usually, assuming that other users without ATD nearby, an only equipment will be found in the adjacent domain of equipment 200.

In one implementation, even if find an only equipment with correct SU-ID, process finds correct ATD by still verifying.In one example, this process uses all or a part of ATD confirming to find of (full) sequence number to be completely correct ATD for signing in the user of equipment 200 or certain miscellaneous equipment.As mentioned above, sufficient sequence number can be supplied to equipment 200 by website 350, therefore, equipment 200 is confirmation for correct ATD or checking by having the access of sufficient sequence number with the SU-ID found, and this correct ATD belongs to the user signing in application via equipment 200.

More than one user is dressing in other embodiment of ATD in specific near zone wherein, and probably more than one ATD will have identical SU-ID.But this quantity will be little relative to not searching for or filter for the known SU-ID of the application performed by equipment 200.

Because generate the set with the possible ATD of the notice message of identical SU-ID significantly to reduce, equipment 200 will only need the little subset being connected to ATD to determine whether to find for the correct ATD of user.

If multiple ATD has identical SU-ID, application can be connected to each successively and check for the part of complete sequence number or sequence number or other identification data.When there is no SU-ID, applying and needs are connected to search for the ATD expected with much more ATD.

In operation 604, when carry out executable operations 610 and 612 by equipment 200 period during, ATD 100 will with equipment 200 swap data.In operation 614, equipment 200 has identified the correct ATD 100 that will link with it, and in operation 606, performs AutoLink operation with ATD 100.As used herein, AutoLink means that equipment 200 does not require that user selects when signing in the application on equipment 200 to be paired to specific ATD 100.Alternatively, user only signs in application 200, and the logic in application and the OS (operating system) on equipment 200 scan and identify correct ATD 100, and automatically establishes the link.This AutoLink occurs and without the need to user's input, opens and sign in except the application on equipment 200 except making user.

Fig. 7 A illustrates wherein multiple ATD according to an embodiment of the invention and may reside in wherein subscriber equipment and just attempting being connected to an example in the ad-hoc location of the correct ATD of specific user.User account 300 shows the user account for user A, associates tracker 1 and the SU-ID of (such as, being paired to) with user account with it before.User account 300 can be stored in the holder can accessed by website 350 by cloud internet 160.Equipment (can be equipment 200) will have the access to website 350 and user account.As in the embodiment in fig 6, equipment 200 will comprise the application of such as application tracking application and so on.Then can open and log in application to initiate AutoLink.Therefore AutoLink by when not making user select to occur when any linked operation, and operates in the background.

In operation 702, at website place, open for user A and log in application.Such as, apply and will be established to the Internet connection of website 350 to realize the access to the account of user A.At this time durations, neighbouring movable tracking equipment can generate the notice message that 602 have their respective SU-ID.In operation 704, equipment 200 can scan the ATD of the SU-ID with user account.As mentioned above, equipment can utilize the scan operation provided by operating system to identify or to locate the notification data provided by neighbouring ATD.

In one embodiment, wherein can detect that the near zone of notice message can up to about 50 meters, or in the ability of home environment constraint or restriction or bluetooth LE signal of communication.In other embodiments, depend on technology and the communication protocol of use, other distance can be defined.

In operation 706, equipment communicates with each ATD with this SU-ID and is connected, until find correct ATD.As mentioned above, utilize the equipment 200 of application and operating system by execution scanning and be connected to ATD, to find the ATD with this SU-ID.There is iff one the SU-ID of coupling, then connect and will proceed to AutoLink 708.If more than one ATD has the SU-ID of coupling, the application on equipment 200 will check that the complete sequence number of ATD is to determine which ATD is correct ATD.

In this example, determine that tracker 1 is one in the ATD of the right of way signal of the SU-ID of the SU-ID generating the tracker 1 had in the user account of match user A.When linking of devices is to tracker 1, then AutoLink will proceed in operation 708.As mentioned above, link occurs automatically, and when not having user intervention or being selected by user, occurs in the operation performing to identify correct ATD between equipment and ATD.User signs in the user account in the application of equipment simply, and the equipment in backstage will be consulted and identify that suitable ATD is to set up AutoLink.

Fig. 7 B illustrates the example wherein according to user account 300 user A with two ATD (such as, tracker 1 and tracker 2) be associated with account.Such as, their notice message with their respective SU-ID can be sent at multiple ATD of specific location.As in the embodiment of Fig. 7 A, for user A, equipment 702 will be opened application and sign in the user account at website place.In one embodiment, if user saves login certificate, then it can be automatic for signing in account.In such an arrangement, user only needs to open application, and this application makes user automatically sign in his or his account.

