CN107329965A

CN107329965A - Method, system and equipment for making activity tracking equipment and computing device data syn-chronization

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Publication number: CN107329965A
Application number: CN201710324879.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: J.帕克; B.布顿; H.潘特; E.弗里伊德曼
Original assignee: Fitbit LLC
Current assignee: Feibit Co ltd
Priority date: 2013-10-02
Filing date: 2014-10-08
Publication date: 2017-11-07
Anticipated expiration: 2034-10-08
Also published as: CN104519123A; CN104519123B; CN107329965B

Abstract

The application is related to for making method, system and the equipment of activity tracking equipment and computing device data syn-chronization.The data for capturing the activity data associated with User Activity via equipment, and are sent to client device by the method provided by the present invention, system and equipment based on update condition with selected defined transfer rate.The activity data is captured over time.The activity data is stored in the storage device of the equipment.Methods described sets the data transfer rate between the equipment and computing device based on the update condition detected.The update condition is used to select one in following transfer rate：The first transfer rate for being transmitted in the activity data being captured and stored in a period of time, or for transmitting the second transfer rate of the activity data that generally can be shown in real time on said computing device.First transfer rate is set in response to scaling up connection interval, and the second transfer rate is set in response to scaled connection interval.

Description

For make the method for activity tracking equipment and computing device data syn-chronization, system and Equipment

The application is the divisional application for the application for a patent for invention that national applications number is 201410524729.9, the patent of invention The international filing date of application is on October 8th, 2014, entitled " to be used to make activity tracking equipment and computing device data same Method, system and the equipment of step ".

Technical field

This disclosure relates to for capturing the activity data in a period of time and by between tracking equipment and client device Data transmit synchronized system and method.

Background technology

In recent years, the demand for health and body-building increases substantially.This growth is due to more fully understand Benefit of the good body-building custom for overall state of wellness.Regrettably, although current modern cultural is brought perhaps More new technology, such as internet, connection equipment and computer, but the activity of people has become fewer and fewer.In addition, many is done The public long-term sitting of room job requirement people is before computer screen, and This further reduces personal activity.In addition, many current Amusement selection be related to and check content of multimedia, computer social networks and the other types of interaction for being related to computer.Although This computer activity can be with great effect and recreational, but the overall body that this activity often reduces individual is lived It is dynamic.

In order to concern health and body-building user provide measure or illustrate they activity or whether the side of shortage activity Method, can usually use body-building tracker.Body-building tracker is used to measure activity, such as walking, motion, running, sleep, non-activity, Cycling, exercise etc. in elliptical machine (elliptical trainer).Generally, the data collected by this class body-building tracker It may pass to computing device and can check on the computing device.However, such data are generally with complicated or obscure interface The basic accumulation form of activity data provide.In addition, the renewal between tracker and client device usually require it is wired The synchronization scenario of connector and/or complexity.

Embodiment described herein is exactly produced in this context.

The content of the invention

Embodiment described in the disclosure provides based on the update condition detected to set activity tracking equipment and meter Calculate system, device, computer-readable medium and the method for the data transfer rate between device clients.Transfer rate is depended on Type/the amount for the data that will be transmitted according to update condition, is scaled up or is reduced by the connection interval for transmitting data To set.

There is provided a kind of method in one embodiment.Methods described includes capturing via equipment and User Activity phase The activity data of association.Activity data is captured over time, and activity data is quantized by multiple measure.Institute Stating method is used to activity data being stored in the storage device of equipment, and sets equipment with calculating via wireless communication link Standby connection.Methods described detects update condition when equipment is connected with computing device.Methods described is based on the renewal bar detected The data transfer rate that part comes between set device and computing device.Update condition is used to select one in following transfer rate It is individual：The first transfer rate for being transmitted in the activity data being captured and stored in a period of time, or can calculated for transmitting Second transfer rate of the activity data generally shown in real time in equipment.Update condition is used to detect activity tracking application The first transfer rate is selected when program is opened on the computing device, and update condition is used to be connected with computing device in equipment And activity tracking application program selects the second transfer rate when keeping it turned on, and methods described is performed by processor.

There is provided the equipment for being arranged to capture User Activity in another embodiment.The equipment includes shell With being placed in shell to capture the sensor of the activity data associated with User Activity.Activity data over time and by Capture, and activity data is quantized by associated multiple measure.Provide a store for being captured in the apparatus Activity data memory.The equipment further comprises being connected the equipment with computing device via wireless communication link Processor.When the equipment is connected with computing device, processor detection update condition, to cause processor to be based on detecting Update condition set the data transfer rate between the equipment and computing device.Update condition is used to select following transmission One in speed：The first transfer rate for being transmitted in the activity data being captured and stored in a period of time, or for passing The second transfer rate for sending activity data generally to show in real time on the computing device.Update condition is by based on detecting Calculate when the activity tracking application program in equipment is opened and select the first transfer rate, and for that can be set in the equipment with calculating Standby connection and the second transfer rate is selected when activity tracking application program is kept it turned on.

There is provided a kind of method in another embodiment.Methods described includes capturing via equipment and User Activity Associated activity data.Activity data is captured over time, and activity data is quantized by multiple measure. Activity data is stored in the storage device of equipment.Methods described is set including equipment is connected into calculating via wireless communication link It is standby and detect update condition.Methods described is based on the update condition detected come the data between set device and computing device Transfer rate.Update condition is used to select one in following transfer rate：It is captured and stored for being transmitted in a period of time Activity data the first transfer rate, or for transmitting the of the activity data that generally can be shown in real time on the computing device Two transfer rates.Update condition is used for the selection first when detecting the tracking application program of startup activity on the computing device and transmitted Speed, and update condition is further used for being connected with computing device in equipment and activity is tracked when application program is opened and selected Second transfer rate.Methods described is included activity data slave unit with selected first transfer rate or the second transfer rate It is sent to computing device.First transfer rate is set in response to scaling up connection interval, and the second transfer rate is rung It should be set in scaled connection interval, methods described is by computing device.

Also provide a store for can by the programmed instruction of computing device computer-readable medium, described program instruction use Data transmission between management activity tracking equipment and computing device client.

Other side will become obvious from below in conjunction with the detailed description that accompanying drawing is carried out, and the disclosure has been illustrated in accompanying drawing The principle of the embodiment of description.

Brief description of the drawings

The various embodiments of disclosure description can be best understood by reference to the description carried out below in conjunction with accompanying drawing.

Figure 1A shows the block diagram of the activity tracking equipment according to one embodiment of the invention.

Figure 1B shows the example of the activity tracking equipment according to one embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 1 C show another example of the activity tracking equipment according to one embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 shows the example of the activity tracking equipment according to one embodiment of the invention, the activity tracking equipment Include the associated interface of the activity for tracking equipment and the example components of motion, and display screen.

Fig. 3 shows the activity for communicating and being docked with server with remote equipment according to one embodiment of the invention The example of tracking equipment.

Fig. 4 A to Fig. 4 C show the implementation of the traffic operation between activity tracking equipment, client device and back-end server Scheme.

Fig. 5 is that displaying is connected interval setting with second according to the first of one embodiment of the invention the connection interval setting Between switching at runtime figure.

Fig. 6 show show according to one embodiment of the invention can be between activity tracking equipment and client device The figure of various periods when transmitting.

