US20150044648A1 - Activity recognition with activity reminders - Google Patents

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US20150044648A1
US20150044648A1 US14/194,113 US201414194113A US2015044648A1 US 20150044648 A1 US20150044648 A1 US 20150044648A1 US 201414194113 A US201414194113 A US 201414194113A US 2015044648 A1 US2015044648 A1 US 2015044648A1
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Kristen L. White
Michael L. Orenstein
Jenny Campbell
Christina S. Self
Elizabeth Walker
Marco Micheletti
Greg McKeag
James Zipperer
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  • aspects of this disclosure are directed towards novel systems and methods that address one or more of these deficiencies. Further aspects relate to minimizing other shortcomings in the art.
  • the device may receive the location of a user, and additionally, calculate a deficit between a level of activity performed by the user and a goal level of activity. Using the calculated deficit, the device suggests one or more activity types geographically close to the user which may be carried out to reach the goal level of activity.
  • this disclosure relates to a non-transitory computer-readable media with computer-executable instructions that when executed by a processor is configured to calculate a deficit between a level of activity performed by a user and a goal level of activity, in addition to determining athletic equipment available to the user. Using the calculated deficit, in addition to the information about the athletic equipment available to the user, the processor suggests one or more activity types to be carried out by the user to reach the goal level of activity.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates an example system that may be configured to provide personal training and/or obtain data from the physical movements of a user in accordance with example embodiments;
  • FIG. 2 illustrates an example computer device that may be part of or in communication with the system of FIG. 1 .
  • FIG. 3 shows an illustrative sensor assembly that may be worn by a user in accordance with example embodiments
  • FIG. 4 shows another example sensor assembly that may be worn by a user in accordance with example embodiments
  • FIG. 5 shows illustrative locations for sensory input which may include physical sensors located on/in a user's clothing and/or be based upon identification of relationships between two moving body parts of the user;
  • FIG. 6 depicts an example display of a graphical user interface informing a user of a cumulative number of activity points earned.
  • FIG. 7 is an example display of a graphical user interface for communicating activity points goal information to a user.
  • FIG. 8 schematically depicts an example display of a graphical user interface for communicating suggestions for earning activity points to meet an activity points goal.
  • FIG. 9 is a flowchart diagram of an activity goal motivation process.
  • this disclosure relate to systems and methods for providing an athlete, or user, with information related to his/her daily physical activity.
  • this user activity information may include information related to a user's cumulative daily activity, and a comparison of this cumulative daily activity to one or more daily activity goals.
  • the activity information may include instructions, suggestions, or tips as to how a user may supplement his/her daily activity in order to reach a daily activity level goal.
  • the systems and methods described herein consider activities performed by a user/athlete on timescales other than daily activity, and may include hourly, weekly, monthly, or yearly activity levels, or any other timescale of interest to a user performing activities.
  • athletic data may be recorded from one or more sensors receiving information related to one or more activities being carried out by the user.
  • the athletic data may be actively or passively sensed and/or stored in one or more non-transitory storage mediums, and used to generate an output, such as for example, calculated athletic attributes, feedback signals to provide guidance, and/or other information.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a personal training system 100 in accordance with example embodiments.
  • Example system 100 may include one or more interconnected networks, such as the illustrative body area network (BAN) 102 , local area network (LAN) 104 , and wide area network (WAN) 106 .
  • BAN body area network
  • LAN local area network
  • WAN wide area network
  • one or more networks e.g., BAN 102 , LAN 104 , and/or WAN 106 ), may overlap or otherwise be inclusive of each other.
  • the illustrative networks 102 - 106 are logical networks that may each comprise one or more different communication protocols and/or network architectures and yet may be configured to have gateways to each other or other networks.
  • each of BAN 102 , LAN 104 and/or WAN 106 may be operatively connected to the same physical network architecture, such as cellular network architecture 108 and/or WAN architecture 110 .
  • portable electronic device 112 which may be considered a component of both BAN 102 and LAN 104 , may comprise a network adapter or network interface card (NIC) configured to translate data and control signals into and from network messages according to one or more communication protocols, such as the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), the Internet Protocol (IP), and the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) through one or more of architectures 108 and/or 110 .
  • TCP Transmission Control Protocol
  • IP Internet Protocol
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  • Network architectures 108 and 110 may include one or more information distribution network(s), of any type(s) or topology(s), alone or in combination(s), such as for example, cable, fiber, satellite, telephone, cellular, wireless, etc. and as such, may be variously configured such as having one or more wired or wireless communication channels (including but not limited to: WiFi®, Bluetooth®, Near-Field Communication (NFC) and/or ANT technologies).
  • any device within a network of FIG. 1 (such as portable electronic device 112 or any other device described herein) may be considered inclusive to one or more of the different logical networks 102 - 106 .
  • example components of an illustrative BAN and LAN (which may be coupled to WAN 106 ) will be described.
  • LAN 104 may include one or more electronic devices, such as for example, computer device 114 .
  • Computer device 114 or any other component of system 100 , may comprise a mobile terminal, such as a telephone, music player, tablet, netbook or any portable device.
  • computer device 114 may comprise a media player or recorder, desktop computer, server(s), a gaming console, such as for example, a Microsoft® XBOX, Sony® Playstation, and/or a Nintendo® Wii gaming consoles.
  • gaming console such as for example, a Microsoft® XBOX, Sony® Playstation, and/or a Nintendo® Wii gaming consoles.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates a block diagram of computing device 200 .
  • Device 200 may include one or more processors, such as processor 202 - 1 and 202 - 2 (generally referred to herein as “processors 202 ” or “processor 202 ”).
  • Processors 202 may communicate with each other or other components via an interconnection network or bus 204 .
  • Processor 202 may include one or more processing cores, such as cores 206 - 1 and 206 - 2 (referred to herein as “cores 206 ” or more generally as “core 206 ”), which may be implemented on a single integrated circuit (IC) chip.
  • cores 206 cores 206 - 1 and 206 - 2
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  • Cores 206 may comprise a shared cache 208 and/or a private cache (e.g., caches 210 - 1 and 210 - 2 , respectively).
  • One or more caches 208 / 210 may locally cache data stored in a system memory, such as memory 212 , for faster access by components of the processor 202 .
  • Memory 212 may be in communication with the processors 202 via a chipset 216 .
  • Cache 208 may be part of system memory 212 in certain embodiments.
  • Memory 212 may include, but is not limited to, random access memory (RAM), read only memory (ROM), and include one or more of solid-state memory, optical or magnetic storage, and/or any other medium that can be used to store electronic information. Yet other embodiments may omit system memory 212 .
  • System 200 may include one or more I/O devices (e.g., I/O devices 214 - 1 through 214 - 3 , each generally referred to as I/O device 214 ). I/O data from one or more I/O devices 214 may be stored at one or more caches 208 , 210 and/or system memory 212 . Each of I/O devices 214 may be permanently or temporarily configured to be in operative communication with a component of system 100 using any physical or wireless communication protocol.
  • I/O devices e.g., I/O devices 214 - 1 through 214 - 3 , each generally referred to as I/O device 214 .
  • I/O data from one or more I/O devices 214 may be stored at one or more caches 208 , 210 and/or system memory 212 .
  • Each of I/O devices 214 may be permanently or temporarily configured to be in operative communication with a component of system 100 using any physical or wireless communication protocol.
  • I/O devices 116 - 122 are shown as being in communication with computer device 114 .
  • devices 116 - 122 may be stand-alone devices or may be associated with another device besides computer device 114 .
