Health and fitness wearable and game application and related methods

A method for motivating a user to increase physical activity, said method comprising:

• a. providing a wearable device having a plurality of input buttons, a processor, a display, a sensor suite, said display having a graphical user interface;
• b. providing a health and fitness platform executable on a client device, said health and fitness platform being operable to assign a user profile to said user;
• c. logging into said health and fitness platform using said user profile;
• d. triggering a plurality of input events using said plurality of input buttons to start a workout;
• e. generating visual feedback on said display of said wearable device;
• f. generating auditory feedback through a feedback device in said wearable device;
• g. tracking a plurality of performance characteristics using said sensor suite;
• h. saving said plurality of performance characteristics to said user profile;
• i. generating a performance rank using said plurality of performance characteristics through an advanced algorithm, said performance rank being generated recurrently;
• j. using said performance rank to generate a user avatar;
• k. presenting said user avatar to said user on said health and fitness platform;
• l. updating said user avatar based on said performance rank;

A wearable device for motivating a user to increase physical activity, said wearable device comprising:

• a. a processor;
• b. a display in communication with said processor, said display having a graphical user interface to trigger an input event from said user;
• c. a plurality of input buttons in communication with said processor, said each input button from said plurality of input buttons operable to trigger an input event from said user;
• d. a sensor suite, said sensor suite having a plurality of sensors each being operable to measure a performance characteristic of said user and generate a first output event;
• e. a communication system operable to allow communication with a health and fitness platform, said health and fitness platform in communication with said wearable device;
• f. a feedback device in communication with said processor, said feedback device operable to generate a second output event;
• wherein said user is operable to trigger said input event on said wearable device to generate said first output event on said display and said second output event during said physical activity;

A health and fitness system for monitoring and ranking physical activity of a user, said system comprising:

• a. a wearable device comprising a processor, a memory in communication with said processor, and a sensor suite in communication with said processor, wherein said sensor suite is operable to detect performance characteristics associated with physical activity performed by said user, and wherein said processor of said wearable device is configured to execute program instructions stored in said memory to generate activity records based on detected performance characteristics;
• b. a server in communication with said wearable device, said server comprising a processor and a database in communication with said processor, wherein said database is configured to store historical performance characteristics and user profile data associated with said user;
• c. an advanced algorithm executed by at least one of said processor of said wearable device and said processor of said server, wherein said advanced algorithm is configured to aggregate and evaluate said performance characteristics to generate a performance rank associated with said user;
• d. a performance analysis module executed by said processor of said server and in communication with said advanced algorithm, wherein said performance analysis module is configured to process said performance characteristics and interact with said advanced algorithm in generating or updating said performance rank;
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• e. a health and fitness platform executable on a client device in communication with said server, wherein said health and fitness platform is configured to present output events to said user including said performance rank and a dynamically configurable user avatar corresponding to a progression tier.

A gamified health and fitness system for motivating a user to increase physical activity, said system comprising:

• a. a wearable device comprising a processor, a memory in communication with said processor, a display, a plurality of input buttons, and a sensor suite in communication with said processor, said sensor suite being configured to monitor a plurality of performance characteristics associated with physical activity performed by said user;
• b. a server in communication with said wearable device, said server comprising a processor and a database in communication with said processor, said database being configured to store said plurality of performance characteristics and user profile data associated with said user;
• c. a health and fitness platform executable on a client device in communication with said server, said health and fitness platform being configured to generate a plurality of output events;
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• d. a progression engine executed by at least one of said processor of said wearable device and said processor of said server, said progression engine being configured to:
• i. evaluate said plurality of performance characteristics;
• ii. assign progression credits to said user based on validated physical activity;
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• iii. update a performance rank of said user based on accumulation of said progression credits;
• wherein said user is operable to trigger an input event using said plurality of input buttons to initiate monitoring of said physical activity, and wherein said health and fitness platform is configured to present said performance rank to said user and to generate at least one output event responsive to a change in said performance rank resulting from said monitored physical activity.

A method for governing gamified progression within a health and fitness system, said method comprising:

• a. monitoring, by a wearable device comprising a processor and a sensor suite, a plurality of performance characteristics associated with physical activity performed by a user, generating at least one activity record based on said plurality of performance characteristics, and transmitting said at least one activity record to a server comprising a processor and a database storing historical performance characteristics associated with said user;
• b. validating, by a progression engine executed by at least one of said processor of said wearable device or said processor of said server, said at least one activity record against predefined execution thresholds and assigning progression credits to said user only when said at least one activity record satisfies said predefined execution thresholds;
• c. updating a performance rank of said user based on accumulation of said progression credits and generating, by said server, an authoritative performance rank using said historical performance characteristics stored in said database;
• d. reconciling, upon synchronization between said wearable device and said server, any provisional performance rank generated by said wearable device with said authoritative performance rank generated by said server;
• e. determining issuance of a secondary virtual currency distinct from said progression credits based on at least one predefined issuance criterion and preventing said secondary virtual currency from directly modifying said performance rank;
• f. presenting, through a health and fitness platform in communication with said server, said authoritative performance rank and at least one output event responsive to a change in said authoritative performance rank;
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• g. updating leaderboard positioning associated with said user only after generation of said authoritative performance rank.