Fig. 7 shows the flow chart associated with one embodiment of the invention, wherein connection interval depend on activity with The update condition that is detected between track equipment and computing device (client device) and scale up or reduce.

Fig. 8 shows the flow chart of one embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 9 shows to capture or collect the various of user by activity tracks of device according to various embodiments of the present invention The example of type of activity.

Embodiment

Embodiment described in the disclosure is provided for the round data between activity tracking equipment and computing device The connection interval of transmission carries out system, device, computer-readable medium and the method for bi-directional scaling.Computing device can be execution The computer of activity tracking application program (APP).Computing device can use any form, as long as it can processing information, load simultaneously And application program is performed, and can be with activity tracking equipment radio communication.For example purposes, computing device can be calculating Machine, tablet PC, smart mobile phone, flat board, laptop computer, desktop computer, Watch computer, eyeglass computer or can Access memory and any equipment with disposal ability.

The bi-directional scaling at connection interval makes it possible to the update condition based on determination dynamically to set activity tracking equipment Data transfer rate between computing device.Update condition may include to detect application program on computing device (for example, living Motion tracking application program) have been switched on, so as to cause the first transfer rate to be set.First transfer rate has puts in proportion Big connection interval, it allows the package that upper frequency is sent between activity tracking equipment and computing device (for example, changing envelope Bag transmission frequency).

The scaled connection interval of first transfer rate makes it possible to larger data block and/or data quickly Record is downloaded to computing device from activity tracking equipment, so as to be shown in, application program is not opened or computing device is not in That is collected during with the range of the wireless connection of activity tracking equipment tracks or institute's monitoring information.In some embodiments, press Scaling connection interval also allows for transferring of data for carrying out firmware to equipment when needs, plan or requirement update Update.In one configuration, if update condition specified campaign tracking equipment is produced can be sent to meter when application program is opened Calculate the data of equipment, then connection interval can scaled the second number between setting activity tracking equipment and computing device According to transfer rate.In one embodiment, during the first transfer rate, the transmission of the data from activity tracking equipment is straight Setting is connect to website, for example, the storage device associated with managing the website for the account for being related to activity tracking information.In some realities Apply in scheme, computing device serves as the transfer canal between activity tracking equipment and website.

Second transfer rate, which is used to transmit, to be updated, so as to define on monitoring or capturing measuring for activity data. In scaled connection interval, data transfer rate is slower than scaled connection interval, but will transmit The amount of data is generally less or exactly by the data of activity tracking equipment detection/monitoring.Therefore, between scaled connection Every the second transfer rate be sufficient to will to be captured by activity tracking equipment, monitoring or the renewal of activity data collected will be sent to Computing device.Transmission, which updates, to be made it possible to just occur and can keep between activity tracking equipment and computing device in activity During connection, this activity data is handled by computing device and the generally display in real time on the screen of computing device.One In individual embodiment, the second transfer rate is sufficient so that external device (ED) (for example, computing device, smart mobile phone, flat board, on knee Computer, desktop computer, Watch computer, eyeglass computer etc.) potentially act as realtime curve device.

In addition, transmission data not necessarily be exercise data or activity data, but data may include it is any kind of Data, such as height or relative altitude data, barometric information, heart rate data, temperature data, alert data, target data, history shape State data, processed data, initial data etc..

In addition, though computing device generally may have access to internet connection, but it is not that activity tracking equipment is set with calculating Transmission each time between standby is required for internet to connect.When computing device is connected to internet, computing device can be with will Data syn-chronization is to server.In one embodiment, server can for one or more distributed servers, data center, Virtualized server in distributive data center etc..In one embodiment, server performs activity management application program, So that user account is able to access that associated with activity tracking equipment measure.

It should be noted that being described herein and illustrating many inventions.The invention is not restricted to its any single aspect or embodiment party Case, is also not necessarily limited to any combinations and/or the change of these aspects and/or embodiment.In addition, each aspect of the present invention and/ Or its embodiment can be used alone, or with the present invention one or more of the other aspect and/or its embodiment be applied in combination. For simplicity, many changes and combination during those change and combined will not be discussed individually herein.

In addition, during describing and illustrating the present invention, illustrating various circuits, architecture, structure, part, work( Can and/or element with and combinations thereof and/or change.It will be appreciated that cover the circuit in addition to those for being expressly recited and illustrating, Architecture, structure, part, function and/or element with and combinations thereof and/or change, and all within the scope of the present invention.

Figure 1A shows the block diagram of the activity tracking equipment 100 according to one embodiment of the invention.Activity tracking is set Standby 100 are included in shell, and the shell can be worn or be grasped by user.Shell can be in muffetee, equipment clip, wearable device Form, or can be grasped in the hand of user or be maintained at by user in pocket or be attached to user's body.Activity tracking equipment 100 Including part of appliance 102, it can be in logic, storage device and glue logic, one or more processors, microelectronic component and right Connect circuit form.In an example, part 102 includes processor 106, memory 108, wireless transceiver 110, user interface 114th, biometric sensors 116 and environmental sensor 118.

Environmental sensor 118 can be in motion detection sensor form.In some embodiments, motion sensor can be with Under it is one or more：Accelerometer, or gyroscope, or rotary encoder, or calorie measurement sensor, or thermal measurement sensing Device, or humidity measuring transducer, or displacement transducer, or ultrasonic sensor, or pedometer, or altimeter, or linear movement Sensor, or angular movement sensor, or multiaxial motion sensor or its combination.Biometric sensors 116 may be defined as surveying Amount uses the physiological characteristic of the user of activity tracking equipment 100.User interface 114 is provided in response to user mutual 104 and activity The mode that tracking equipment 100 communicates.User mutual 104 (can for example be not limited in physical contact, rap, slide, rubbing, many It is secondary rap, gesture etc.) form.

In some embodiments, user interface 114 is configured to receive the user mutual in noncontact input form 104.Noncontact input can be via proximity transducer, button, touch sensitive screen input, graphic user interface input, phonetic entry, sound Input etc..Wireless transceiver 110 can be used to be communicated with client and/or server 112 for activity tracking equipment 100.Wireless receiving and dispatching The permission activity tracking equipment 100 of device 110 is communicated using the wireless connection enabled by radio communication logic.Radio communication logic can In the circuit form with radio communication ability.Radio communication ability can be blue in Wi-Fi connection, bluetooth connection, low energy Tooth connection or the wireless sharing (tethering) or near-field communication form of any other form.In other embodiments, it is movable Wired connection (not showing) and other computing device communications can be used in tracking equipment 100.As mentioned, environmental sensor 118 The motion of detectable activity tracking equipment 100.

Motion can be User Activity, such as walking, running, speeling stairway.Motion can also appointing in activity tracking equipment 110 The physical contact form received on what surface, as long as detectable this type games caused by physical contact of environmental sensor 118 are Can.As explained in further detail below, physical contact can once be rapped or repeatedly in finger on the shell of activity tracking equipment 100 The form rapped.