  • one or more I/O devices may be associated with or interact with a component of BAN 102 and/or WAN 106 .
  • I/O devices 116 - 122 may include, but are not limited to athletic data acquisition units, such as for example, sensors.
  • One or more I/O devices may be configured to sense, detect, and/or measure an athletic parameter from a user, such as user 124 .
  • Examples include, but are not limited to: an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a location-determining device (e.g., GPS), light (including non-visible light) sensor, temperature sensor (including ambient temperature and/or body temperature), sleep pattern sensors, heart rate monitor, image-capturing sensor, moisture sensor, force sensor, compass, angular rate sensor, and/or combinations thereof among others.
  • a location-determining device e.g., GPS
  • light including non-visible light
  • temperature sensor including ambient temperature and/or body temperature
  • sleep pattern sensors e.g., heart rate monitor, image-capturing sensor, moisture sensor, force sensor, compass, angular rate sensor, and/or combinations thereof among others.
  • I/O devices 116 - 122 may be used to provide an output (e.g., audible, visual, or tactile cue) and/or receive an input, such as a user input from athlete 124 .
  • an output e.g., audible, visual, or tactile cue
  • an input such as a user input from athlete 124 .
  • Example uses for these illustrative I/O devices are provided below, however, those skilled in the art will appreciate that such discussions are merely descriptive of some of the many options within the scope of this disclosure. Further, reference to any data acquisition unit, I/O device, or sensor is to be interpreted disclosing an embodiment that may have one or more I/O device, data acquisition unit, and/or sensor disclosed herein or known in the art (either individually or in combination).
  • Information from one or more devices may be used to provide (or be utilized in the formation of) a variety of different parameters, metrics or physiological characteristics including but not limited to: motion parameters, or motion data, such as speed, acceleration, distance, steps taken, direction, relative movement of certain body portions or objects to others, or other motion parameters which may be expressed as angular rates, rectilinear rates or combinations thereof, physiological parameters, such as calories, heart rate, sweat detection, effort, oxygen consumed, oxygen kinetics, and other metrics which may fall within one or more categories, such as: pressure, impact forces, information regarding the athlete, such as height, weight, age, demographic information and combinations thereof.
  • motion parameters, or motion data such as speed, acceleration, distance, steps taken, direction, relative movement of certain body portions or objects to others, or other motion parameters which may be expressed as angular rates, rectilinear rates or combinations thereof
  • physiological parameters such as calories, heart rate, sweat detection, effort, oxygen consumed, oxygen kinetics, and other metrics which may fall within one or more categories, such as: pressure, impact forces, information
  • System 100 may be configured to transmit and/or receive athletic data, including the parameters, metrics, or physiological characteristics collected within system 100 or otherwise provided to system 100 .
  • WAN 106 may comprise server 111 .
  • Server 111 may have one or more components of system 200 of FIG. 2 .
  • server 111 comprises at least a processor and a memory, such as processor 206 and memory 212 .
  • Server 111 may be configured to store computer-executable instructions on a non-transitory computer-readable medium. The instructions may comprise athletic data, such as raw or processed data collected within system 100 .
  • System 100 may be configured to transmit data, such as energy expenditure points (otherwise referred to as activity points, or as a level of activity), to a social networking website or host such a site.
  • Server 111 may be utilized to permit one or more users to access and/or compare athletic data. As such, server 111 may be configured to transmit and/or receive notifications based upon athletic data or other information.
  • computer device 114 is shown in operative communication with a display device 116 , an image-capturing device 118 , sensor 120 and exercise device 122 , which are discussed in turn below with reference to example embodiments.
  • display device 116 may provide audio-visual cues to athlete 124 to perform a specific athletic movement. The audio-visual cues may be provided in response to computer-executable instruction executed on computer device 114 or any other device, including a device of BAN 102 and/or WAN.
  • Display device 116 may be a touchscreen device or otherwise configured to receive a user-input.
  • data may be obtained from image-capturing device 118 and/or other sensors, such as sensor 120 , which may be used to detect (and/or measure) athletic parameters, either alone or in combination with other devices, or stored information.
  • Image-capturing device 118 and/or sensor 120 may comprise a transceiver device.
  • sensor 128 may comprise an infrared (IR), electromagnetic (EM) or acoustic transceiver.
  • IR infrared
  • EM electromagnetic
  • image-capturing device 118 , and/or sensor 120 may transmit waveforms into the environment, including towards the direction of athlete 124 and receive a “reflection” or otherwise detect alterations of those released waveforms.
  • devices 118 and/or 120 may detect waveforms emitted from external sources (e.g., not system 100 ).
  • devices 118 and/or 120 may detect heat being emitted from user 124 and/or the surrounding environment.
  • image-capturing device 118 and/or sensor 128 may comprise one or more thermal imaging devices.
  • image-capturing device 118 and/or sensor 128 may comprise an IR device configured to perform range phenomenology.
  • exercise device 122 may be any device configurable to permit or facilitate the athlete 124 performing a physical movement, such as for example a treadmill, step machine, etc. There is no requirement that the device be stationary.
  • wireless technologies permit portable devices to be utilized, thus a bicycle or other mobile exercising device may be utilized in accordance with certain embodiments.
  • equipment 122 may be or comprise an interface for receiving an electronic device containing athletic data performed remotely from computer device 114 .
  • a user may use a sporting device (described below in relation to BAN 102 ) and upon returning home or the location of equipment 122 , download athletic data into element 122 or any other device of system 100 .
  • Any I/O device disclosed herein may be configured to receive activity data.
  • BAN 102 may include two or more devices configured to receive, transmit, or otherwise facilitate the collection of athletic data (including passive devices).
  • Exemplary devices may include one or more data acquisition units, sensors, or devices known in the art or disclosed herein, including but not limited to I/O devices 116 - 122 .
  • Two or more components of BAN 102 may communicate directly, yet in other embodiments, communication may be conducted via a third device, which may be part of BAN 102 , LAN 104 , and/or WAN 106 .
  • One or more components of LAN 104 or WAN 106 may form part of BAN 102 .
  • whether a device, such as portable device 112 , is part of BAN 102 , LAN 104 , and/or WAN 106 , may depend on the athlete's proximity to an access point to permit communication with mobile cellular network architecture 108 and/or WAN architecture 110 .
  • User activity and/or preference may also influence whether one or more components are utilized as part of BAN 102 . Example embodiments are provided below.
  • User 124 may be associated with (e.g., possess, carry, wear, and/or interact with) any number of devices, such as portable device 112 , shoe-mounted device 126 , wrist-worn device 128 and/or a sensing location, such as sensing location 130 , which may comprise a physical device or a location that is used to collect information.
  • One or more devices 112 , 126 , 128 , and/or 130 may not be specially designed for fitness or athletic purposes. Indeed, aspects of this disclosure relate to utilizing data from a plurality of devices, some of which are not fitness devices, to collect, detect, and/or measure athletic data.
  • one or more devices of BAN 102 may comprise a fitness or sporting device that is specifically designed for a particular sporting use.
  • sports device includes any physical object that may be used or implicated during a specific sport or fitness activity.
  • Exemplary sporting devices may include, but are not limited to: golf balls, basketballs, baseballs, soccer balls, footballs, powerballs, hockey pucks, weights, bats, clubs, sticks, paddles, mats, and combinations thereof.
  • exemplary fitness devices may include objects within a sporting environment where a specific sport occurs, including the environment itself, such as a goal net, hoop, backboard, portions of a field, such as a midline, outer boundary marker, base, and combinations thereof.
