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AssigneeFitbit, Inc.
InventorsShelten Gee Jao Yuen, James Park, Eric Nathan Friedman, Mark Manuel Martinez, Andrew Cole Axely
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An activity monitoring device and associated methods for using and interfacing with the activity monitoring device are provided. In one example, the activity monitoring device includes a housing configured for attachment to a body part of a user. Also included ins a display screen attached to the housing and a sensor for capturing physiological conditions of the user. The sensor is disposed along a surface of the housing so that the sensor is proximate to the body part, the body part having at least some exposed skin. The activity monitoring device also includes memory for storing the captured physiological conditions, and a processor for examining the captured physiological conditions. At a particular time, the processor automatically selects an application to execute from a plurality of applications based on characteristics of the captured physiological conditions.
An activity monitoring device configured to be worn on a wrist of a user, comprising,
An activity monitoring device, comprising,
A computer implemented method, comprising,
A computer readable media having program instructions for operating an activity tracking device having a housing, comprising,
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The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for linking communication between an activity tracking device and a client device.
In recent years, the need for health and fitness has grown tremendously. The growth has occurred due to a better understanding of the benefits of good fitness to overall health and wellness. Unfortunately, although today's modern culture has brought about many new technologies, such as the Internet, connected devices and computers, people have become less active. Additionally, many office jobs require people to sit in front of computer screens for long periods of time, which further reduces a person's activity levels. Furthermore, much of today's entertainment options involve viewing multimedia content, computer social networking, and other types of computer involved interfacing. Although such computer activity can be very productive as well as entertaining, such activity tends to reduce a person's overall physical activity.
To provide users concerned with health and fitness a way of measuring or accounting for their activity or lack thereof, fitness trackers are often used. Fitness trackers are used to measure activity, such as walking, motion, running, sleeping, being inactive, bicycling, exercising on an elliptical trainer, and the like. Usually, the data collected by such fitness trackers can be transferred and viewed on a computing device. However, such data is often provided as a basic accumulation of activity data with complicated or confusing interfaces. In addition, updates between a tracker and a client device usually require wired connectors and/or complex syncing schemes.
Various embodiments described in the present disclosure may best be understood by reference to the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary portable monitoring device which enables user interaction via a user interface, wherein the portable monitoring device may have a user interface, processor, biometric sensor(s), memory, environmental sensor(s) and/or a wireless transceiver which may communicate with an external device (for example, a client and/or server);
FIG. 2 illustrates an exemplary portable biometric monitoring device which may be secured to the user through the use of a band; the exemplary portable biometric monitoring device may have a display, button(s), electronics package, and/or a band or an attachment band; notably, the band or attachment band is employed to secure the portable biometric monitoring device to the user, for example, an appendage of the user, for example, via hooks and loops (e.g., Velcro), a clasp, and/or a band having memory of its shape (e.g. through the use of, for example, a spring metal band, elastic band, a “rubber” band, and/or a watch-like band);
Again, there are many inventions described and illustrated herein. The present inventions are neither limited to any single aspect nor embodiment thereof, nor to any combinations and/or permutations of such aspects and/or embodiments. Each of the aspects of the present inventions, and/or embodiments thereof, may be employed alone or in combination with one or more of the other aspects of the present inventions and/or embodiments thereof. For the sake of brevity, many of those combinations and permutations are not discussed separately herein.
Moreover, many other aspects, inventions and embodiments, which may be different from and/or similar to, the aspects, inventions and embodiments illustrated in the drawings, will be apparent from the description, illustrations and claims, which follow. In addition, although various features and attributes have been illustrated in the drawings and/or are apparent in light thereof, it should be understood that such features and attributes, and advantages thereof, are not required whether in one, some or all of the embodiments of the present inventions and, indeed, need not be present in any of the embodiments of the present inventions.
The present inventions relate to a biometric monitoring device and methods and techniques to collect one or more types of physiological and environmental data from embedded sensors and/or external devices and communicates or relays such information to other devices or other internet-viewable sources. For example, such devices are shown in FIG. 1. While the user is wearing or manipulating the biometric monitoring device, through one or a plurality of sensors, the device may detect one or many of physiological metrics including, but not limited to, the user's heart rate.