Figure 1B shows the example of the activity tracking equipment 100 with the shell 130 in wearable wrist attached peripheral device form. The sensor of activity tracking equipment 100 can detect the motion for applying on the surface 120 of shell 130 and receiving as described above, such as Physical contact.In shown example, physical contact 124 is once rapped on surface 120 or repeatedly raps form.In a reality Apply in scheme, part of appliance 102 is contained in shell 130.Part of appliance 102 is integrated into the position alterable in shell 130.Lift For example, part of appliance 102 can be integrated at the various positions around shell 130, and is not limited in wrist attached peripheral device Center portion point.In some embodiments, part of appliance 102 can be integrated into intelligent watch equipment or integrally formed.

In other embodiments, part of appliance 102 is generally positioned at the center of wrist attached peripheral device, such as shows Below the location of screen 122 or near.In the example shown, shell 130 also includes button 126.Button 126 can be pressed Get off to start display screen 122, navigate to shown on screen 122 various and measure, or turn off screen 122.

Fig. 1 C show another example of the activity tracking equipment 100 according to one embodiment of the invention.Activity with The form-factor (form factor) of track equipment 100 be shown as can pointing device, it include screen 122, button 126 and integrate Part of appliance 102 in shell 130'.Shell 130' may include clip, its clothes or article for allowing to be attached to user, or Only equipment is placed in the pocket of user or clamper.Can also be Fig. 1 C's accordingly, with respect to Figure 1B physical contacts 124 shown Implement on the surface 120 of activity tracking equipment 100.It is therefore to be understood that the form-factor of activity tracking equipment 100 can use various Configure and should not necessarily be limited by provided herein is exemplary configuration.

Fig. 2 shows the example of Figure 1A activity tracking equipment 100, and it shows the activity and the one of motion for tracking equipment A little additional exemplary parts, and the interface associated with display screen 122.In this example, the finger of user can be used for Physical contact 124 is rapped and provided on any surface 120 of activity tracking equipment 100.Physical contact is by activity tracking equipment 100 sensor 156 will cause activity tracking equipment 100 to respond when sensing, and therefore be provided on display screen 122 Measure.In one embodiment, the example of display screen 122 may include but be not limited to liquid crystal display (LCD) screen, light-emitting diodes Manage (LED) screen, Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) screen, PDP etc..

Such as Fig. 2 displayings, activity tracking equipment 100 includes logic 158.Logic 158 may include movable trace logic 140, thing Reason contact logic 142, display interface logic 144, alarming and managing logic 146, radio communication logic 148, processor 106 and sensing Device 156.In addition, storage device (such as memory) 108 and battery 154 can be integrated in activity tracking equipment 100.Activity tracking Logic 140 may include to be configured to the exercise data that processing is produced by sensor 156, to quantify to move and to produce and move The associated recognizable logic measured.

Some motions produce and quantify it is various types of measure, such as step number, stair of climbing, travel distance, extremely active The number of minutes, the calorie etc. of consumption.Physical contact logic 142 may include to be calculated or determined when specific physical contact can have money Lattice as input logic.In order to be qualified as input, the physical contact detected by sensor 156, which should have, can recognize that to be defeated The specific pattern entered.For example, input can be predefined as it is dual rap input, and logic 142 is physically contacted may be in response to Analyze the sensor data that are produced by sensor 156 to analyze motion, to determine whether dual rap occurs really.

In other embodiments, physical contact logic can be programmed to determine specific physical contact and when occur, physics Whether the time between contact, and one or more physical contacts are qualified in the predefined motion configuration for indicating to need to input In feature (profile).In the event of physical contact not in some predetermined configuration features or pattern, then physical contact Logic do not indicate it is described physical contact as input or do not evaluate it is described physical contact be qualified as input.

Display interface logic 144 be configured to processor and physical contact logic interfacing with determine specific metric data what When will on the display screen 122 of activity tracking equipment 100 show.Display interface logic 144 can be run to open screen, display Measurement information, display character or alphanumeric information, display graphic user interface figure or its combination.Alarming and managing logic 146 It can act and set the input alarmed from user to provide user interface and setting to manage and to receive.Alarming and managing is patrolled Collecting can dock with timing module (for example, clock, calendar, time zone etc.), and can trigger enabling for alarm.Alarm can be in audible report Alert or non-audible alarm form.

Non-audible alarm can provide this kind of alarm via vibration.Vibration can be by being integrated in activity tracking equipment 100 Motor produce.Vibration may be defined as including various vibration modes, intensity and customization setting pattern.By activity tracking equipment The vibration that 100 one or more motor are produced can be combined the processing of processor 106 to manage by alarming and managing logic 146. Radio communication logic 148 is arranged to make activity tracking equipment communicate via wireless signal with another computing device.Nothing Line signal can be in radio signal form.As mentioned above, radio signal can be blue in Wi-Fi signal, Bluetooth signal, low energy Tooth signal or its combining form.Radio communication logic can be with 154 pairs of the processor 106 of equipment 100, storage device 108 and battery Connect, for will be stored in being passed in exercise data or the activity data of processed exercise data form in storage device 108 Deliver to computing device.

In one embodiment, processor 106 combines various logic part 140,142,144,146 and 148 to act as With.In one embodiment, processor 106 can provide the feature of any one or all logical blocks.Implement other In scheme, multiple chips can be used for the processing that separation is performed by any one in logical block and processor 106.Sensor 156 can communicate via bus with processor 106 and/or logical block.Storage device 108 is also with bus communication to provide to by living The storage for the exercise data that motion tracking equipment 100 is handled or tracked.Battery 154 is provided to provide electricity for activity tracking equipment 100 Power.

Fig. 3 shows the example of the activity tracking equipment 100 communicated with remote equipment 200.Remote equipment 200 is can be with work The computing device of motion tracking equipment 100 and the radio communication of internet 160.Remote equipment 200 can support application program (for example, APP, mobile APP etc.) installation and execution.This kind of application program may include activity tracking application program 202.Activity tracking application Program 202 can be downloaded from server.Server can provide the server of application program for private server or to equipment, such as apply Program shop.Once activity tracking application program 202 is installed in remote equipment 200, remote equipment 200 can be set with activity tracking Standby 100 (device As) communicate or are set as communicating with.Remote equipment 200 can calculate for smart mobile phone, handheld computer, flat board Machine, laptop computer, desktop computer, or any other computing device that can be wirelessly docked with device A.In an implementation In scheme, remote equipment can also have the circuit and logic with internet communication.It will be appreciated, however, that in order that remote equipment 200 It can be communicated with activity tracking equipment 100, it is not necessary to which internet is connected.

In one embodiment, remote equipment 200 communicates via bluetooth connection with activity tracking equipment 100.At one In embodiment, bluetooth connection is low energy bluetooth connection (for example, bluetooth LE, BLE or bluetooth Smart).Low energy bluetooth quilt It is configured to provide the low-power consumption relative to standard bluetooth circuit.In one embodiment, low energy bluetooth is penetrated using 2.4 GHz Frequently, it allows dual-mode equipment to share the electric antenna of single wireless.In one embodiment, low energy bluetooth connection can be most 50 meters Distance in work, and via radio data rate between 1-3 megabits of (Mb)/second.In a reality Apply in scheme, can be defined for communication close to distance by specific Radio Link, and be not limited to any specific criteria.Should Understand, close to distance limitation by the change according to existing standard and in view of standard in future and/or circuit and ability and change.