  • a structure may comprise one or more sporting devices or be configured to interact with a sporting device.
  • a first structure may comprise a basketball hoop and a backboard, which may be removable and replaced with a goal post.
  • one or more sporting devices may comprise one or more sensors, such as one or more of the sensors discussed above in relation to FIGS. 1-3 , that may provide information utilized, either independently or in conjunction with other sensors, such as one or more sensors associated with one or more structures.
  • a backboard may comprise a first sensor configured to measure a force and a direction of the force by a basketball upon the backboard and the hoop may comprise a second sensor to detect a force.
  • a golf club may comprise a first sensor configured to detect grip attributes on the shaft and a second sensor configured to measure impact with a golf ball.
  • the illustrative portable device 112 may be a multi-purpose electronic device, that for example, includes a telephone or digital music player, including an IPOD®, IPAD®, or iPhone®, brand devices available from Apple, Inc. of Cupertino, Calif. or Zune® or Microsoft® Windows devices available from Microsoft of Redmond, Wash.
  • digital media players can serve as an output device, input device, and/or storage device for a computer.
  • Device 112 may be configured as an input device for receiving raw or processed data collected from one or more devices in BAN 102 , LAN 104 , or WAN 106 .
  • portable device 112 may comprise one or more components of computer device 114 .
  • portable device 112 may be include a display 116 , image-capturing device 118 , and/or one or more data acquisition devices, such as any of the I/O devices 116 - 122 discussed above, with or without additional components, so as to comprise a mobile terminal.
  • I/O devices may be formed within or otherwise associated with user's 124 clothing or accessories, including a watch, armband, wristband, necklace, shirt, shoe, or the like. These devices may be configured to monitor athletic movements of a user. It is to be understood that they may detect athletic movement during user's 124 interactions with computer device 114 and/or operate independently of computer device 114 (or any other device disclosed herein). For example, one or more devices in BAN 102 may be configured to function as an all-day activity monitor that measures activity regardless of the user's proximity or interactions with computer device 114 . It is to be further understood that the sensory system 302 shown in FIG. 3 and the device assembly 400 shown in FIG. 4 , each of which are described in the following paragraphs, are merely illustrative examples.
  • device 126 shown in FIG. 1 may comprise footwear which may include one or more sensors, including but not limited to those disclosed herein and/or known in the art.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates one example embodiment of a sensor system 302 providing one or more sensor assemblies 304 .
  • Assembly 304 may comprise one or more sensors, such as for example, an accelerometer, gyroscope, location-determining components, force sensors and/or or any other sensor disclosed herein or known in the art.
  • assembly 304 incorporates a plurality of sensors, which may include force-sensitive resistor (FSR) sensors 306 ; however, other sensor(s) may be utilized.
  • FSR force-sensitive resistor
  • Port 308 may be positioned within a sole structure 309 of a shoe, and is generally configured for communication with one or more electronic devices. Port 308 may optionally be provided to be in communication with an electronic module 310 , and the sole structure 309 may optionally include a housing 311 or other structure to receive the module 310 .
  • the sensor system 302 may also include a plurality of leads 312 connecting the FSR sensors 306 to the port 308 , to enable communication with the module 310 and/or another electronic device through the port 308 .
  • Module 310 may be contained within a well or cavity in a sole structure of a shoe, and the housing 311 may be positioned within the well or cavity.
  • At least one gyroscope and at least one accelerometer are provided within a single housing, such as module 310 and/or housing 311 .
  • one or more sensors are provided that, when operational, are configured to provide directional information and angular rate data.
  • the port 308 and the module 310 include complementary interfaces 314 , 316 for connection and communication.
  • At least one force-sensitive resistor 306 shown in FIG. 3 may contain first and second electrodes or electrical contacts 318 , 320 and a force-sensitive resistive material 322 disposed between the electrodes 318 , 320 to electrically connect the electrodes 318 , 320 together.
  • the resistivity and/or conductivity of the force-sensitive material 322 changes, which changes the electrical potential between the electrodes 318 , 320 .
  • the change in resistance can be detected by the sensor system 302 to detect the force applied on the sensor 316 .
  • the force-sensitive resistive material 322 may change its resistance under pressure in a variety of ways.
  • the force-sensitive material 322 may have an internal resistance that decreases when the material is compressed. Further embodiments may utilize “volume-based resistance” may be measured, which may be implemented through “smart materials.” As another example, the material 322 may change the resistance by changing the degree of surface-to-surface contact, such as between two pieces of the force sensitive material 322 or between the force sensitive material 322 and one or both electrodes 318 , 320 . In some circumstances, this type of force-sensitive resistive behavior may be described as “contact-based resistance.”
  • device 400 (which may resemble or comprise sensory device 128 shown in FIG. 1 ), may be configured to be worn by user 124 , such as around a wrist, arm, ankle, neck or the like.
  • Device 400 may include an input mechanism, such as a depressible input button 402 configured to be used during operation of the device 400 .
  • the input button 402 may be operably connected to a controller 404 and/or any other electronic components, such as one or more of the elements discussed in relation to computer device 114 shown in FIG. 1 .
  • Controller 404 may be embedded or otherwise part of housing 406 .
  • Housing 406 may be formed of one or more materials, including elastomeric components and comprise one or more displays, such as display 408 .
  • the display may be considered an illuminable portion of the device 400 .
  • the display 408 may include a series of individual lighting elements or light members such as LED lights 410 .
  • the lights may be formed in an array and operably connected to the controller 404 .
  • Device 400 may include an indicator system 412 , which may also be considered a portion or component of the overall display 408 .
  • Indicator system 412 can operate and illuminate in conjunction with the display 408 (which may have pixel member 414 ) or completely separate from the display 408 .
  • the indicator system 412 may also include a plurality of additional lighting elements or light members, which may also take the form of LED lights in an exemplary embodiment.
  • indicator system may provide a visual indication of goals, such as by illuminating a portion of lighting members of indicator system 412 to represent accomplishment towards one or more goals.
  • Device 400 may be configured to display data expressed in terms of activity points currency earned by the user based on the activity of the user, either through display 408 and/or indicator system 412 .
  • a fastening mechanism 416 can be disengaged wherein the device 400 can be positioned around a wrist or portion of the user 124 and the fastening mechanism 416 can be subsequently placed in an engaged position.
  • fastening mechanism 416 may comprise an interface, including but not limited to a USB port, for operative interaction with computer device 114 and/or devices, such as devices 120 and/or 112 .
  • fastening member may comprise one or more magnets.
  • fastening member may be devoid of moving parts and rely entirely on magnetic forces.
  • device 400 may comprise a sensor assembly (not shown in FIG. 4 ).
  • the sensor assembly may comprise a plurality of different sensors, including those disclosed herein and/or known in the art.
  • the sensor assembly may comprise or permit operative connection to any sensor disclosed herein or known in the art.
  • Device 400 and or its sensor assembly may be configured to receive data obtained from one or more external sensors.
  • Element 130 of FIG. 1 shows an example sensory location which may be associated with a physical apparatus, such as a sensor, data acquisition unit, or other device. Yet in other embodiments, it may be a specific location of a body portion or region that is monitored, such as via an image capturing device (e.g., image capturing device 118 ).
  • element 130 may comprise a sensor, such that elements 130 a and 130 b may be sensors integrated into apparel, such as athletic clothing. Such sensors may be placed at any desired location of the body of user 124 .
