Promoting physical activity
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsJOSEPH HENRICUS GERARDUS ROUS, LUCIA MANUHUTU
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Abstract
Methods and systems for promoting physical activity by users utilizing a plurality of components. Embodiments of the present invention collect data concerning user activity, analyze the data, and provide feedback to promote physical activity by the user. These functions may be provided by a single component or dispersed across a plurality of components, and may utilize a variety of intermediary devices to facilitate communications and presentation.
Claims15
An activity monitor comprising:
- a physiological sensor configured to measure data concerning user activity;
- and
- a transceiver for wireless communications,
- wherein the transceiver is configured to transmit wireless communications comprising data concerning user activity, the wireless communications used to influence the contents of a story presented to the user of the activity monitor.
A system for encouraging user activity, the device comprising:
- a transceiver for receiving communications comprising data concerning user activity;
- a processor configured to analyze data concerning user activity;
- and
- an interface for providing a story whose contents vary in response to the results of the data analysis.
A method of encouraging user activity, the method comprising:
- receiving communications comprising data concerning user activity obtained from a physiological sensor;
- analyzing the data concerning user activity;
- and
- providing a story whose contents vary in response to the results of the data analysis.
The method of claim 13, wherein the story is only presented when the intermediary device is in communication with a second intermediary device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.