Remote equipment 200 it is also possible to use internet connection and be communicated with internet 160.The internet connection of remote equipment 200 It may include cellular connection, such as Wi-Fi wireless connection and its combination (being such as connected to the switch between different type connecting link). Remote equipment as described above can be smart mobile phone or tablet PC, or addressable internet and with being set with activity tracking The computing device of any other type of the ability of standby 100 communication.

In one embodiment, the server 220 docked with internet 160 is also provided.Server 220 may include multiple Application program, it is related to activity tracking equipment 100 that the application program serves activity tracking equipment 100 via user account It is combined family.For example, server 220 may include activity management application program 224.Activity management application program 224 may include The logic of the access for various equipment 100 is provided, the various equipment are related to the user account managed by server 220 Connection.Server 220 may include storage device 226, and the storage device includes the different user associated with different user account Configuration file.User A user account 228a and user N user account 228n are shown as including different information.

Information may include but be not limited to equipment-user account and match 300, system configuration, user configuring, set fixed sum data Deng.Storage device 226 will include many user profiles, and this depends on the user account with its respective activity tracking equipment Registration user number.It shall yet further be noted that sole user account can have associated there various or multiple equipment, and it is many Individual equipment can be carried out independently customizing, manage and accessing by user.In one embodiment, server 220 is provided the user Access right checks the user data 302 associated with activity tracking equipment.User data may include historical act data.

The data that can be checked by user include tracked exercise data, and it is related to exercise data to recognize by processing The multiple of connection measure.Measure and shown in the various graphic user interfaces of the website enabled by server 220.Website may include tool There are the various pages for being presented and showing the various graphic user interfaces measured, so as to by the user associated with user account To check.In one embodiment, website may also include the interface for allowing that data input and configuration are carried out by user.

Configuration may include which, which is defined, measures the display in activity tracking equipment 100.In addition, configuration may include which is recognized Measuring will be that shown in activity tracking equipment first measures.First shown by activity tracking equipment measures and can responded User's input at activity tracking equipment 100.As mentioned above, user's input can be via physical contact.Physical contact is by living Processor and/or logic the evaluation qualification of motion tracking equipment 100 are to determine whether physical contact should be used as inputting handling.Input It can trigger or cause the display screen of activity tracking equipment 100 to be opened, will show first is selected as by user to show It is individual measure specific measure.In another embodiment, first shown in response to inputting measures and can made a reservation for by system Justice is acquiescence.

The configuration provided by user via server 220 and activity management application program 224 can also be via computing device 200 activity tracks application program 202 to provide.For example, activity tracking application program 202 may include multiple screens, institute State screen and display that measure associated with the exercise data captured of activity tracking equipment 100.Activity tracking application program 202 may also allow for carrying out user's input and configuration at various gui screens, be produced with setting and defining which input Raw display.

Fig. 4 A to Fig. 4 C show activity tracking equipment, client device and the rear end according to one embodiment of the invention The embodiment of traffic operation between server.

Communication with reference to described by Fig. 4 A to Fig. 4 C flow chart should merely been seen as in activity tracking equipment, client device The exemplary illustration of the operation occurred between (computing device) and back-end server (server).In the example shown in this, Block arrow indicates that connection interval is scaled and transmitted to carry out peration data with the first data transfer rate, and thin arrow Indicate that connection interval is scaled so as to the transmission of the second data transfer rate data.

In one embodiment, the first transfer rate is designed to allow to be transmitted in a period of time, such as from progress Since being connected with the last time of computing device, the larger amount of data in activity tracking equipment have been stored in.Be stored in activity with Activity tracking data in track equipment may include exercise data for example associated with the various activities performed by user, by activity The data of tracking equipment sensing, or the data measured by activity tracking equipment.

Various activities may include but be not limited to walking, run, jog, go on stair and walk and go downstairs and typically move. The other information that can be stored by activity tracking equipment may include for example measured information, such as heart rate information, temperature information. In one embodiment, the storage device of activity tracking equipment enters this information storage a period of time until with client device Untill row connection, the client device is for example configured to the computing device synchronous with activity tracking equipment.In an implementation In scheme, computing device (client device) can for smart mobile phone, tablet PC, laptop computer, desktop computer or Universal computing device.

In one embodiment, the first transfer rate by scale up activity tracking equipment and client device it Between the connection interval of communication channel set up define.For example, if communication channel is low energy bluetooth connection, then even Connect interval can bi-directional scaling to realize that the package more frequent than the second transfer rate is transmitted.

First transfer rate (connection interval is scaled up)

First transfer rate connection interval can scale up to set the handling capacity of package, with cause each package less than Transmitted in about 200 milliseconds (ms).In an exemplary embodiment, the first transfer rate is set as every about 10 ms to about 30 Ms transmits a package.In another exemplary embodiment, the first transfer rate can be often mono- package of about 20 ms. In one embodiment, the byte of each package about 20.

In one embodiment, the first data transfer rate can be defined as in terms of frequency about 500 Bps (byte/ Second) with about 2 kBps (kilobytes/second) between.In an example, data transfer rate is about 1 kBps (K words Section/second).

Second transfer rate (connection interval is scaled)

Second transfer rate connection interval can the scaled handling capacity to set package, with cause each package with more than The interval of about 200 milliseconds (ms) is transmitted.In an exemplary embodiment, the second transfer rate is set as that every 500 ms is passed Send a package.In some embodiments, depending on event frequency or with the presence or absence of event, transfer rate may be set to only exist Just updated after several seconds (for example, about 1-10 seconds).In one embodiment, the byte of each package about 20.

In one embodiment, the second data transfer rate definable is less than 500 bps (byte per second) frequency values. In another embodiment, the second data transfer rate may be set to the value less than 100 bps (byte per second).At another In example, the second data transfer rate can be about 1 Bps (1 byte per second).In some embodiments, depending on event frequency Or with the presence or absence of event, transfer rate can be even further scaled down.

It will be appreciated that these exemplary rates, parameter and/or big I change over time, this depends on standard, determined Inhibition and generation and/or optimization.Therefore, these parameters should merely been seen as example.It should be further appreciated that the method and apparatus defined herein It is practicable to include the embodiment of two or more data transfer rates.In fact, the number of data transfer rate may include it is any Number, this is scaled up or the scaled number for connecting interval based on predefined.Certainly, skip number is depended on Implementation scheme and change.

By scaling up or reducing connection interval, change is not goodput, and actually can be by channel The possibility bandwidth of support.In the first data transfer rate, the setting of bi-directional scaling uses nearly all channel width. In two data transfer rates, most of available channel widths are not used by.The Consideration of two kinds of transfer rates is delay, Therefore system is not intended to that another can be reached from an equipment in single incident (for example, information of a substantially bit (bit)) The long time is waited before equipment.

Return to Fig. 4 A, activity starts from operation 402, wherein activity tracking equipment detects and stores and collected by equipment Motion or the associated activity data of data.In Fig. 4 A example, it is assumed that activity tracking equipment never synchronizes server Website (for example, website).Therefore, the pairing of activity tracking equipment and website needs to occur at least one times.

In operation 408, the application program that client device can detect on client device is opened.The application journey of unlatching Sequence is, for example, activity tracking application program 202.In act 410, client device starts to match with activity tracking equipment.Pairing Can be for example when user's request initialization be matched.