  • Sensors 130 a/b may communicate (e.g., wirelessly) with one or more devices (including other sensors) of BAN 102 , LAN 104 , and/or WAN 106 .
  • passive sensing surfaces may reflect waveforms, such as infrared light, emitted by image-capturing device 118 and/or sensor 120 .
  • passive sensors located on user's 124 apparel may comprise generally spherical structures made of glass or other transparent or translucent surfaces which may reflect waveforms.
  • Different classes of apparel may be utilized in which a given class of apparel has specific sensors configured to be located proximate to a specific portion of the user's 124 body when properly worn.
  • golf apparel may include one or more sensors positioned on the apparel in a first configuration and yet soccer apparel may include one or more sensors positioned on apparel in a second configuration.
  • FIG. 5 shows illustrative locations for sensory input (see, e.g., sensory locations 130 a - 130 o ).
  • sensors may be physical sensors located on/in a user's clothing, yet in other embodiments, sensor locations 130 a - 130 o may be based upon identification of relationships between two moving body parts.
  • sensor location 130 a may be determined by identifying motions of user 124 with an image-capturing device, such as image-capturing device 118 .
  • a sensor may not physically be located at a specific location (such as one or more of sensor locations 130 a - 1306 o ), but is configured to sense properties of that location, such as with image-capturing device 118 or other sensor data gathered from other locations.
  • the overall shape or portion of a user's body may permit identification of certain body parts.
  • the sensors may sense a current location of a body part and/or track movement of the body part.
  • sensory data relating to location 130 m may be utilized in a determination of the user's center of gravity (a.k.a, center of mass).
  • relationships between location 130 a and location(s) 130 f / 130 l with respect to one or more of location(s) 130 m - 130 o may be utilized to determine if a user's center of gravity has been elevated along the vertical axis (such as during a jump) or if a user is attempting to “fake” a jump by bending and flexing their knees.
  • sensor location 130 n may be located at about the sternum of user 124 .
  • sensor location 130 o may be located approximate to the naval of user 124 .
  • data from sensor locations 130 m - 130 o may be utilized (alone or in combination with other data) to determine the center of gravity for user 124 .
  • relationships between multiple sensor locations may be utilized in determining orientation of the user 124 and/or rotational forces, such as twisting of user's 124 torso.
  • one or more locations may be utilized to as a center of moment location.
  • location(s) 130 m - 130 o may serve as a point for a center of moment location of user 124 .
  • one or more locations may serve as a center of moment of specific body parts or regions.
  • FIG. 6 depicts an example display of a graphical user interface (GUI) informing a user of a cumulative number of activity points, or energy expenditure points, earned during a specified time period.
  • system 100 may execute one or more processes to calculate activity points associated with one or more activities carried out by a user.
  • activity points relate to calories burned by a user during physical activity, however any quantifiable feature of an activity may be used by system 100 to calculate activity points. These features may include, among others, a total time spent performing a given activity, a total distance traveled during an activity, a total number of steps taken during a period of activity, or combinations thereof.
  • Activity points may be derived from activity data information received by one or more sensors associated with system 100 .
  • one or more sensors may be located on, among others, a wrist-worn device 128 / 400 , a shoe-mounted device 126 , a body-mounted device 130 a - 130 o , or a portable electronic device 112 , or combinations thereof.
  • one or more elements of system 100 may execute one or more processes to calculate a total number of activity points earned by a user during a period of physical activity. For example, activity data information received from one or more sensors associated with a user may be communicated to server 111 , wherein server 111 aggregates the activity data, and calculates a number of activity points associated with the activity data. In another example, one or more of devices 112 , 114 , 126 , 128 , or 130 a - 130 o may receive sensor data, and calculate one or more activity points from the received sensor data.
  • a cumulative number of activity points may be calculated by a remote device in system 100 , and communicated to one or more of devices 112 , 114 , 126 , 128 , or 130 a - 130 o through a network, such as BAN ( 102 ), LAN ( 104 ), or WAN ( 106 ), among others.
  • a device such as one or devices 114 , 126 , 128 , or 130 a - 130 o , may be a unitary device/apparatus, and comprise a unitary body configured to accommodate one or more processors, sensors, user interfaces, and the like.
  • the calculation of energy expenditure may be performed using one or more different methodologies.
  • Certain embodiments may classify physical motions of a user. For example, one or more activities may be classified.
  • a system may process data received from one or more of the sensors described above to attempt to classify a user's activity. For example, a system may compare a sensor signal to one or more signal or activity “templates” or “signatures” corresponding to selected activities.
  • templates may be created by attaching sensors to a user and monitoring signals generated when the user performs various activities.
  • an activity may be associated with an activity template specific to user 124 . In one such embodiment, user 124 may be assigned a default template for a specific activity unless a specific template has been assigned to that activity.
  • user 124 may create or receive (but is not required to create or receive) an activity template that may be more accurate than a default template because the template is more specific to the user and/or the activity.
  • User 124 may have the option to create templates for one or more predefined or undefined activities.
  • a specific or otherwise new template might be shared among the community of users. Shared templates may be based on a variety of different sensors. In some embodiments templates may be refined or adjusted for use with different sensors. For example, a template that was created for use with a shoe based sensor may be refined for use with a wrist worn sensor.
  • An activity template may be created from data obtained from one or more of a plurality of different sensors.
  • a first group of sensors e.g. sensors 126 and 128
  • a second group of sensors e.g., sensors 138 and a sensor included in portable electronic device 112
  • a third group of sensors may be utilized in the creation of the first activity template for a second user (e.g., not user 124 ) than utilized for the formation of the same activity template as user 124 .
  • a wrist mounted accelerometer which may be a multi-axis accelerometer, may be attached to a user and signal templates based on the accelerometer output when the user runs, walks, etc. may be created.
  • the templates may be functions of the sensor(s) used and/or the locations of the sensor(s).
  • a single signal (or value) is created by combining multiple signals (or values). For example, three outputs of a three axis accelerometer may be summed or otherwise combined to create one or more signals.
  • Example embodiments may include comparing a signal, multiple signals or a combination of signals to one or more templates.
  • a best match approach may be implemented in which every activity is attempted to be classified.
  • if a signal, multiple signals or combination of signals does not sufficiently match a template, the activity may remain unclassified.
  • Some embodiments may utilize only templates for running and walking and a best first approach is used to determine whether the user is running or walking.
  • Certain embodiments may not categorize the user's activity or motions, such as into motion categories (e.g., running, walking, soccer), but rather determine energy expenditure without categorizing the data.
  • training data may be used to construct one or more models, otherwise referred to as experts, or expert models, for predicting, among others, a volume of oxygen consumption based upon (at least in part) one or more individual-specific properties such as a gender, a mass and/or a height of a user.
  • information from one or more sensors associated with a device such as device 112 , 126 , 128 , 130 , and/or 400 , may be used to calculate one or more attributes.
  • the calculated attributes may be compared to attributes associated with one or more constructed models, and thereby, used to predict a volume of oxygen being consumed by a user while outputting motion signals (sensor output values) corresponding to the calculated attributes.
  • a user may be performing an activity, such as playing soccer, while wearing a sensor device on an appendage.
  • the sensor device may output sensor values, which may be processed to calculate one or more attributes.
  • the one or more calculated attributes may be compared to one or more attributes associated with one or more models, and an estimation of a volume of oxygen being consumed by the user while playing soccer may be made.
  • said estimation of a volume of oxygen being consumed may be used to estimate energy expenditure values by the user playing soccer.
  • portable electronic device 112 may display a GUI 600 communicating a total, or cumulative number of activity points 602 earned by a user during a specified time period 604 .
