Methods and apparatus for event management

A server apparatus for reducing transmission of a plurality of records relating to a respective plurality of events entered at one or more user devices including at least one activity tracking device, said events corresponding to health-related parameters for the user, said server apparatus comprising:

• at least one interface configured to enable communication with said at least one activity tracking device;
• a storage entity;
• and
• a processor configured to communicate to said storage entity, and said at least one interface, said processor configured to execute a plurality of health-monitoring computer programs and at least one event management computer program thereon, said event management computer program comprising a plurality of instructions which are configured to, when executed by said processor, cause said server apparatus to:
• access a plurality of previously unevaluated event records corresponding to health-related parameters for the user, wherein said previously unevaluated event records are queued for transmission;
• determine whether a first one of said plurality of previously unevaluated event records comprises a most temporally recent event of an event record type associated to a first user profile within said plurality of said previously unevaluated event records;
• transmit said first one of said plurality of previously unevaluated event records to said at least one health-monitoring device when it is determined that said first one of said plurality of previously unevaluated event records comprises said most temporally recent event of said event record type associated to said first user profile within said plurality of said previously unevaluated event records;
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• not transmit said first one of said plurality of previously unevaluated event records to said at least one health-monitoring device when it is determined that said first one of said plurality of previously unevaluated event records does not comprise said most temporally recent event of said event record type associated to said first user profile, and thereby reduce a number of the plurality of event records transmitted by the server apparatus.

A non-transitory, computer readable medium comprising a plurality of instructions which are configured to, when executed:

• collect, at a first device of an activity tracking system, a plurality of pending event records representative of a respective plurality of events entered at one or more user devices and communicated to said first device via a network, wherein said pending event records correspond to health-related parameters for a user, and wherein said pending event records are queued for transmission and identified by a flag indicating review of said event record;
• receive a notification that a second device of the activity tracking system is able to accept one or more of said plurality of pending event records;
• apply one or more rules configured to identify for suppression first ones of said plurality of pending event records which are not required to be transmitted to said second device, and identify for transmission second ones of said plurality of pending event records which are required to be transmitted to said second device;
• cause said first ones of said plurality of pending event records to be marked as having been evaluated;
• cause said second ones of said plurality of pending event records to be marked as having been evaluated;
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• cause said second ones of said plurality of pending event records to be transmitted to said second device without causing said first ones of said plurality of pending event records to be transmitted to said second device such that a number of event records transmitted to said second device is reduced.