In this embodiment, pairing be activity tracking equipment and the website that is enabled via computing device client it Between pairing.For example scanning, connection and data transmission, at computing device makes it possible to match with website.If movable Tracking equipment has activity data, it also with Site synch, as shown in 424 and 425.Computing device and activity tracking equipment Between communication carried out according to using scaled connection interval transmitting the first transfer rate of data.First transmission speed Rate may include for example to ask the order data 430 of the data from activity tracking equipment, send data 432, and received data Confirmation 434.At this moment, user may want to the application program 414 closed at client computing device.

In figure 4b, the example of the connection according to one embodiment of the invention is shown, wherein activity tracking equipment is first The preceding website matched to server.In operation 402, activity data is able to detect and is stored in activity tracking equipment On.In a certain time point, the application program at 408 computing devices is opened.As mentioned above, application program can be activity tracking application Program 202.Update condition is detected that the client device is recognized by opening application program by client device.Update bar Part is used to scale up connection interval, to set the first data transfer rate.

Block arrow 430,432 and 434 represents the first data transfer rate, and it is transmission speed more faster than the second transfer rate Rate.Once complete synchronous with website 404 and synchronous 425, just to handle using scanning, connection and the data transmission 412 of client Real time client display updates 406 operation.

Update condition has been changed now, thus cause connection interval between activity tracking equipment and computing device by than Example reduces.As mentioned above, this causes the control exchange of the second transfer rate to give number of the computing device for realtime curve According to.In one embodiment, arrow 436 indicates the request for real-time update from computing device.Arrow 438 indicates to appoint What available data of transmission is transmitted using the data of the second data transfer rate.Arrow 439 indicates that client device has been closed Application program 414 is closed with so that equipment can stop sending the order updated.

Fig. 4 C show that wherein activity tracking equipment is connected to embodiment of the computing device without being connected with server.Do not having In the case of having server connection, computing device (client) does not set up the pairing with server, replaces and only sets up with living The connection of motion tracking equipment is updated with performing real time client display.As mentioned above, activity tracking equipment will be set to make With the second transfer rate and computing device communication, second transfer rate is to be scaled down for performing more new transmitted company Connect the result at interval.

In this embodiment, occur to update the transmission to computing device, the computing device generally can show in real time Show the renewal from tracker.In one embodiment, renewal is to check the change screen or display (example of computing device Such as, the display of smart mobile phone, intelligent watch, glasses device etc.) user generally not noticeable speed transmit.One In individual example, generally real-time update is the propagation delay generation with the display of less than about 2 seconds.In other embodiments, Propagation delay less than about 1 second.In other embodiments, propagation delay less than about 0.6 second.For the perception of people, update Seemingly occur in real time, wherein the activity data updated, which is continuously updated, delivers to client device, and show continuously or Change with having a rest, this depends on whether to capture activity.In some embodiments, display in real time will show change on screen Numeral, such as step are counted, stair are counted, displaying travel distance etc..

Communication between client device and server uses internet connecting link, such as Wi-Fi connection or cellular connection To perform.As the disclosure is referred to, activity tracking equipment can be the wearable device in user's wrist, or can be grasped by user or attached It is connected to the equipment of user's clothes.When user is engaged in motion or activity, the information captured can be conveyed directly to client device, Such as there is the smart mobile phone of activity tracking application program 202.

If activity tracking application program 202 is opened, and user checks one provided by activity tracking application program Or multiple screens or data, then the motion or activity data are transferred into smart mobile phone for display.Therefore, if user It is current to check the screen for showing the metric data associated with the activity performed by user, then the activity can be engaged in user Generally real-time update when movable.For example, if user checks the screen of display step number in walking, then step number can be User's walking is simultaneously shown as increase when checking the display on smart mobile phone.

Flow chart such as Fig. 4 A to Fig. 4 C is shown, between management activity tracking equipment, computing device and back-end server Communication.It will be appreciated, however, that communication between activity tracking equipment and client device can not any internet connection or with Occur during the connection of back-end server, as mentioned by Fig. 4 C.Internet is set up when client device in a certain time point to connect When, client device can be synchronous with back-end server immediately, synchronous such as during BACKGROUNDSynchronization, or on a client device should It is synchronous when being again turned on program.

Fig. 5 is to show that set 502 according to the first of one embodiment of the invention the connection interval is connected interval with second Figure 50 0 of switching at runtime between setting 504.In this example, vertical axis is transfer rate, and trunnion axis is the time. A certain time point, opens the application program at client device.In an example, the application program of unlatching is activity tracking application Program 202, as depicted in Fig. 3.When activity tracking application program 202 is opened, between activity tracking equipment and client device Communication connect interval in terms of scale up.Connection interval is defined package and sent during a period of time or with certain frequency The first transfer rate 506.

As described above, the first connection interval setting 502 often can transmit a package by about 10 ms to about 30 ms.Package is transmitted Occur via low energy bluetooth connection, so that the energy of saving activity tracking equipment.In one embodiment, between the first connection Kept every setting 502 during data are transmitted.The data transmission occurred after unlatching application program 202 first is to transmit to have deposited Store up the data of some times in activity tracking equipment.This data may include to be kept for a few houres, several days by activity tracking equipment Or the even data of some months.

Therefore, during the first connection interval setting 502, this data collected and stored is downloaded to client and set It is standby, to enable client device processing data, and in one or more graphical users of activity tracking application program 202 Display information on interface.In one embodiment, the first connection interval setting 502 can also be used for firmware from client device It is sent to activity tracking equipment.

Firmware is sent to activity tracking equipment and generally comprises transmission larger data block, and increases or scales up Connection interval allow it is this transmission with comparatively faster speed occur.By using scaled connection interval, via Bluetooth low energy is connected, and scaled connection interval provides substantially serial between client device and activity tracking equipment The transmission channel of change.In bluetooth low energy, do not allow serial line data sending, but be spaced by scaling up connection, had May the actual serial connection of simulation.In the case where firmware updates, it should be noted that firmware image is run in activity tracking equipment, because This, which updates, needs with preserving state, image out of service, installation diagram picture and recovering to perform the transmission for the order that firmware image updates Coordinate.Because what the connection between activity tracking equipment and client device was substantially serialized (is attributed to scaled Connection interval setting), so firmware image file and more newer command can be by server admins.

When it is determined that needing to update, server can directly send from server and scale up connection interval, transmission firmware Update and coordinate the instruction installed.In one embodiment, updated by coordinating the firmware from server, it is not necessary to make The application program run on client device carrys out management update, so as to also avoid coordinating with application program shop and website realizing Firmware updates.Determination to renewal, the coordination for being updated and updating with any planning chart or can needed to update by server When guide.In this configuration, client device, which is functioned only as, allows directly to pass the control from server and data/firmware Reach and exchange to the communication pipe of activity tracking equipment.

In one embodiment, equipment 100 can have two operating systems (OS) to cause each operating system only On the spot update, and do not prevent equipment from the risk that is communicated via bluetooth.In one configuration, firmware update scheme includes Determine which OS trackers will start.Website on server stores the information on each firmware version, and can calculate difference Measure (deltas) and instructed from any version to the Data Migration of any other version.For example, computing device client can The current state from equipment 100 is inquired about repeatedly, state is sent to website, and being received as response will send specific to equipment Order, then after order is performed again query facility to obtain its current state.By this way, client need not be known Details of the road on any specific version, because website can managed firmware renewal.

