Companion app to cooperate with an integrated tracker app

An apparatus, comprising:

• a mobile app resident in a memory of a mobile computing device having multiple components including one or more event handers, a state controller, a scheduler, and an application programming interface;
• where the mobile app is configured to generate and manage one or more companion apps in the memory of the mobile computing device, where the one or more companion apps in the memory of the mobile computing device are coded to cooperate with one or more integrated tracker apps in a memory of the wearable device to provide a combined functionality to the wearable device;
• where a first companion app is coded to be in communication with a first integrated tracker app to provide functionality selected from a group consisting of i) perform data collection by the first companion app on behalf of the first integrated tracker app, ii) facilitate settings updates for the first integrated tracker app on the wearable device configured through a user interface of the first companion app displayed on a display screen of the mobile computing device, and iii) extend capabilities of the first integrated tracker app;
• where the one or more integrated tracker apps are resident in the memory of the wearable device and are configured to wirelessly pair through a wireless communication circuit of the wearable device to the one or more companion apps loaded in the memory of the mobile computing device, where the first integrated tracker app on the wearable device is configured to submit requests for the one or more event handlers through the application programming interface of the mobile app, where the instructions for the first integrated tracker app are executed by a first processor of the wearable device and instructions for the first companion app are executed by a second processor of the mobile computing device;
• where the first companion app is configured to run in the memory of the mobile computing device while the wearable device is not running an executable file of the first integrated tracker app in order to allow the first companion app to perform functions selected from a group consisting of i) pre-fetch data on behalf of the first integrated tracker app, ii) record settings updates to the first integrated tracker app on the wearable device that are configured through the user interface of the companion app displayed on the display screen of the mobile computing device, iii) extend a computational and memory storage capabilities available to the first integrated tracker app via a distributed workflow between the first integrated tracker app and the companion app, iv) extend capabilities of the first integrated tracker app by adding connectivity to an Internet to access On-line services and gather data on behalf of the first integrated tracker app via the first integrated tracking app submitting a request to the application programming interface for the first companion app, and v) obtain sensor data from one or more sensors in the mobile computing device on behalf of the first integrated tracker app;
• wherein the state controller of the mobile app is configured to regulate two main operational states of the first companion app i) loaded and ii) unloading, where the scheduler is configured to cooperate with the state controller for the companion app to coordinate activities between i) multiples instances of the companion app loaded in the memory of the mobile computing device and ii) the one or more integrated tracker apps running in the memory of the wearable device;
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• where the first integrated tracker app occupies less memory space, consumes less battery power, and consumes less computing cycles from the first processor on the wearable device than if the first integrated tracker app performed all of the combined functionality given to the wearable device from the first integrated tracker app cooperating with the first companion app.

A method for one or more tracker apps in a memory of wearable device to cooperate with one or more companion apps in a memory of a mobile computing device, comprising:

• a mobile app generating and managing the one or more companion apps in the memory of the mobile computing device, where the one or more companion apps in the memory of the mobile computing device cooperate with the one or more integrated tracker apps in the memory of the wearable device to provide a combined functionality to the wearable device, where a first companion app is in communication with a first integrated tracker app to provide at least extended capabilities for the first integrated tracker app including adding connectivity to an Internet to access On-line services and gather data on behalf of the first integrated tracker app via the first integrated tracking app submitting a request to a fetch application programming interface for the first companion app;
• executing instructions for the first integrated tracker apps with a first processor in the wearable device, and executing instructions for the first companion app with a second processor in the mobile computing device;
• where the mobile app coordinates activities between i) multiples instances of the companion app loaded in the memory of the mobile computing device and ii) the one or more integrated tracker apps running in the memory of the wearable device;
• where the first integrated tracker app at least consumes less battery power and consumes less computing cycles from the first processor on the wearable device than if the first integrated tracker app performed all of the combined functionality given to the wearable device from the first integrated tracker app cooperating with the first companion app;
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• where the first integrated tracker app utilizes the mobile computing device's capabilities via the first companion app as opposed to interacting directly with an operating system on the mobile computing device.