In operation 704 and 706, scanning is had the ATD of the SU-ID of user account by equipment, and it is each to connect in ATD, until find correct ATD.In this example, found there is point more than one ATD tasking the SU-ID of the account of user A.For this configuration, can generate to the message of the user on equipment 200 to select one in ATD to link, as shown in operation 708 at this specific time prompting.In operation 710, user chooses the link of tracker, and it allows equipment and tracker 2 AutoLink.In the configuration, equipment has identified two trackers belonging to user account A.Although user has selected to link with tracker 2, can to user provide interface with link at tracker 1 instead of tracker 2 or chain take back between tracker 1 switch.This provide and be connected to multiple tracker and the efficient mode of the data of access track device or function by the mode of the application of equipment for equipment.In another example, equipment 200 can be linked to more than one equipment simultaneously.

Fig. 8 A illustrates the example that the wherein ATD executable operations in one embodiment of the present of invention can occur to make AutoLink.In operation 802, notification data is generated by ATD, and it comprises the SU-ID of tracker.

In operation 804, ATD communicates with the devices exchange with SU-ID.As mentioned above, when equipment is opened and signed in user account, slave site is obtained SU-ID by equipment, and this user account preserves the sequence number (and SU-ID) for the account.Thus, in operation 804, tracker will notice SU-ID, and equipment will have the knowledge of SU-ID to identify that ATD is for linking.In operation 806, tracker is linked to the equipment of the SU-ID with coupling.Again, as mentioned above, if multiple ATD has identical SU-ID, will further determine to verify the ATD mated with a part for complete sequence number or sequence number.

Fig. 8 B illustrates wherein equipment 200 according to an embodiment of the invention can operate to set up the example linked with ATD.In operation 808, when equipment is opened application and is signed in user account, the sequence number that equipment will obtain for the ATD of this user account.In operation 810, scanning is noticed the tracker of its SU-ID by equipment.In operation 812, equipment will identify the tracker with the SU-ID obtained from sequence number.

In one embodiment, if more than one ATD has identical SU-ID, then operate 813 and perform alternatively.In this operation, sufficient sequence number may be used for correctly identifying ATD.In operation 814, assuming that do not have other tracker to have identical SU-ID, correct equipment by with the tracker AutoLink with the SU-ID mated.

In another embodiment, substitute operation 813, process operation 813-1.In operation 813-1, after SU-ID has been defined as coupling, correctly identify ATD.In this implementation, even if equipment 200 finds an only ATD with the SU-ID of coupling, this ATD is verified as the correct ATD be associated with the user account on website 350.In an example arrangement, by ATD complete, completely or partially sequence number compared with the sequence number of ATD.ATD will communicate with equipment 200, and wherein ATD will provide sequence number to equipment 200, and equipment 200 can be verified or confirm that the ATD with coupling SU-ID is correct ATD.In alternative embodiment, other data except sequence number can be used in checking.As mentioned above, depend on implementation, data can be predefined, pre-assignment or stochastic generation.

In one implementation, following operation can be performed first tracker is paired to website, and then use application to be automatically linked to tracker after a while.Such as, user uses cyberdog or equipment that tracker is paired to website.In one embodiment, equipment can be iOS device.In this implementation, cyberdog/iOS scan for available devices.User is paired to one in found equipment.Tracker sends the various information about equipment to website.Such as, can transmit Sequence Number.Sequence number can have various component, such as build date, manufacture day from the number of seconds, manufacturing location, device type etc. since zero point.SU-ID can be a part for the sequence number for ATD, and such as definition has manufactured the Bit data from the number of seconds since zero point of day.Website receive sequence number and SU-ID can be drawn from sequence number.

In this implementation, SU-ID is the sub-fraction of sequence number.As just example, as described above, it can be should equally distributed 16 bits.Equally, SU-ID non-fully is unique, but enough uniquely makes iOS or code should only need to be connected to the possible coupling of very little quantity.Tracker can be noticed with half unique ID (SU-ID) now.

Every now and then, user can open and sign in Mobile solution (such as, movable tracking is applied).But iOS application is understood tracker and has been paired and is not linked.IOS application scanning equipment and check correct half unique ID.It should be understood that scanning is that the processor of much less compared with connecting completely and power consumption are intensive.IOS application is connected to each tracker with correct ID, until it finds correct tracker.

By using SU-ID, equipment can identify suitable tracker when not having user intervention on backstage.This process makes disposal ability and/or the power consumption (which obviating the unnecessary connection for finding right tracker) of likely saving ATD and equipment.In addition, by using half unique ID, noticing grouping is little (such as, in one example, 16 bits).Completely unique ID will be larger and will require that more energy is to broadcast continuously, but likely use completely unique ID in alternative embodiments.