With continued reference to Fig. 5, in time point 512, detect data download be over or firmware update be over, and This time point, connection interval is scaled to the second connection interval setting 504.Second connection interval setting 504 is used for will Transfer rate is reduced to the second transfer rate.As mentioned above, because the data volume transmitted during this time only represents to deposit The renewal of the data in client device is stored up, so using the second transfer rate.For example, the data of renewal may include to work as The step number of preceding monitoring, it is sent to client device with smaller package form renewal.

Then, client device can be in the one or more graphic user interfaces provided by activity tracking application program 202 Generally display updates in real time on screen.As mentioned above, an example of the second transfer rate can be every 500 ms transmission one Individual package.This transfer rate, which is enough to update, to be captured by activity tracking equipment and is configured in client device (intelligent hand The screen of machine) on generally show in real time one or more measure.Second connection interval setting 504 will be set by activity tracking It is maintained in period when the renewal of standby capture activity data change or data prepare transmission.When activity tracks application program During 202 closing, generally real-time update will stop or terminate.

Fig. 6 shows that displaying is sent out according to one embodiment of the invention between activity tracking equipment and client device Figure 55 0 of various periods during raw transmission.In instances, data transmission (for example, renewal) updates in context update 602, download 604th, occur during real-time update 606, and outside the scope of computing device 608 during do not update.In this example, One transfer rate 506 and the second transfer rate 508 are showed in vertical axis.Trunnion axis shows the time.

Do not opened when activity tracks application program 202, but computing device with activity tracking equipment in the range of communicating When, enable context update 602.Context update is programmed formulation in the scheduled time, and this, which depends on receiving, comes from activity tracking equipment Renewal frequent degree or infrequently depending on degree.In figure, context update occurs in time t1-t2, t3-t4 and t5-t6. In one embodiment, BACKGROUNDSynchronization can by tracker with by informing that there are tracker data that will be synchronous to trigger, And the actual full time between these usual data syn-chronizations is 15-90 minutes, or sent out generally in the range of 20-30 minutes It is raw.However, when activity tracking equipment is in the communication range of computing device (client device), enable background mode update/ It is synchronous.In one embodiment, scope can be defined by the ability of low energy bluetooth standard, and also allow for tracker Environment and/or structure between client.

In other embodiments, if now or in the future use other wireless standards, then can enable it is other communication away from From.As further shown, in one embodiment, context update 602 is transmitted with implement the setting of the second connection interval second Speed 502 occurs.In an alternate embodiment, the first interval connection setting 502 can be used to perform for context update 602.Under Carry and update 604 and occur under the first connection interval setting, wherein when detecting application program in time t7 and having been switched on, transmission The larger data block of storage device from activity tracking equipment.Between time t7 and t8, occur to download renewal 604, or it is living The firmware of motion tracking equipment updates.

Transfer rate is set in the by scaling up connection interval between activity tracking equipment and computing device (in first 502 times transmission of connection interval setting) under one transfer rate.It is had been switched off when detecting application program in time t8 Afterwards, the second connection interval setting 504 is set by scaled connection interval.Real-time update 606 is so placed in second Under transfer rate 508.Such as shown by vertical bar, during this time, transmission is less continuous, and is depending on data It is no to be produced by activity tracking equipment and with the presence or absence of the demand for transferring data to client device.For data it is any this Transmission is planted, transmission occurs with the second transfer rate, such as setting 504 by the second connection interval provides.In time t9, it is determined that using Program has been switched off.If computing device leaves the scope of activity tracking equipment, do not updated during the time 608.

Fig. 7 shows the flow chart associated with one embodiment of the invention, wherein connection interval depend on activity with The update condition that is detected between track equipment and computing device (client device) and be scaled up or reduce.Method starts from Operation 702, wherein activity data is collected using activity tracking equipment.Activity data be by wear, grasp or carry connection with The result for the exercise data that the user of track equipment produces.Activity data can also be associated with by the data of monitoring of equipment, the number According to such as blood pressure, heart rate, barometer reading and associated with environmental condition or user's condition other measure.Operation 704, it is collected Activity data be stored in the storage device of activity tracking equipment.Storage device can be any kind of memory, such as non-easy The property lost memory.

In an example, update condition is determined at operation 706 and 708.For example, in operation 706, it is determined that using journey Whether sequence (for example, activity tracking application program 202) is opened and can be connected with activity tracking equipment (for example, in join domain It is interior).If application program is not opened, determine whether computing device can be connected with the equipment in the range of transmission in operation 708.Such as Fruit computing device is in the range of transmission, and method moves to operation 712.In operation 712, pre-defined bi-directional scaling is used in Interval connection speed under the first transfer rate come perform be sent to computing device background data transmission.

In another embodiment, background transmission can be performed under the second transfer rate.If determined in operation 708 Equipment is not in the range of the transmission with computing device, then method returns to operation 702, and wherein activity tracking equipment continues to collect number According to.If determining that application program is opened and in the range of transmission in operation 706, then method moves to operation 710, wherein depositing The download for storing up the data in the storage device of activity tracking equipment is sent to computing device with the first transfer rate.Carried as more than And, the first transfer rate than the second transfer rate faster, and is designed to transmit larger via low energy bluetooth wireless connection Data volume.

First transfer rate can for example realize that every 10 ms to 30 ms transmits package, and the second transfer rate may be implemented in greatly After 200 ms, or more than 300 ms after, or after 400 ms, or after 500 ms transmit package.In operation 714, Determine that application program is connected and opened with activity tracking equipment.If application program is kept it turned on, then perform real-time update 716 to cause associated with collected activity data one or more measure to be sent to calculating from activity tracking equipment and set It is standby.The activity tracking application program 202 that this information can be presented on computing device 200 (such as smart mobile phone, flat board) Generally display in real time on one or more screens.If determining that application program is not then turned in operation 714, then method will 702 are returned to, wherein activity tracking equipment continues tracking data and stored it in operation 704.

Fig. 8 shows the flow chart of one embodiment of the invention.In this example, operation 802 is included by activity Tracking equipment carrys out collection activity data.As mentioned above, the data type collected by activity tracking equipment can be with exercise data, institute The data from user of monitoring, the data from ambient conditions monitored etc. are associated.In operation 804, collected work Dynamic data storage is in the storage device of activity tracking equipment.

In operation 806, the update condition of the current connection between activity tracking equipment and computing device is determined.Update bar Part can recognize that whether application program just opens, and whether application program is in the first transfer rate is transmitted stored number According to or perform after firmware updates and keep it turned on, or whether need context update.Depending on update condition, it is determined whether will connect Interval scales up or reduces to optimize data transfer operation.In operation 808, it is determined that by data from activity tracking equipment It is downloaded to client device, or during firmware updated is downloaded to activity tracking equipment from client device, connection interval should be by It is scaling to the first transfer rate.

In operation 810, it is determined that connection interval answer it is scaled to the second transfer rate to update and collected work The associated change measured of dynamic data.In scaled connection interval rate, for example, under the second transfer rate, with one Or it is multiple measure associated renewal can transmit to client device with one or more gui screens show. Gui screen may include the metric data changed in operation with user's generation activity.

