Wearable device assembly having athletic functionality and milestone tracking

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9415266-B2
Application number	US-201414194210-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 28, 2014
Priority date	Nov 1, 2011
Publication date	Aug 16, 2016
Grant date	Aug 16, 2016

Abstract

A wearable device assembly has a housing supporting a controller, display and indicator system thereon. The controller has at least one sensor wherein activity of a user wearing the device is detected. The controller selectively illuminates the indicator system to indicate a level of activity of the user.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
receiving athletic activity data from a device configured to be worn by a user;
receiving a first user input indicating an activity time period;
determining a number of activity points earned by the user and a rate at which the user earned the activity points based, at least in part, on the received athletic activity data;
generating, on a display device, a first interface indicating a progress of the user toward achieving an activity milestone;
modifying a first attribute of the first interface in accordance with the rate at which the user earned the activity points; and
determining, at a processor, whether the user has achieved the activity milestone based, at least in part, on the number of activity points earned by the user during the activity time period.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
presenting the user with a reward in response to achieving the activity milestone.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein presenting the user with the reward further comprises providing the user with at least one of a new image, a new color, or a new function to be utilized by an application interface.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein a portion of the application interface comprises a menu providing the user with one or more communication channels for sharing the reward with other users.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
providing a first application interface configured to communicate athletic activity data to the user, wherein a portion of the application interface comprises a virtual object configured to be modified to indicate a percentage of an activity goal achieved by the user.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
visually modifying an appearance of the virtual object in accordance with the received athletic activity data.

7. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
providing a second application interface configured to communicate to the user an accumulated number of activity points earned by the user in relation to the activity point goal.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein the first application interface is further configured to communicate content to the user indicating that the activity milestone has been achieved.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the activity milestone is a lifetime activity point total.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the device is a wrist-worn monitoring device.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to determining that the user achieved the activity milestone, automatically generating a recommended activity milestone for the user based, at least in part, on the rate at which the user earned the activity points and a baseline activity level of the user.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving user input selection indicating a first category of activity time periods;
processing, by the processor, a first set of activity data for the user indicating a history of athletic activities performed by the user during a first time period;
determining a first portion of the first set of activity data corresponding to the first category of activity time periods; and
generating an activity recommendation to the user based on the determined first portion of the first set of activity data.

13. The method of claim 2 , wherein the reward comprises a first graphic animation, the method further comprising:
adjusting, on the display device, a speed at which the first graphic animation is displayed based, at least in part, on the rate at which the user earned the activity points.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer-executable instructions for causing a computer device to perform the steps of:
receiving athletic activity data from a device configured to be worn by a user;
receiving a first user input indicating an activity time period;
determining a number of activity points earned by the user and a rate at which the user earned the activity points based, at least in part, on the received athletic activity data;
generating, on a display device, a first interface indicating a progress of the user toward achieving an activity milestone;
modifying a first attribute of the first interface in accordance with the rate at which the user earned the activity points; and
determining, at a processor, whether the user has achieved the activity milestone based, at least in part, on the number of activity points earned by the user during the activity time period.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed, further cause the computer device to perform:
displaying, on the display device, an activity reward in response to the user achieving the activity milestone.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the displaying of the activity reward further cause the computer device to perform:
providing the user with at least one of a new image, a new color, or a new function to be utilized by an application interface.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein a portion of the application interface comprises a menu providing the user with one or more communication channels for sharing the reward with other users.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed, further cause the computer device to perform:
providing a first application interface configured to communicate athletic activity data to the user, wherein a portion of the application interface comprises a virtual object configured to be modified to indicate a percentage of an activity goal achieved by the user.

Assignees

• Nike Inc

Inventors

• Weast Aaron B
• Cobbett Jamian R

Classifications

• Y10S482/901

  having computer circuitry · CPC title

• G16H40/63

  for local operation · CPC title

• A61B5/1118 Primary

  Determining activity level · CPC title

• A63B2024/0068

  Comparison to target or threshold, previous performance or not real time comparison to other individuals · CPC title

• A61B5/6813

  Specially adapted to be attached to a specific body part (A61B5/6802 takes precedence) · CPC title