When the restriction not to other and by the mode of various embodiment of the present invention, some advantages are possible.Such as, user no longer needs to initiate link process.Application can inquire website whether exist link and do not draw excess power much more very with the tracker of scan tracing device.In addition, application does not need to be connected to each tracker to find correct tracker.Half unique ID is used to play the effect reducing possible coupling.Half unique ID (SU-ID) also allows to notice the data more less than completely unique ID, which reduces power.

In one embodiment, if additional ATD to be added to user account (such as, being paired to website), then website can send permission selection or message or the link of accessing another ATD to equipment.Such as, user may wish to be linked to one that user added in two or more ATD of his or his account.User can select user to wish to be linked to which ATD (such as, by selecting in the tracker on website) after opening website.Then equipment 200 will perform the background scanning of ATD, and find the correct ATD of the SU-ID with coupling.Thus, to website, to their corresponding user account, website can provide additional SU-ID to equipment which tracker to add (such as, matching) by user based on.Therefore, which tracker current link website sends about to account and the application message of tracker identifier (such as, SU-ID) of adding.In this implementation, tracker is served as from role, the look and Mobile solution plays the lead.

In another embodiment again, tracker can serve as leading role's look and Mobile solution can serve as from role.In arbitrary configuration, the coupling of tracker or discovery use the mark of SU-ID, and this SU-ID is known to the application on website and equipment 200.In this way, likely scan correct ATD in the background when there is no user intervention or have minimum user intervention and complete AutoLink.

Equipment 200 serves as from an example of role wherein, and equipment 200 can be configured to broadcast or advertising identification data.The identification data that equipment 200 is broadcasted can be such as that it wishes sequence number or the SU-ID of the ATD be connected to.In the configuration, ATD can be placed in or be configured in realization scanning or the broadcast of discovering device 200 or the pattern of notification data.

In another configuration, ATD is configured with additional communication capacity, communicates with website 350 to allow ATD.In one configuration, ATD (such as, having logic/circuitry) can use wireless connections (such as cellular link, WiFi link, Bluetooth link etc.) to come directly and site communication.In another embodiment, ATD can be linked to another equipment to be implemented to the communication of website 350.Such as, ATD can utilize the communication capacity of smart phone, and it will make ATD can be connected with website 350.

In one configuration, ATD can access site 350 to obtain the sequence number of one or more tracker equipments or SU-ID that are associated with user/user account.Such as, user can dress or carry multiple tracker equipment, and an ATD can be configured to the main equipment scanning other ATD, and it realizes link and collects tracking data from multiple equipment.In one embodiment, the data obtained from various ATD can be used in identical tolerance or different tolerance.When the tolerance of identical collection, application 202 is followed the tracks of in the logic of website 350 or the activity of equipment 200 can determine from each ATD, select which data.In the example of tolerance adopting step number, can think that ATD 1 has than ATD 2 and better or more accurately measure capacity gauge, and thus the tolerance of the employing step number of ATD 1 will be presented on website.In other embodiments, the access to the complete tolerance of collecting from all ATD can be provided to the application on website and/or mobile device.In other embodiments, by tolerance that is synchronous based on the priority rule being visited by the logic of website 350 and/or the application of equipment 200 and realized or that filter from multiple ATD.

Remember above configuration, should be understood that tracker or equipment 200 can serve as from or leading role's look one.In arbitrary role, sequence number or SU-ID is used to scan the quantity that can be used in the equipment/tracker that must be connected to when reducing the equipment when searching is correct with the ability of identification equipment or application.As mentioned above, should be understood that sequence number is only an example of the data that can be used in recognition and tracking device or equipment, and other data can be used.Data for identifying can be assigned based on any tolerance or logic, or can use random number or data genaration etc. to generate.Therefore, SU-ID can generate or obtain from the data of any type, and is not only sequence number.Once find SU-ID on notice/broadcasting equipment, can inquire about other data with confirmation equipment (such as, tracker equipment or equipment 200) for correct equipment (such as, depend on which be from and which be main).

In one configuration, movable tracker is paired to the account based on web (network) of user.Client application can sign in the identical account based on web.Hope easily should require and obtain data from the movable tracker of pairing by client application.In the configuration, need to set up certain durable bond efficiently between self and movable tracker.This combination can be the record of Bluetooth pairing or simple such as certain other persistent identifier of MAC Address or equipment UUID and so on.

In one example, broadcast is used as half unique identifier of prompting by tracker.If half unique identifier match, then it is probably correct tracker.Then client application will be connected to tracker and inquire about complete device identifier.In this example, after the complete device identifier of checking, the durable bond between foundation activity tracker and client application.

In alternative configuration, each tracker has once be connected to the unique identifier just can asked.This identifier possibility is oversize and can not broadcast in notice.Thus, in the configuration, client application must be connected to its each movable tracker found, until it finds one with correct unique identifier.