If for example, one or more gui screens of user's viewing client-side equipment in walking are (for example Operation activity tracks application program 202), then step number is shown as being continuously increased as user steps each step.At another In example, if user's speeling stairway, then step is counted and will be continuously increased.In another example, if user produces pole Active motion, then extremely enlivening minute counting can be shown as dynamically increasing.Similarly, the calorie of consumption is counted and can shown To be dynamically increased in user's execution activity.

In one embodiment, it is the process carried out between activity tracking equipment and website to synchronize (for example, synchronous). For example, client device can be considered only to send data to website and then will transmit as response to activity tracking and set Standby noiseless pipeline.If no internet is connected to client device, then just do not perform synchronous with website.Then, Can synchronously occur in the time later for having set up internet connection.In one embodiment, it can implement only to introduce asynchronous delay " storage and forward " type method.Client carried out in data of the fechtable from tracker data acquisition, by it Storage, is then transferred to website by data relaying and obtains the response from website when there is internet connection later. In one embodiment, later tracker again using when, client can send the response stored to tracker.

There is provided a kind of equipment in some embodiments.Equipment is defined in wearable wrist attachment structure form.One In individual embodiment, equipment has the shell for being built or being formed by plastic material at least in part.In one embodiment, if Standby shell includes altimeter.Definition can further comprise that instantaneous visual display or dead front display, touch-screen are shown Device, monochrome display, digital display, color monitor or its combination.In another embodiment, equipment may include one Or multiple accelerometers.In a particular instance, equipment may include 3 axis accelerometers.In another embodiment, 3 axle Accelerometer can be replaced or replicated by using the independent accelerometer (for example, 3 accelerometers) of orthogonal positioning.

Fig. 9 is shown can be by according to the wherein user 900A-900I of one embodiment of the invention all kinds activity Activity tracking equipment 100 is come the example that captures.As demonstrated, can produce can be by activity tracking equipment 100 for various types of activities The different types of data of capture.The data for being represented by exercise data (or processed exercise data) can transmit 920 to network 176 so as to by server process and preservation, as described above.In one embodiment, activity tracking equipment 100 can be used wireless Connection and equipment communication, and the data that equipment can be passed on to the application program run on the server and synchronously captured. In one embodiment, the application program run in the local devices of such as smart mobile phone or flat board or intelligent watch can be captured Or the data from activity tracking equipment 100 are received, and tracked exercise data is represented with multiple measure.

In one embodiment, equipment collects one or more classes from embedded type sensor and/or external equipment The physiology and/or environmental data of type, and this measurement information is passed on or relayed be transferred to miscellaneous equipment, including potentially act as The equipment of the addressable data source in internet, thus allows for example to look into using web browser or network application program See collected data.For example, when user wears activity tracking equipment, one or more sensors can be used for equipment Calculate and store the step number of user.Then, equipment will represent the data transfer of user's step number to network service, computer, movement Account on formula phone or health station, wherein data can be able to store, handle and observed by user.In fact, except user's Beyond step number, or the step number of user is replaced, equipment is measurable or calculates a number of other physiological measures.

The building that some physiological measures include but is not limited to energy expenditure (for example, calorie of consumption), climb and/or go down Layer, heart rate, heart rate variability, heart rate recovery, position and/or direction (such as by GPS), height, speed of walking about and/or traveling Distance, the swimming number of turns, bicycle distance and/or speed, blood pressure, blood glucose, skin conductance, skin and/or body temperature, electromyogram, brain Electrograph, body weight, body fat, energy intake, the nutrition intake from food, medicine intake, sleep period (i.e. clock time), sleep Stage, sleep quality and/or duration, pH levels, hydration level and respiratory rate.Equipment is also measurable or calculates and user's week Enclose measuring for environmental correclation, such as air pressure, weather condition (for example, temperature, humidity, pollen count, air quality, rain/ice-lolly part, Wind speed), light exposure (for example, the exposure of ambient light, UV light, time and/or duration for consuming in the dark), Noise Exposure, Radioactive exposure and magnetic field.

It is other to measure the calorie that may include but be not limited to user's consumption, the increased weight of user, use for further The weight loss at family, user are climbed step such as climbing, the step that user goes down, user and stepped during walking or running Step number, the rotation number of the bicycle pedal rotated by user, sedentary activity data, drive vehicle, user and wave golf Backhand number or its combination when forehand number when the number of bar, user movement, user movement.In some embodiments, Sedentary activity data are referred to herein as inert activity data or passive activity data.In some embodiments, when with The non-sitting in family and when not sleeping, user is movable.In some embodiments, user can stand it is determined that the physiology ginseng of user In several monitoring devices.For example, subscriber station the measurement body weight of user, body fat percentage, biomass index or its On the scale of combination.

In addition, the equipment or system of disposal data stream can be calculated by measuring that this data is obtained.For example, equipment or System can calculate the pressure of user and/or put via the combination of heart rate variability, skin conductance, noise pollution and sleep quality Loose level.In another example, equipment or system can be taken in via medicine, sleep and/or the combination of activity data is determined Effect of medical intervention (for example, medication).In another example, equipment or system can via pollen data, medicine intake, Sleep and/or the combination of activity data determine effect of allergy disease drug.These examples are provided simultaneously only for being easy to illustrate And be not intended to restricted or detailed.

This information can be associated come the user account managed with activity management application program that can be on server.Activity Management application program can be provided for the user account being stored thereon and the access of data.The adjustable pipe run on the server It can be in web application form to manage application program.Web application can be provided in various formats showing on measuring Multiple Web site screens of information and the access of the page.This information can check by user, and with user such as the meter of smart mobile phone Equipment is calculated to synchronize.

In one embodiment, the data captured by activity tracking equipment 100 are received by computing device, and data with Activity measurement application program on server is synchronized.In this example, it can make on computing device (such as smart mobile phone) With activity tracking application program (application program) data for checking can with the data synchronizing that is present on server, and with Family account is associated.By this way, on input calculating equipment activity tracking application program in information can with by server The application program shown in the different screen of the activity management application program provided on website is synchronized.

Therefore, any equipment of addressable internet can be used to access the data associated with user account for user.So Afterwards, the data received by network 176 can be synchronized with the various equipment of user, and analysis on the server can provide data Analyze to provide to additional activities and/or improve healthy suggestion.Therefore, in capture, analysis, synchronization data, and produce During raw suggestion, the process is continued.In some embodiments, the data captured can the movable type based on execution Enumerate and divide to itemize, and this category information can via graphic user interface, or via performed on user's smart mobile phone should The user to website is provided with program (via graphic user interface).

In one embodiment, one or more sensors of equipment 100 can determine that or capture data to determine monitoring Amount of exercise of the equipment within a period of time.Sensor may include such as accelerometer, magnetometer, gyroscope or its combination.Extensively Ground says that these sensors are inertial sensors, and it is moved to capture some exercise datas in response to equipment 100.Work as user When performing the activity of speeling stairway, walking, the running of a period of time etc., can occur the amount for moving (for example, the motion sensed). Monitoring device is wearable to be carried in wrist, by user, is worn on clothes and (uses clip, or be placed in pocket), is attached to Leg or pin, it is attached to user's chest, waist or is integrated in clothes product, is such as integrated in shirt, cap, trousers, shirt, glasses In.These examples for equipment sensor can all possible ways associated with the user monitored or things do not have It is restricted.