  • a user may interact with GUI 600 to receive information related to the earned number of activity points 602 , wherein this related information may include one or more activity types carried out, or one or more locations at which the activities were carried out, among others.
  • interaction with GUI 600 may be by any conventional means.
  • portable electronic device 112 may have a capacitive screen, and a user may interact with GUI 600 by touching one or more portions of the capacitive screen with one or more fingers.
  • interaction with GUI 600 may be via one or more control buttons.
  • GUI 600 may additionally, or alternatively, be displayed on one or more devices 114 , 126 , 128 , or 130 a - 130 o , among others associated with system 100 . It will further be understood that GUI 600 is an exemplary embodiment of a graphical user interface for conveying activity point information to a user, and other alternative embodiments of GUI 600 may be employed without departing from the scope of the disclosure described herein.
  • FIG. 7 is an example display of a GUI 700 for communicating activity points goal information (otherwise referred to as activity level goal information) to the user. Accordingly, GUI 700 may be used to motivate a user to increase his/her total amount of physical activity during a specified time period in order to reach one or more predetermined goal points.
  • GUI 700 may be displayed on a portable electronic device 112 , however, and as described in relation to GUI 600 from FIG. 6 , GUI 700 may be displayed on one or more alternative, or supplementary devices from system 100 .
  • GUI 700 includes a goal status indicator 702 .
  • the goal status indicator 702 is a bar chart that dynamically fills as the number of activity points earned by a user increases.
  • the goal status indicator 702 includes a current number of activity points indicator 706 , and a goal number of activity points indicator 704 .
  • the goal status indicator 702 may be embodied using any appropriate chart, symbol, or text to represent a relationship between a current cumulative number of physical activity points and a goal number of physical activity points.
  • GUI 700 further includes message field 710 for communicating one or more points of information to the user related to his/her current cumulative activity points in relation to a goal number of activity points.
  • message field 710 may be used to communicate one or more motivational messages/reminders to the user in order to encourage the user to continue to participate in one or more physical activities in order to meet prescribed goal number of activity points.
  • the motivational messages communicated via message field 710 may include, among others, a percentage value corresponding to a ratio between a current cumulative number of activity points and a goal number of activity points when the percentage value is greater than, for example, 80%.
  • a motivational message communicated via message field 710 may include a number of minutes of physical activity that may earn a number of activity points to reach a goal number of activity points, when the number of minutes is below a threshold, which may be, for example, 30 minutes.
  • message field 710 may communicate a wide variety of alternative motivational messages to increase the likelihood that a user will continue participating in one or more physical activities in order to achieve a goal number of activity points over a predetermined time period. Additionally, message field 710 may be communicated to a user separately to other elements of GUI 700 , such as goal status indicator 702 .
  • GUI 700 may include interaction field 708 , wherein upon selection, by a user, of interaction field 708 , the user is presented with one or more suggestions for earning activity points to reach the goal number of activity points 704 . These one or more suggestions are described in further detail with reference to FIG. 8 .
  • FIG. 8 schematically depicts an example display of a GUI 800 for communicating one or more suggestions for earning activity points to meet an activity points goal.
  • GUI 800 may, in one exemplary implementation, be displayed on a portable electronic device 112 , however GUI 800 may alternatively be displayed on one or more devices 114 , 126 , 128 , or 130 a - 130 o associated with system 100 , among others.
  • GUI 800 may include a map of local activities 802 , wherein map 802 may be generated based on location data received from a GPS sensor associated with portable electronic device 112 .
  • Map 802 may display a current location 804 at the map's center, and one or more nearby locations at which one or more activities may be performed.
  • map 802 displays a tennis course that is 0.3 miles from the user's current location, and a basketball court that is 0.5 miles from the user's current location.
  • activities displayed on map 802 may be associated with one or more other individuals with whom the user of GUI 800 has a known relationship. These known relationships may be established, by system 100 , by executing one or more processes to search one or more online social networks associated with user. In this way, one or more “friends” of the user may share their location and current activity with the user of GUI 800 through system 100 .
  • map 802 may suggest one or more activities within a predetermined distance of the user's current location based on user preferences for participation in one or more specific sports.
  • map 802 may suggest one or more activities based on a number of participants, wherein the participants are unknown to the user.
  • map 802 may suggest one or more locations for participating in “pickup” games (games involving participants who are unknown to the user), among others.
  • map 802 may display one or more locations associated with one or more activities based on athletic equipment in possession of the user. In this way, for example, when the user is wearing a pair of basketball sneakers, system 100 may suggest basketball-related activities via GUI 800 , among others. Information regarding the type of sports equipment in possession of the user may be communicated via one or more sensors associated with system 100 , such as one or more shoe-mounted devices 126 , as described in relation to FIG. 1 .
  • one or more sensor-enabled pieces of sports equipment/devices may communicate a signal to portable electronic device 112 indicating that the user is in possession of equipment associated with one or more sporting/athletic activities.
  • sports equipment associated with the user may be recorded by system 100 in memory, such as memory 202 , and such that a database of sports equipment associated with the user is retained, based on data input by the user to the database, and wherein the sports equipment need not be sensor enabled.
  • GUI 800 may further include information field 806 for suggesting one or more activities that may be performed by the user to earn activity points to meet an activity points goal, wherein the activities suggested in information field 806 may not be based on a proximity of one or more other individuals, or a sports facility, to the current location of the user. In this way, information field 806 may suggest one or more activities based on sports equipment in possession of the user. Information field 806 , and map 802 , may alternatively suggest one or more activities based on one or more activities performed by the user in the past, and recorded in memory, such as memory 202 .
  • information field 806 may suggest one or more activities to a user based on a plurality of data types which may include, in addition to location data, data related to a number of participants and availability of sports facilities, and data related to the sports equipment available to the user, among others, suggestions based on user viewing habits, wherein GUI 800 may suggest one or more physical activities associated with sports that are watched by the user on television, or searched for by the user on the Internet, among others.
  • information field 806 may indicate an estimated number of activity points that may be earned based on one or more durations of physical activity associated with the one or more activity-type suggestions.
  • the one or more estimated number of activity points associated with one or more durations of physical activity may be based on a deficit number of activity points associated with the user in order to reach an activity points goal. For example, if a user requires fifty activity points to reach a daily activity points goal, the estimated number of activity points displayed by map 802 , or information field 806 , may be associated with durations of physical activity corresponding to approximately fifty activity points.
  • FIG. 9 is a flowchart diagram of an activity goal motivation process 900 .
  • Process 900 may be executed in order to suggest one or more physical activities to be performed by a user in order to earn activity points, or energy expenditure points, to meet a goal number of points for a given time period. This time period may be, among others, an hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly activity points goal, among others.
  • process 900 may be executed by one or more devices associated with system 100 , as described in relation to FIG. 1 .
  • process 900 will be described in relation to a portable electronic device 112 , however one of ordinary skill will understand that process 900 may be executed by a plurality of different devices, such as devices 114 , 126 , 128 , or 130 a - 130 o associated with system 100 .
  • Process 900 receives location information that identifies a current location of a user. As described in relation to FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 , this location information may be received from a GPS sensor associated with a portable electronic device 112 . However, in other implementations, location information may be received based on an IP address associated with an Internet connection to portable electronic device 112 , a radio signal associated with cellular communication to portable electronic device 112 , or a user input to portable electronic device 112 specifying a geographic location, among others.