Fig. 9 illustrates the example wherein can being caught various types of User Activity 900A-900I by movable tracking equipment 100 according to an embodiment of the invention.As shown, various types of activity can generate the dissimilar data can caught by movable tracking equipment 100.As described above, can be expressed as exercise data (or treated exercise data) data can by transmission 920 to network 176 for by server process and preservation.In one embodiment, movable tracking equipment 100 can use wireless connections to communicate equipment, and equipment can with the application communication run on the server and synchronous caught data.In one embodiment, the application operated on the local device of such as smart phone or flat computer or intelligent watch and so on can be caught from movable tracking equipment 100 or be received data and with multiple tolerance to represent large stretch of exercise data.

In one embodiment, equipment collects physiology and/or the environmental data of one or more type from the transducer embedded and/or external equipment, and by such metric transmission or be relayed to miscellaneous equipment, it comprises the equipment that can be used as the addressable data source in internet, thus permit checking collected data, such as, web browser or network application is used.Such as, when user just wearing movable tracking equipment time, equipment can use one or more transducer to calculate and store the step number of user.Then the data of the step number representing user are sent to the account on web services, computer, mobile phone or healthy station by equipment, wherein can be stored by user, process and visualized data.In fact, except the step number of user or the step number of alternative user, other physiological measurements multiple can also be measured or calculate to equipment.

Some physiological measurements includes but not limited to that energy ezpenditure (such as, the calorie of burning), that climb and/or decline floor, heart rate, changes in heart rate, heart rate recovers, position and/or direction (heading) are (such as, pass through GPS), height above sea level, flow velocity and/or the distance of advancing, the number of turns of swimming, distance and/or speed by bike, blood pressure, blood sugar, skin conductance, skin and/or body temperature, electromyogram, electroencephalogram (EEG), weight, body fat, calorie picked-up, the nutrition of absorbing from food, ingestion of medicines, sleep cycle (namely, clock time), sleep stage, sleep quality and/or duration, PH level, hydration level, and respiratory rate.Equipment can also be measured or calculate the tolerance of the environment related to around user, such as air pressure, weather condition are (such as, temperature, humidity, pollen amount, air quality, rain/ice-lolly part, wind speed), exposure (such as, surround lighting, UV exposure, spend adusk time and/or duration), Noise Exposure, radioactive exposure and magnetic field.

The counterattack number of the motion that the forehand number of the motion that the golf number that the revolution of the bicycle pedal that the number of steps that the number of steps that the weight that the weight that further again, other tolerance can comprise the calorie of user's burning without limitation, user increases, user lose, user's (such as climbing etc.) rise, user decline, user rotate the step number of walking or period process of running, user, sedentary activity data, steering vehicle, user carry out, user carry out, user carry out or its combination.In certain embodiments, sedentary activity data refer to inactive activity data or passive activity data here.In certain embodiments, when user is not in sitting or not in bed, user is movable.In certain embodiments, user may stand on the monitoring equipment of the physiological parameter determining user.Such as, subscriber station is being measured on the weight of user, body fat percentage, biomass index or its scale (scale) combined.

In addition, the equipment or the system that arrange (collate) data flow can calculate the tolerance obtained from these data.Such as, equipment or system can calculate pressure and/or the relaxation level of user by the combination of changes in heart rate, skin conductance, noise pollution and sleep quality.In another example, equipment or system can be taken in by medicine, sleep and/or the efficiency of medical intervention (such as, medicine) is determined in the combination of activity data.In another example again, equipment or system can be taken in by pollen data, medicine, the efficiency of allergy medication is determined in the combination of sleep and/or activity data.There is provided these examples with only for illustration of and be not intended to as restriction or limit.

This information can be associated with the account of user, and the account of this user should be able to be used for managing by the activity management on server.Activity management applies the account of user and the access of data that can provide preserving thereon.The active manager application run on the server can be the form of web application.Web application can provide the access to the multiple Web site screen and webpage that mensural information is described in various formats.This information can be checked by user, and synchronous with the computing equipment of the user of such as smart phone and so on.

In one embodiment, received by computing equipment by the data that movable tracking equipment 100 is caught, and the application of synchronized that the activity on geodata and services device is measured.In this example, the data using movable tracking application (app) can check on the computing device with the data syn-chronization presented on the server, and can be associated with the account of user.In this way, illustrated application of synchronized in the various screens that the information in application of following the tracks of of the activity on typing computing equipment can be applied with the activity management provided by server on website.

User visits to any equipment of the access of internet the data be associated with user account therefore, it is possible to use has.The data received by network 176 then can with the various device synchronization of user, and the analysis on server can provide data analysis with provide to the recommendation of additional activity and/or healthy in improvement.Therefore process continues, and wherein catches, analyzes, synchrodata, and produces and recommend.In certain embodiments, the data caught can be registered (itemize) one by one based on the type of the activity be performed and divide, and such information can via graphical user interface or the user be supplied to by the mode (mode by graphical user interface) of the application performed on the smart phone of user on website.