In other embodiments, biology sensor can determine that many physiological characteristics of user.It is raw as another example Thing sensor can determine that heart rate, hydration level, body fat, skeleton density, finger print data, rate of perspiration and/or the biology of user Impedance.The example of biology sensor includes but is not limited to biometric sensors, physiological parameter sensors, pedometer or its group Close.

In some embodiments, the application journey that the data associated with User Activity can be on server and user equipment Sequence is monitored, and may be based on user and authorize to be total to the friend, acquaintance or social networks of user associated activity of going together Enjoy.This enables friend to be competed on its body-building, realizes target, receives medal because realizing target, is realized The prompting of this kind of target, the reward for realizing some targets or discount etc..

As mentioned by activity tracking equipment 100 can be with computing device (for example, smart mobile phone, tablet PC, desk-top calculating Machine or the computer equipment that accesses and/or may have access to internet with radio communication) communication.And then, computing device can be via such as The network service of internet or Intranet is to provide data syn-chronization.Network can be wide area network, LAN or its combination.Network can connect It is connected to one or more servers, one or more virtual machines or its combination.Server, virtual machine, the controller of monitoring device, Or the controller of computing device is sometimes referred to herein as computing resource.The example of controller includes processor and storage device.

In one embodiment, processor can be general processor.In another embodiment, processor can be quilt It is configured to run the customization device of special algorithm or operation.This kind of processor may include digital signal processor (DSP), it Be designed to perform specific chip, signal, wire or interact therewith, and perform some algorithms, it is process, state diagram, anti- Feedback, detection, execution etc..In some embodiments, processor may include or be patrolled with application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), programmable Collect the docking such as equipment (PLD), central processing unit (CPU) or its combination.

In some embodiments, one or more chips, module, equipment or logic may be defined as execute instruction or patrol Volume, it jointly can be considered or be described as processor.It is therefore to be understood that processor, which differs, is set to an one chip or module, But can be defined by electronics or connection member, logic, firmware, code and the set of its combination.

The example of storage device includes random access memory (RAM) and read-only storage (ROM).Storage device can be sudden strain of a muscle Fast memory, redundant arrays of inexpensive disks (RAID), hard disk or its combination.

Embodiment described in the disclosure can be put into practice by various computer system configurations, the computer system Configuration includes portable equipment, microprocessor system, based on microprocessor or programmable consumption electronic product, small-sized calculating Machine, mainframe computer and analog.Some embodiments described in the disclosure can also be put into practice in a distributed computing environment, Wherein task is performed by the remote processing devices linked by wired or wireless network.

In view of embodiments above, it should be understood that many embodiments described in the disclosure can use various meters The operation that calculation machine is carried out, these operations are related to the data of storage in computer systems.These operations are to need to enter physical quantity The operation of row physical operations.Any operation described in the disclosure is all useful machine operation, and the operation forms the disclosure Described in various embodiments part.The disclosure description some embodiments further relate to perform these operation equipment or Device.Device can especially be built for certain purpose, or device can be the computer program by storage in a computer Come selective enabling or the computer of configuration.Specifically, various machines can be with the computer write according to religious doctrine herein Program is used together, or may be it is more convenient that constructing more special device to perform required operation.

Various embodiments described in the disclosure may be embodied in the calculating in non-transitory computer-readable medium Machine readable code.Computer-readable medium be can data storage any data storage device, the data can be then by calculating Machine system is read.The example of computer-readable medium include hard disk drive, network additive storage device (NAS), ROM, RAM, Optical ROM (CD-ROM), can record CD (CD-R), rewritable CD (RW), tape and other optics and non-optical data storage Equipment.Computer-readable medium may include to be distributed in networked computer system so as to obtain computer-readable code to be distributed Mode is come the computer-readable tangible medium that stores and perform.

Although method operation is described with particular order, it is to be appreciated that other housekeeping operations can be in each operation Between perform, or the order that operation can be in addition to show is performed, or is operated and be may be adjusted to cause it somewhat Different time occurs, or can be distributed in the system for allowing processing operation to occur with the different interval associated with processing.

Although slightly describe in detail foregoing embodiments for clearness of understanding, it will be apparent that can be Some change and modifications is made in scope of the following claims.Therefore, embodiment of the present invention is considered as illustrative and non-limit Property processed, and the various embodiments of disclosure description are not limited to the details provided herein, but can be in appended right It is required that scope and equivalent in changed.

Claims

1. a kind of method, it includes,

The activity data associated with User Activity is captured via equipment, the activity data is captured over time, The activity data is quantized by multiple measure；

In the storage device that the activity data is stored in the equipment；

The equipment is connected with computing device via wireless communication link；

When the equipment is connected with the computing device, update condition is detected；And

The package transfer rate between the equipment and the computing device is set based on detected update condition, it is described Update condition is used to select one in following transfer rate：For being transmitted in the activity data being captured and stored in a period of time The first transfer rate, or for transmit generally can show in real time on said computing device activity data second transmission Speed；

Wherein described update condition is used to select institute when detecting the tracking application program of startup activity on said computing device State the first transfer rate；

Wherein described update condition is used to be connected with the computing device in the equipment and the activity tracking application program Second transfer rate is selected during unlatching, methods described is by computing device.

2. the method as described in claim 1, wherein selecting first transfer rate to be used for the activity data from described The storage device of equipment is sent to the computing device.

3. the method as described in claim 1, it further comprises,

The activity data is sent into campaign management services device to update the multiple amount associated with the User Activity Degree, the campaign management services device often with the computing device synchronous movement data and setting.

4. the method as described in claim 1, wherein selecting second transfer rate to produce movable number in the apparatus According to when or generally in the apparatus produce activity data after, by the activity data be sent to the computing device with Generally display in real time on the computing device.

5. the method as described in claim 1, wherein first transfer rate is set with scaled connection interval, And second transfer rate is set with scaled connection interval, first transfer rate is passed higher than described second Transmission rate.

6. the method as described in claim 1, it further comprises,

The equipment is detected in the adjacency of the computing device, the adjacency is in Bluetooth wireless communication distance It is interior；And

Enable connection.

7. method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the update condition further determines that the equipment can be set with the calculating Standby connection and the activity tracking closing application program, and enable second transfer rate to handle activity data from institute State equipment to transmit to the background of the computing device, background transmission occurs and journey is applied in the tracking at a predetermined interval Sequence is remained turned-off and is installed on the computing device.

8. the method as described in claim 1, it further comprises,

Receive such as from the computing device obtain from the campaign management services device setting configuration, it is described setting configure from The user account associated with the equipment is received, and the campaign management services device is configured on website that graphical user is presented Interface, so as to shown with various configuration illustrateds it is the multiple measure, the activity data is with first transfer rate and institute Stating the transmission of the second transfer rate is used to obtain activity data from the equipment, and by it is the multiple measure it is synchronous with In the display on the computing device and the website.

9. the method as described in claim 1, wherein first transfer rate makes it possible in response to being obtained from server Installation order, which updates firmware, is sent to the equipment.

10. method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the multiple measure including same day time metric and represent by the equipment Capture or by the apparatus senses to activity data measure.