  • process 900 receives data related to a cumulative number of activity points earned by the user during a specified time period, wherein the earned number of activities points correspond to the total amount of physical activity carried out by the user.
  • process 900 may determine, or calculate one or more activity points earned by the user based on activity data received from one or more sensors, wherein the one or more sensors may be associated with one or more of devices 112 , 114 , 126 , 128 , or 130 a - 130 o from FIG. 1 . Additionally, at block 904 , process 900 may receive data related to an activity points goal, wherein an activity points goal corresponds to a target amount of physical activity to be performed by the user during a specified time period. Block 904 may include a calculation of a deficit number of activity points corresponding to the numerical difference between the activity points goal and the current cumulative number of activity points earned by the user.
  • the specific time period durations should not limit this disclosure, and that the first period, second period, and starting time point may be any length of time, or any time of day, and the like.
  • Block 906 of process 900 identifies one or more user preferences associated with athletic activities.
  • These user preferences may include information related to other individuals known to the user participating in one or more athletic activities. For example one or more individuals known to the user may communicate their location and an athletic activity currently being performed, such that the user has an opportunity to join into an organized game associated with a particular sport, among others.
  • the user preferences may further include information related to athletic activities performed by the user in the past.
  • system 100 may retain a database, in memory 212 , of sports of interest to the user.
  • the user preferences may be based on athletic equipment owned by, worn by, or in possession of the user. In this way, system 100 may retain a database, in memory 212 , of activities of interest to the user based on products owned/in possession of the user.
  • Block 908 identifies one or more activities that may be performed by the user to meet the activity points goal. This identification may be based upon the calculation of an activity points deficit between the activity points goal and the current cumulative number of activity points earned by the user, in addition to the established location of user, and the identified activity preferences associated with the user. In this way, block 908 may identify one or more athletic activities that may be performed by the user within a predetermined range/proximity of the current location of user. In alternative embodiments, however, block 908 may identify one or more activities that may be performed by the user in order to reach the activity points goal, wherein the identified activities are not based upon a proximity to the user's current location.
  • block 908 may identify one or more activities that may be performed by the user to meet an activity point goal of an activity session. As such, block 908 may include calculating a difference (deficit) between an energy expenditure metric for a current activity session and an energy expenditure metric for a previous activity session for a same athletic activity, among others.
  • system 100 may transmit data identifying activity suggestions to the user.
  • these suggestions may be communicated to the user via a graphical user interface, such as GUI 800 from FIG. 8 .
  • the information communicated to the user may be ordered, or ranked, such that, among others, physical activities known to be of greater interest to the user are preferentially displayed to the user.
  • process 900 may determine, based on a number of occasions during which the user participated in basketball games, that the user has a preference for the sport of basketball.
  • process 900 at block 910 , may preferentially display activity suggestions related to basketball. In this way, process 900 may be more likely to motivate the user to participate in further physical activity in order to reach the predetermined activity points goal.
  • process 900 may rank activity suggestions based on estimated activity durations to make up the user's cumulative number of activity points to the activity points goal.
  • a motivational message to a user may rank one or more physical activities based on a likelihood that there will be enough time within an activity period to earn enough activity points to reach an activity goal for the activity period.
  • the activity period may be a half hour, an hour, a day, a week, or a month, or any other period of time.
  • the ranking of the one or more physical activities may be carried out by a processor within a unitary device, such as devices 114 , 126 , 128 , or 130 a - 130 o .
  • the ranking may determine a probability (likelihood) that a given physical activity can be participated in by a user and result in a number of activity points being earned (calculated/Non-Provisional awarded to the user etc.) to meet an activity points goal.
  • This probability may be based on a proximity of the user to a sporting facility to carry out one or more physical activities, an amount of time left in an activity period during which an activity points goal is to be met, and a record of physical activities carried out by the user in the past, among others.
  • the probability may favor (rank more highly) a first activity for which the user consistently earns a first amount of activity points, over a second activity for which the user earns a second, significantly variable amount of activity points.
  • the ranking may rank a first activity, for which the user consistently earns 100+/ ⁇ 10 activity points per hour higher than a second activity for which the user, from a record of user activity, earns 110+/ ⁇ 90 activity points per hour, and the like.
  • block 910 may communicate one or more points for information in order to motivate the user to continue with physical activity in order to meet the activity points goal.
  • These points of information may include a description of the user's current cumulative number of activity points in relation to the goal number of activity points, or one or more estimated time durations that would be sufficient to make up the deficit between the current cumulative number of activity points and the activity points goal, among others.
  • the process 900 may be implemented in an activity monitoring device.
  • an activity monitoring device may be a general purpose computer or mobile device which is configured to operate as an activity monitoring device or may be a device designed specifically for this function.
  • the activity monitoring device may have a context identifying module which is configured to determine or receive information regarding the location of the user (block 902 ) and/or the athletic activity preferences of the user based on, for example, the athletic equipment in possession of the user (block 906 ).
  • the activity monitoring device may further comprise a deficit determining module which calculates the deficit number of activity points in block 904 .
  • An activity suggestion module may transmit data identifying activity suggestions to the user in block 910 based on the deficit determined by the deficit determining module and information provided by the context identifying module regarding the location and/or athletic activity preferences of the user.
  • Context information may be derived based on the situation of the user (i.e. relating to location, preferences, equipment resources, etc.).
  • the context information can be used to suggest suitable activities for the user to achieve their activity points goal. This is performed automatically or semi-automatically and thus avoids the need for the user to carry out extensive research into suitable activities. A user may therefore be able to more quickly identify suitable activities, with minimal input directly from the user. Accordingly, data throughput and power consumption of the associated device may be reduced. Further, as the data input requirements are reduced, the device need not have such a complicated input system. This may reduce the complexity, cost, reliability, durability, and/or power consumption of the device.
  • a computer program may be stored on a computer-readable medium, or it could, for example, be in the form of a signal such as a downloadable data signal provided from an Internet website, or it could be in any other form.
  • Alternative embodiments of the invention may use alternative or additional equations for calculating point values and/or other quantities.
  • the equations may include derivations of measured and/or calculated values. Derivations that include time periods may be used to show rates and rates of change. For example, one equation may be used to determine a rate of accumulating activity points or energy expenditure points. Another equation may be used to determine a quantity of activity points or energy expenditure points accumulated over a predetermined time period.
  • Some equations may use variables other than time. For example, some equations may be used to calculate a value as a function of activity points or energy expenditure points and steps. Calculating values that are functions of activity points or energy expenditure points and other variables may be used to compare the efficiencies of various activities. For example, an equation may be used to determine that taking steps at a faster pace may result in activity points or energy expenditure points accumulating at a faster per step pace. Another exemplary equation may determine activity points or energy expenditure points per a predetermined distance or a unit of distance.
  • Some equations may be used to calculate first and/or second derivatives of measured or calculated values to show rates and rates of change. For example, an equation may be used to calculate or estimate a rate of accumulation of activity points or energy expenditure points at a given time. In some embodiments an instantaneous rate of accumulation of activity points or energy expenditure points is displayed to a user via display 235 or a display that is part of a mobile device.
  • the calculated points may be combined, such as being added, to a total in step 612 .
  • the total may allow user 124 (and/or selected individuals or groups approved by user 124 ) to see how many points are earned over various periods of time, such as days, weeks and months. Totals may also be calculated for multiple time periods. For example, a user may receive totals for periods that include 24 hours, one week, one month and one year. In some embodiments users may select other time periods or deselect time periods. A user may track multiple time periods concurrently and track points award since the beginning of use of a device or start of a program. The total for any giving time period may represent points earned for several activities. For example, in a day a user may receive points for walking, jogging and sprinting during different time periods. As mentioned above, the points earned for each activity may be a function of a corresponding activity factor.