In an embodiment, one or more transducers of equipment 100 can determine or capture-data to determine the amount of movement of monitoring equipment within a period of time.Such as, transducer can comprise accelerometer, magnetometer, gyroscope or its combination.Inventionbroadly, these transducers are inertial sensor, and it catches some Mobile data in response to equipment 100 is moved.When user perform within a period of time cat ladder, walking, running etc. movable time may the amount of being moved (such as, the motion of sensing).Monitoring equipment can be worn in wrist, by user and carry, is worn on clothes (use clip or be placed in pocket), is attached on leg or pin, is attached to chest, the waist of user or is integrated in clothes article (such as shirt, cap, pants, jacket, glasses etc.).All possible modes that the transducer that these examples are not limited to equipment can be associated with monitored user or things.

In other embodiments, biology sensor can determine the physiological property of any amount of user.As another example, biology sensor can determine the heart rate of user, hydration level, body fat, bone density, finger print data, rate of perspiration and/or bio-impedance.The example of biology sensor comprises biometric sensors, physiological parameter sensors, pedometer or its combination without limitation.

In certain embodiments, the data be associated with the activity of user can be monitored by should be used on the equipment of server and user, and can share the activity be associated with the friend of user, acquaintance or social networks companion based on the mandate of user.This provides the competition of the body-building about them, reaches target, receives for the badge reaching target, obtains for the prompting reaching such target, for the ability of remuneration or discount etc. reaching some target for friend.

In another embodiment again, equipment can comprise one or more accelerometer.In a particular example, equipment can comprise 3 axle accelerometers.In another embodiment again, 3 axis accelerometers can making for substituting or copying with the accelerometer of the separation of orthogonal location (such as, 3 accelerometers).

As mentioned, movable tracking equipment 100 can communicate with computing equipment (such as, smart phone, flat computer, desktop computer or have radio communication access and/or computer equipment to the access of internet).Computing equipment then can by the network service of such as internet or Intranet and so on to provide data syn-chronization.Network can be wide area network, local area network (LAN) or its combination.Network can be coupled to one or more server, one or more virtual machine or its combination.The controller of server, virtual machine, monitoring equipment or the controller of computing equipment are called computational resource sometimes.The example of controller comprises processor and memory devices.

In one embodiment, processor can be general processor.In another embodiment, processor can be the processor being configured to the customization running special algorithm or operation.Such processor can comprise digital signal processor (DSP), and it is designed to run with certain chip, signal, line or mutual, and performs some algorithm, process, state diagram, feedback, detection, execution etc.In certain embodiments, processor can comprise application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) (ASIC), programmable logic device (PLD), CPU (CPU) or its combination etc. or dock with it.

In certain embodiments, one or more chip, module, equipment or logic can be defined to perform instruction or logic, its jointly can regard as or characterization to processor.Therefore, it should be understood that processor not necessarily needs is an one single chip or module, but can define from electronics or coupling assembling, logic, firmware, code and its set of combining.

The example of memory devices comprises random access memory (RAM) and read-only memory (ROM).Memory devices can be flash memory, redundant arrays of inexpensive disks (RAID), hard disk or its combination.

Embodiment described in the disclosure can be put into practice with various computer system configurations, comprise handheld device, microprocessor system, based on microprocessor or programmable consumer-elcetronics devices, mini-computer, mainframe computer etc.Some embodiments described in the disclosure can also be put into practice in distributed computing environment, and wherein task is performed by the remote processing devices by linking based on wired or wireless network.

Remember above embodiment, it should be understood that the multiple embodiments described in the disclosure can adopt the various computer implemented operation relating to storage data in computer systems, which.These operations are operations of the physical manipulation of requirement physical quantity.Any operation of the part of the various embodiments that formation as described herein describes in the disclosure is useful machine operations.The some embodiments described in the disclosure also relate to for performing these equipment operated or devices.Can constructing apparatus be for a certain object especially, or device can be the computer optionally being activated by the computer program stored in a computer or configured.Specifically, various machine can use together with the computer program write according to instruction here, or can construct more professional device more easily to perform required operation.

The various embodiments described in the disclosure can also be embodied as the computer-readable code in non-transitory computer readable medium.Computer-readable medium be can store after any data storage device of data that can be read by computer system.The example of computer-readable medium comprises hard drives, Network Attached Storage (NAS), ROM, RAM, CD ROM (CD-ROM), can record CD (CD-R), can rewrite CD (RW), tape and other optics and non-optical data memory device.Computer-readable medium can comprise the computer-readable tangible medium in the computer system being distributed in network coupling, stores in a distributed fashion to make computer-readable code and performs.

