Multi-activity platform and interface

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10172540-B2
Application number	US-201615072058-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 16, 2016
Priority date	Jan 19, 2012
Publication date	Jan 8, 2019
Grant date	Jan 8, 2019

Abstract

A multi-activity system may be configured to receive, upload, synchronize and process data for a variety of different activity types and/or recorded using multiple types of activity monitoring devices. In one example, an application interface may be defined with a multiple functions that are each useable by various types of devices and for processing multiple types of data. Additionally or alternatively, data for different activity types and/or recorded using different types of monitoring devices may be processed differently. Synchronization of data may further be handled on a device-by-device basis, device-type basis and/or activity-type basis using various tracking parameters.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method performed by an athletic tracking system comprising:
receiving physical activity data from a plurality of activity monitoring devices, each activity monitoring device including a sensor configured to measure physical activity data of a user;
categorizing the received physical activity data based on type of activity monitoring device and based on type of physical activity;
storing, in a first storage area, a first portion of the physical activity data corresponding to a first type of activity monitoring device and a first type of physical activity;
storing, in a second storage area, a second portion of the physical activity data corresponding to a second type of activity monitoring device and a second type of physical activity;
determining, based on the first type of activity monitoring device and the first type of physical activity, a first synchronization offset configured to specify a point at which synchronization of the first portion of the physical activity data is to begin; and
determining, based on the second type of activity monitoring device and the second type of physical activity, a second synchronization offset configured to specify a point at which synchronization of the second portion of the physical activity data is to begin;
responsive to receiving an instruction to synchronize data, modifying the physical activity data such that the first portion of the physical activity data is modified by the first synchronization offset and the second portion of the physical activity data is modified by the second synchronization offset; and
displaying, by a display unit, a synchronized data display including the modified physical activity data.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
storing, in a third storage area, a third portion of the physical activity data corresponding to a first type of activity monitoring device and a second type of physical activity;
storing, in a fourth storage area, a fourth portion of the physical activity data corresponding to a second type of activity monitoring device and a first type of physical activity;
determining, based on the first type of activity monitoring device and the second type of physical activity, a third synchronization offset configured to specify a point at which synchronization of the third portion of the physical activity data is to begin; and
determining, based on the second type of activity monitoring device and the first type of physical activity, a fourth synchronization offset configured to specify a point at which synchronization of the fourth portion of the physical activity data is to begin,
wherein the synchronized data display includes physical activity data from the third storage area modified by the third synchronization offset and physical activity data from the fourth storage area modified by the fourth synchronization offset.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining whether the modified physical activity data meets a physical activity threshold; and
presenting a goal achievement message to the display unit upon determining that the modified physical activity data meets the physical activity threshold.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
generating a first set of metrics for the first portion of the received physical activity data; and
generating a second set of metrics for the second portion of the received physical activity data,
wherein the first set of metrics includes at least one activity metric not included in the second set of metrics.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining a first predefined set of activity tags used for the first type of activity; and
processing the first portion of the received physical activity data to extract one or more values for the first predefined set of activity tags.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
determining a second predefined set of activity tags used for the second type of activity; and
process the second portion of the received physical activity data to extract one or more values for the second predefined set of activity tags.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining a number of activity points earned by the user based on the received physical activity data; and
categorizing the determined number of activity points based on the at least one of: type of activity monitoring device used and type of physical activity performed.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining whether the user has achieved a streak of two or more consecutive goal time periods in which a corresponding activity point goal has been reached.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising recommending at least one of a product and an athletic activity based on the received physical activity data.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
processing a challenge between a first user and a second user;
receiving a first set of physical activity data from the first user;
receiving a second set of physical activity data from the second user; and
determining a winner of the challenge based on the first and second sets of physical activity data.

11. A method performed by an athletic tracking system comprising:
receiving physical activity data from a plurality of activity monitoring devices, each activity monitoring device including a sensor configured to measure physical activity data of a user, wherein the received physical activity data includes physical activity data for a plurality of types of physical activity;
categorizing the received physical activity data into a plurality of portions based on a type of physical activity performed and based on type of activity monitoring device, wherein a first portion of the physical activity data corresponds to a first type of activity monitoring device and a first type of physical activity, and a second portion of the physical activity data corresponds to a second type of activity monitoring device and a second type of physical activity;
determining, based on the first type of physical activity and the first type of activity monitoring device, a first synchronization offset for the first portion of the physical activity data, the first synchronization offset specifying a point at which synchronization of the first portion of the physical activity data is to begin;
determining, based on the second type of physical activity and the second type of activity monitoring device, a second synchronization offset for the second portion of the physical activity data, the second synchronization offset specifying a point at which synchronization of the second portion of the physical activity data is to begin;
responsive to receiving an instruction to synchronize data, modifying the physical activity data such that the first portion of the physical activity data is modified by the first synchronization offset and the second portion of the physical activity data is modified by the second synchronization offset; and
displaying, by a display unit, a synchronized data display including the modified physical activity data.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
determining, based on the first type of physical activity and the second type of activity monitoring device, a third synchronization offset specifying a point at which synchronization of a third portion of the physical activity data is to begin; and
determining, based on the second type of physical activity and the first type of activity monitoring device, a fourth synchronization offset specifying a point at which synchronization of a fourth portion of the physical activity data is to begin,
wherein the synchronized data di

Assignees

• Nike Inc

Inventors

• Balakrishnan Ashok
• Davis Christopher W
• Lyman Jefferson
• Setti Sridhar
• Convay Wade
• Greer Tara
• Mathure Gaurabh
• Thorwarth Christopher C

Classifications

• G06F19/3481

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F17/40

  Data acquisition and logging (for input to computer G06F3/00) · CPC title

• H04L67/1095

  Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes · CPC title

• A61B5/7435

  Displaying user selection data, e.g. icons in a graphical user interface · CPC title

• A61B2503/10

  Athletes · CPC title