  • energy expenditure intensity values may be calculated for one or more time periods.
  • the plurality of time periods may be within a unitary time frame, such as a minute, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, an hour, or a day.
  • a user may designate or alter the duration and/or quantity of time periods and/or time frame.
  • Certain embodiments may organize data collected at different time periods into a collection.
  • data collected during time periods within a time frame may be designated as a “session”.
  • a UI may be configured to permit a user to designate past activity data as being associated with a specific activity, sport, event or motion.
  • a user may indicate that past activities (which may be stored as raw and/or processed data, including for example, energy expenditure points or values) were collected during a soccer game or running session.
  • an input may designate that future activities, such as a scheduled soccer game or running event, is a “session” or collection of related data.
  • One or more designations may be suggested or even automatically generated from electronic data, such as information stored in relation to a calendar application on an electronic device.
  • the electronic data may be stored on the same device comprising a sensor from which at least a portion of the motion data is collected from and/or configured to receive data from at least one of the sensors.
  • motion data collected within a geographic area may be used to associate that data with a specific sport or activity.
  • GPS data (which may be obtained from the same or different device that obtains at least a portion of the motion data) may be utilized to determine that the user is or was within a geographic area.
  • data collected within that area may be associated together as a session or other collection.
  • a combination of information may be used to designate a collection of motion data, such as a session.
  • motion data obtained at or within a proximity to a geographic location or area during or more time frames e.g., data collected within 500 feet of a soccer field during the hours of 2-4 pm on a Saturday) may be associated together, such as classified as a soccer session.
  • Geographic data may be obtained from GPS, triangulation of communication signals, presence of other signals, such as detection of a certain sensor, and/or by manual indication via a user input.
  • Motion data such as the data described above or anywhere throughout this disclosure, may only be classified as a session if at least a portion of the data meets a criterion. For example, if energy expenditure intensity values for at least a portion of the activity does not meet a threshold, then a portion or all of the data may not be classified within a session. Users may be able to tag the sessions as being within certain activity, either during or after collection of the data.
  • Energy expenditure values may be displayed, such as on a portable electronic device, as a function of time.
  • data of a session may be displayed.
  • a first value collected during a first time period may be displayed as a first variation of a display characteristic based upon exceeding a first threshold and a second value (which may be collected during a second time period within the same session) may be displayed as a second variation of the display characteristic based upon exceeding the second threshold.
  • the display characteristic may relate to at least one of: color, size, or shape, for example.
  • Sessions may be organized such that a user may readily view trends from different sessions, which may be collected from motion data of different times and/or locations. Further, a first session may have been collected by one or more sensors that were not utilized to obtain motion data during another session. One or more sessions may be designated by markers on a map.
  • one or more calculations of the motion data may occur in real-time, or as the data is being collected.
  • energy expenditure values may be displayed on an output of an electronic device.
  • an accumulation of energy expenditure values may be displayed and other information, such as color variations may indicate an intensity level, such as based upon the quantity of energy expenditure of the user as a function of time.
  • One or more processes for calculating energy expenditure values, intensity values, and/or other values may be based, at least in part, on the designation of the data. For example, if a session is designated as a yoga session, a first process may be used to calculate energy expenditure, whereas a designation of a soccer game may result in a different process for calculating energy expenditure. Designations may be based upon the user input, sensor data, location, and/or one or more other factors. Further, the designation may result in utilizing (or not utilizing) one or more sensors. One or more collections of data may be re-designated. In certain embodiments, re-designation may result in recalculating at least a portion of the data, such as by using different sensor data, and/or different equations for calculating the values.
  • Further aspects relate to systems and methods that permit access of a plurality of users to at least a portion to other user's energy expenditure, including for example access to session data of other users.
  • players in a basketball or soccer league may want to compare their energy expenditure levels among teammates and/or one or more opposing players.
  • a collection of motion data (such as session data) may be shared within one more groups. Groups may be implemented such that only a portion of session data (e.g., data collected during a specific time, by a certain sensor, occurring at a certain area, etc.) may be shared with one or more users.
  • session data e.g., data collected during a specific time, by a certain sensor, occurring at a certain area, etc.
  • one or more criteria may dictate sharing properties.
  • Users may create groups, such that an invite from a specific individual or groups of individuals is required for access to certain information.
  • a user may belong to multiple groups and as such, the same or different portions of their activity data (or derivatives thereof) may be shared with different people.
  • a group may provide rankings based upon, for example, total time within sessions, total energy expenditure, energy expenditure meeting specific criterion (e.g., locational criterion), intensity, distance, etc.
  • one or more members of the group may set a group goal, such as earning a specific quantity of energy expenditure during a time period or total time of activity meeting a certain threshold, for example.
  • the goal may permit members to compete against each other to meet a goal, and/or permit at least two members to cooperatively meet one or more goals.
  • an energy expenditure intensity value may be determined by quantifying the energy expenditure values for a user for a certain time period.
  • energy expenditure values (or derivatives thereof) a span of time may be used to determine an energy expenditure intensity value for that span of time.
  • Motion data may be obtained from a plurality of different time periods within the time frame.
  • data from a first sensor (which may be an accelerometer, for example) may be obtained every second or multiple times a second and data from a second sensor (such as a force sensor) may be obtained for the same, different or partially overlapping time periods.
  • data from the second sensor may be collected at 1 ⁇ 2 the rate of the first sensor.
  • Data collected at these time points may be used to determine energy expenditure values for specific time periods within the time frame.
  • the time frame is not required to be static.
  • the time period may be rolling consecutive duration of time.
  • the time frame may be static.
  • Certain embodiments may determine whether one or more energy expenditure intensity values meet a threshold during the time frame. Further embodiments may permit one or more users to compete which user or groups of users obtained more energy expenditure during one or more periods. In one embodiment, if a first user meets an intensity threshold level for a duration and a second user does not meet the intensity threshold level for that duration, the first user may be deemed a winner of that duration. If both users met the threshold level, then a tie may be declared. In another embodiment, total energy expenditure over a larger period of time of time that includes the duration(s) in which both users met the threshold level) may be used to determine a winner. In yet other embodiments, whichever user obtained a higher intensity level during the duration or the larger time period of time may be used to determine a winner.
  • Certain embodiments may not utilize data from other actual users.
  • a virtual AI user may be utilized. Further embodiments may not utilize data from other users, virtual or real, but rather, a user's performance, such as meeting a goal and/or obtaining a virtual reward, may be based solely on whether they achieve a set threshold, regardless of what other user's data indicates and/or if there is not any other user data for comparison.
  • the competitions and/or group activities described herein may be “won” or at least competed in by a single user. For example, a user can “win the day” by obtaining a threshold quantity of hours or time frames in which they met a threshold intensity level.
  • all disclosure herein relating to comparing a first user's data to a second user's data also is intended to disclose comparing a first user's data to electronically stored data that may not have been collected from actual activity data of another user.
  • it may be quantified how many times a user meets a threshold intensity level for a time frame (such as an hour or a day).
  • Systems and methods may be implemented to quantify the number of times a plurality of users each meet a threshold within a set time, such as within with a day. Certain methods may be configured to permit users to compete for instances of meeting a threshold level of intensity in a day or other length of time.