Although describe method operation with specific order, but it should be understood that and can perform other housekeeping operation between operations, or carry out executable operations with the order being different from shown order, or operation can be adjusted occur in the slightly different time to make them, or can be distributed in allow process operation with and process in the system of the generation at various intervals be associated.

Although the embodiment before having describe in detail, for the object of clear understanding, it is evident that, can be put into practice some within the scope of the appended claims and change and revise.Therefore, the present embodiment will be considered to illustrative and unrestriced, and the various embodiments described in the disclosure will not be restricted to details given here, but can revise in the scope of claims and equivalent.

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1. a method, comprising:

Noticed the data comprising half unique identifier of movable tracking equipment by movable tracking equipment, the notice of data is configured to for the equipment Inspection at scanning institute notification data;

Once find half unique identifier by described equipment and the copy of half unique identifier that obtained by described equipment of half unique identifier match, then with described equipment connection; And

Establish the link with described equipment, link when the movable tracking equipment that described device authentication has described half unique identifier is associated with user account and occur, the method is performed by processor.

2. method according to claim 1, wherein obtains half unique identifier for described equipment according to the account of activity tracking website or from file or from the Local or Remote holder of described equipment.

3. method according to claim 1, also comprises:

Repeat to notice, connect and establish the link to realize and the communicating of the second equipment.

4. method according to claim 1, also comprises:

Use the sequence number of movable tracking equipment to generate half unique identifier, or half unique identifier is a part for the sequence number of movable tracking equipment.

5. method according to claim 1, wherein notices described half unique identifier and comprises the Wireless Telecom Equipment of use activity tracking equipment to send one or more notice grouping.

6. method according to claim 5, wherein uses low-yield (BT LE) agreement of bluetooth or bluetooth (BT) agreement or WiFi agreement or cellular protocol or two or more combination to process radio communication.

7. a method, comprising:

The request that receives at tracking equipment place is to match with the user account being managed the portal management applied by executed activity;

In response to described request, data are sent to website from tracking equipment, described data comprise half unique identifier of tracking equipment, and described half unique identifier and user account are associated to make the client device being associated with user account have the access associated of half unique identifier to tracking equipment; And

Notice half unique identifier by tracking equipment, be wherein associated with client means scans half unique identifier of user account and be restricted to the connection of the tracking equipment noticing half unique identifier, described method is performed by processor.

8. method according to claim 7, also comprises:

Automatic trial and scan tracing equipment and find the connection of the client device of half unique identifier; And

When inputting when not requiring user to initiate to link, tracking equipment is linked in client device.

9. method according to claim 8, wherein said tracking equipment can be linked to multiple client devices of the access had user account.

10. method according to claim 7, wherein said data comprise the information be associated with the sequence number of tracking equipment, make described half unique identifier be a part for sequence number or draw from sequence number.

11. methods according to claim 7, half unique identifier wherein for tracking equipment is generated by following:

Obtain the sequence number of tracking equipment and the subset of identification sequence number, the subset of sequence number for defining half unique identifier, or

Produce random code.

12. methods according to claim 7, the client device be wherein associated with user account,

Perform client activities and follow the tracks of application;

Wherein said client activities follows the tracks of the access that application has the relation between double unique identifier and tracking equipment;

Scanning wherein for half unique identifier should be used for management by client activities, the notification device making not notice described half unique identifier from the connection of client device get rid of.

13. methods according to claim 7, wherein for the client device in a plurality of client device, when opening client activities application, perform the scanning for described half unique identifier, when not requiring user to input tracking equipment to be linked to client device, described scanning occurs, and the effect prevented with the connection of the equipment without described half unique identifier is played in described scanning.

14. methods according to claim 13, wherein open client activities application and comprise the certificate of use for user account to log in client activities application, during first time or subsequent login to client activities application, described login at least occurs once.

15. methods according to claim 7, wherein notice by using wireless radio communication to send the notice that grouping promotes half unique identifier.

16. methods according to claim 15, wherein said wireless radio communication is promoted by low-yield (BT LE) agreement of bluetooth or bluetooth (BT) agreement or WiFi agreement or cellular protocol or its combination.

17. methods according to claim 16, wherein transmit half unique identifier in the notice grouping of formaing according to BT LE agreement.

18. methods according to claim 17, wherein said half unique identifier is noticing 16 bit data elements transmitted in the payload of grouping.

19. methods according to claim 18, also comprise:

Initiate by movable tracker the broadcast noticing grouping when movable tracker is not linked to client device.