  • it may be determined whether any of a plurality of users obtained an intensity threshold level a set amount of time. If a user meets the threshold level for any set duration, which may be measured by ensuring they have a plurality of consecutive expenditure values, then they may get credit for a longer period of time.
  • the quantity of threshold intensity levels meet for the specified durations may be quantified and one or more users may be ranked or otherwise compared. For example, a user may “win the day” if that user met more threshold levels than another user or above a threshold quantity. As discussed above, one or more tie-breakers may be used. Further, as discussed throughout this disclosure, certain criterion may be used to determine whether sensor data is considered and/or how it may be processed. Further, although an exemplary threshold level was discussed, those skilled in the art will appreciate that multiple threshold levels may be used. In one embodiment, a higher threshold intensity level may be weighted in ranking and/or determining a winner.
  • a device may be configured to motivate a user to conduct activity if they have not hit a threshold level for a duration of time.
  • a notification may be provided to indicate that they are unlikely to meet a threshold level, such as for a duration of time that includes the current time the user is intended to get the notification.
  • a second reminder which may be the same or different from the first reminder, could be provided again when less time remains.
  • the notification may be configured to be generated on a device that comprises at least one sensor that created at least a portion of the user's motion data.
  • the device may be configured to be worn on an appendage, such as for example, on a user's arm, wrist, or leg.
  • the device may comprise at least one accelerometer for obtaining motion data.
  • the device may not only generate the notification, but also configured to provide the notification, such as through a display, audio, tactile feedback (e.g., vibrations) and combinations thereof.
  • the notification may be generated on a first device, such as a computer or portable electronic device and transmitted to a device having at least one of the sensors used to collect the data.
  • certain embodiments may determine how much time a user is engaged within a highly intense activity. As one example, certain embodiments may only quantify total intensity by quantifying time periods or time frames that meet at least one threshold of energy expenditure intensity. For example, time conducted performing an activity that provides energy expenditure intensity values less than a first threshold may not be utilized. Other embodiments may utilize data meeting a plurality of thresholds. In one embodiment, time in which a user is accumulating at least a threshold quantity of energy expenditure points, which may or may not be directly or indirectly derived from calories, is marked as an intense period of time.
  • time in which a user is accumulating at least a threshold quantity of energy expenditure points is marked as an intense period of time.
  • minutes in which a user earned (or is earning) at least 18 Nike FUEL points per minute may be totaled. If the number of minutes reaches a threshold amount, such as for example, 30 minutes per day or week, then the user may be provided a virtual award.
  • Total intensity moderate (18-27 Nike FUEL points per minute)+high (28+Nike FUEL points per minute).
  • Certain embodiments may have a challenge for the user to conduct activity that provides at least a threshold level of energy expenditure intensity for at least 30 minutes for one or more instances. In one embodiment, the instances may be 3 or more instance of at least 30 minutes per week.
  • An activity monitoring device comprising: a context identifying module configured to obtain information regarding a location of a user and/or athletic equipment in possession of the user; a deficit determining module configured to determine a deficit between a level of activity performed by the user and a goal level of activity; and an activity suggestion module configured to suggest, based upon the determined deficit and the information obtained by the context identifying module, one or more activity types to be carried out by the user to reach the goal level of activity.
  • Clause 2 An activity monitoring device as described in Clause 1, wherein the activity suggestion module is further configured to rank the one or more activity types based on activity preferences of the user.
  • Clause 3 An activity monitoring device as described in Clause 2, wherein the activity preferences are based on a number of previous occasions during which the user participated in one or more activities.
  • Clause 4 An activity monitoring device as described in Clause 2 or 3, wherein the activity preferences are based on a number of individuals known to the user, and participating in an activity.
  • Clause 5 An activity monitoring device as described in any of Clauses 2 to 4, wherein the activity suggestion module is further configured to calculate an estimated time duration to reach the goal level for the or each activity type, the activity suggestion unit ranking the activity types based on the calculated time durations.
  • Clause 6 An activity monitoring device as described in any preceding Clause, wherein the activity suggestion module is configured to suggest activity types in proximity to the location of the user.
  • Clause 7 An activity monitoring device as described in any preceding Clause, wherein the context identifying module is configured to determine the athletic equipment in possession of the user based on one or more signals received from sensor-enabled athletic equipment.
  • Clause 8 An activity monitoring device as described in any preceding Clause, wherein the context identifying module is configured to determine the athletic equipment in possession of the user based on a stored database of athletic equipment in possession of the user.
  • Clause 9 A computer-implemented method of operating a device comprising: obtaining context information regarding a location of a user and/or athletic equipment in possession of the user; determining a deficit between a level of activity performed by the user and a goal level of activity; and based upon the determined deficit and context information, suggesting one or more activity types to be carried out to reach the goal level of activity.
  • Clause 10 A computer-implemented method as described in Clause 9, further comprising: ranking the one or more activity types based on activity preferences of the user.
  • Clause 11 A computer-implemented method as described in Clause 10, wherein the activity preferences are based on a number of previous occasions during which the user participated in one or more activities.
  • Clause 12 A computer-implemented method as described in Clause 11, wherein the activity preferences are based on a number of individuals known to the user, and participating in an activity.
  • Clause 13 A computer-implemented method as described in any of Clauses 9 to 12, wherein the activity types are ranked based on one or more estimated time durations to reach the goal level of activity.
  • Clause 14 A computer-implemented method as described in any preceding Clause, wherein the athletic equipment in possession of the user is determined based on one or more signals received from sensor-enabled athletic equipment.
  • Clause 15 A computer-implemented method as described in Clause 14, wherein the athletic equipment in possession of the user is determined based on a stored database of athletic equipment in possession of the user.
  • Clause 16 A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising executable instructions that when executed cause a computer device to function as an activity monitoring device as described in any of Clauses 1 to 8 or to perform the method as described in any of Clauses 9 to 15.
  • Clause 17 A computer-implemented method of operating a device comprising: receiving, at a processor included in the device, location information identifying a location of a user; determining, by the processor, a deficit between a level of activity performed by the user and a goal level of activity; and based upon the determined deficit, suggesting one or more activity types in proximity to the user to be carried out to reach the goal level of activity.
  • Clause 18 The computer-implemented method of Clause 17, further comprising: ranking, by the processor, the one or more activity types based on activity preferences of the user.
  • Clause 19 The computer-implemented method of Clause 18, wherein the activity preferences are based on a number of previous occasions during which the user participated in one or more activities.
  • Clause 20 The computer-implemented method of Clause 18, wherein the activity preferences are based on a number of individuals known to the user, and participating in an activity.
  • Clause 21 The computer-implemented method of Clause 18, wherein the activity types are ranked based on one or more estimated time durations to reach the goal level of activity.
  • a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that when executed by a processor is configured to perform at least: determining, by the processor, a deficit between a level of activity performed by a user and a goal level of activity; determining, by the processor, athletic equipment in possession of the user; and based upon the determined deficit and the athletic equipment in possession of the user, suggesting, by the processor, one or more activity types to be carried out by the user to reach the goal level of activity.
  • Clause 23 The non-transitory computer-readable medium of Clause 22, wherein the processor determines the athletic equipment in possession of the user based on one or more signals received from sensor-enabled athletic equipment.
  • Clause 24 The non-transitory computer-readable medium of Clause 22, wherein the processor determines the athletic equipment in possession of the user based on a stored database of athletic equipment in possession of the user.
  • Clause 25 The non-transitory computer-readable medium of Clause 22, further comprising: receiving, at the processor, location information identifying the location of the user, wherein the suggested activity types are further ranked based on proximity to the user.
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