20. 1 kinds of tracking equipments being arranged to the activity of catching for user, comprising:

Housing;

Place in the housing to catch the transducer of the exercise data be associated with the activity of user;

For storing the memory of half unique identifier of caught exercise data and tracking equipment; And

For managing the processor of tracking equipment by the connection of wireless connections and client device, processor is configured to data to be sent to the client device communicated with website from tracking equipment, described data comprise half unique identifier of tracking equipment, described half unique identifier is associated with the user account at website place to make the client device being associated with user account have the access of half unique identifier to tracking equipment, the notice that processor is configured to realize half unique identifier can scan half unique identifier with the client device making to be associated with user account and set up and the linking of tracking equipment.

21. equipment according to claim 20, wherein said housing be the wearable structure being attachable to wrist or can be carried by user or dress can the part of attaching structure, and the wearable structure being attachable to wrist is defined by plastic material at least partly.

22. equipment according to claim 20, wherein said housing also comprises the radio communication logic for being transmitted data by wireless connections.

23. equipment according to claim 20, wherein said client device is arranged to campaign management services device by access to the Internet, and campaign management services device stores half unique identifier of the tracking equipment be associated with user account;

Wherein one or more tracking equipments can be associated with user account, and each tracking equipment has corresponding half unique identifier; And

Wherein processor execution has the firmware of program command to realize described link.

24. equipment according to claim 20, wherein said housing is a part for the intelligent watch with radio communication logic.

25. 1 kinds of methods, comprising:

Scan by half unique identifier of device broadcasts by movable tracking equipment;

Being found that by movable tracking equipment half unique identifier connects described equipment and movable tracking equipment after being half unique identifier of described equipment, movable tracking equipment is configured to inquire about described equipment to obtain the device identification (ID) of described equipment;

When the device id coupling of described equipment is stored in the copy of device id in movable tracking equipment by described linking of devices to movable tracking equipment; And

When not requiring user to input link, process connects and link automatically, and described method is performed by processor.

26. 1 kinds of methods, comprising:

Scan by half unique identifier of device broadcasts by movable tracking equipment;

Being found that by movable tracking equipment half unique identifier connects described equipment and movable tracking equipment after being half unique identifier of described equipment, movable tracking equipment is configured to inquire about described equipment to obtain the device identification (ID) of described equipment; And

When the device id coupling of described equipment is stored in the copy of device id in movable tracking equipment by described linking of devices to movable tracking equipment;

Wherein movable tracking equipment operates in initiate scanning to described equipment in holotype, and described equipment operating is from pattern, and the method is performed by processor.

27. methods according to claim 25, wherein for miscellaneous equipment multiple scanning and the connection with half unique identifier, until mate between device id and the copy of device id.

28. 1 kinds of methods, comprising:

Scan by half unique identifier of device broadcasts by movable tracking equipment;

Being found that by movable tracking equipment half unique identifier connects described equipment and movable tracking equipment after being half unique identifier of described equipment, movable tracking equipment is configured to inquire about described equipment to obtain the device identification (ID) of described equipment; And

When the device id coupling of described equipment is stored in the copy of device id in movable tracking equipment by described linking of devices to movable tracking equipment;

Wherein movable tracking equipment is configured to store the optional equipment ID be associated with the equipment that predefine becomes to be linked to movable tracking equipment, and described method is performed by processor.

29. methods according to claim 28, wherein become to be linked to movable tracking equipment by equipment predefine based on such as the initial pairing of equipment as described in defining in user account to movable tracking equipment.

30. methods according to claim 29, wherein said user account maintenance activity tracking equipment is to the current association of one or more equipment.

31. methods according to claim 30, wherein said user account is managed by Website server.

32. 1 kinds of methods, comprising:

Scan by half unique identifier of device broadcasts by movable tracking equipment;

Being found that by movable tracking equipment half unique identifier connects described equipment and movable tracking equipment after being half unique identifier of described equipment, movable tracking equipment is configured to inquire about described equipment to obtain the device identification (ID) of described equipment; And

When the device id coupling of described equipment is stored in the copy of device id in movable tracking equipment by described linking of devices to movable tracking equipment;

Wherein the user account of Website server is safeguarded,

For the movable tracking equipment of user account to the current association of one or more equipment, and

For the current association of the additional movable tracking equipment of user account, wherein said method is performed by processor.

33. 1 kinds of methods, comprising:

Scan by half unique identifier of device broadcasts by movable tracking equipment;

Being found that by movable tracking equipment half unique identifier connects described equipment and movable tracking equipment after being half unique identifier of described equipment, movable tracking equipment is configured to inquire about described equipment to obtain the device identification (ID) of described equipment; And

When the device id coupling of described equipment is stored in the copy of device id in movable tracking equipment by described linking of devices to movable tracking equipment;

Wherein device id is in the sequence number of described equipment or unique identifier or media access controller (MAC) number;

Wherein said method is performed by processor.

34. methods according to claim 33, wherein said unique identifier,

Generate from device id; Or

Obtain from a part for device id; Or

Pre-association in device id stochastic generation number.

35. methods according to claim 25, wherein broadcast half unique identifier and comprise by the Wireless Telecom Equipment of described equipment and send data.

36. methods according to claim 35, it is at least part of that wherein said Wireless Telecom Equipment realizes using in the broadcast of low-yield (BT LE) agreement of bluetooth or bluetooth (BT) agreement or WiFi agreement or cellular protocol or two or more combination.

37. methods according to claim 25, wherein device id is in the sequence number of described equipment or unique identifier or media access controller (MAC) number, and wherein unique identifier generates from device id, or obtain from a part for device id, or pre-association in device id stochastic generation number.

38. methods according to claim 25, wherein said movable tracking equipment is configured to store the additional device id be associated with the equipment that predefine becomes to be linked to movable tracking equipment, and based on the pairing in advance carried out of the equipment such as defined in user account to movable tracking equipment, equipment predefine is become to be linked to movable tracking equipment, and user account maintenance activity tracking equipment is to the current association of one or more equipment.

39. according to method according to claim 38, and wherein said user account is managed by Website server.

40. according to method according to claim 39, and wherein said half unique identifier is noticing the Bit data transmitted in the payload of grouping, notices grouping and broadcasted by described equipment.

41. 1 kinds of tracking equipments being arranged to the activity of catching for user, comprising:

Housing;

Place in the housing to catch the transducer of the exercise data be associated with the activity of user;

Memory, can initiate the device identification (ID) of the equipment of connection with it or link for storing caught exercise data and tracking equipment; And

Be configured to scan the processor by half unique identifier of described device broadcasts, after being found that by tracking equipment half unique identifier is half unique identifier of described equipment, processor realizes the connection of equipment and tracking equipment, tracking equipment is configured to inquire about described equipment to obtain the device identification (ID) of described equipment, when the device id coupling of described equipment is stored in the copy of device id in the memory of tracking equipment, processor by described linking of devices to tracking equipment;

Wherein the processor of tracking equipment comprises circuit, and at least one in described circuit comprise have program command with realize link firmware circuitry.

42. tracking equipments according to claim 41, wherein said housing is the wearable part being attachable to the structure of wrist, or that can be carried by user or dress can attaching structure, and the wearable structure being attachable to wrist is defined by plastic material at least partly, described housing also comprises the battery for providing power to tracking equipment.

43. tracking equipments according to claim 41, wherein said housing also comprises the radio communication logic for realizing wireless connections.

44. 1 kinds of tracking equipments being arranged to the activity of catching for user, comprising:

Housing;

Place in the housing to catch the transducer of the exercise data be associated with the activity of user;

Memory, can initiate the device identification (ID) of the equipment of connection with it or link for storing caught exercise data and tracking equipment; And

Be configured to scan the processor by half unique identifier of described device broadcasts, after being found that by tracking equipment half unique identifier is half unique identifier of described equipment, processor realizes the connection of described equipment and tracking equipment, tracking equipment is configured to inquire about described equipment to obtain the device identification (ID) of described equipment, when the device id coupling of equipment is stored in the copy of device id in the memory of tracking equipment, processor by described linking of devices to tracking equipment;

Described equipment is portable computing device, described equipment is arranged to and passes through access to the Internet with campaign management services device, the user account that campaign management services utensil has tracking equipment to associate, and the additional tracking equipment of user account realization associates with attached portable formula computing equipment, and its association is for realizing corresponding link.

45. 1 kinds of methods, comprising:

Scan by half unique identifier of device broadcasts by movable tracking equipment, by the movable tracking equipment in holotype in response to the user at movable tracking equipment place input perform scanning with the linking of scanning and described equipment;

Being found that by movable tracking equipment half unique identifier connects the device to movable tracking equipment after being half unique identifier of described equipment, movable tracking equipment is configured to inquire about described equipment to obtain the sequence number of described equipment; And

When the sequence numbers match of described equipment is stored in the copy of the sequence number in movable tracking equipment, described equipment is automatically linked to movable tracking equipment, by movable tracking equipment described equipment to movable tracking equipment the pairing carried out in advance during obtain the copy of the sequence number of described equipment, described method is performed by processor.

46. methods according to claim 45, wherein perform the process of connection and AutoLink when not requiring user to input link.

47. methods according to claim 46, wherein said movable tracking equipment is configured to store the appended sequence number be associated with the equipment that predefine becomes to be linked to movable tracking equipment, and based on the pairing in advance carried out of the equipment such as defined in user account to movable tracking equipment, equipment predefine is become to be linked to movable tracking equipment, and user account maintenance activity tracking equipment is to the current association of one or more equipment.