133 results about "Activity tracking" patented technology

Tracking and monitoring athletic activity offers individuals with additional motivation to continue such behavior. An individual may track his or her athletic activity by completing goals. These goals may be represented by real-world objects such as food items, landmarks, buildings, statues, other physical structures, toys and the like. Each object may correspond to an athletic activity goal and require an amount of athletic activity to complete the goal. For example, a donut goal object may correspond to an athletic activity goal of burning 350 calories. The user may progress from goal object to goal object. Goal objects may increase in difficulty (e.g., amount of athletic activity required) and might only be available for selection upon completing an immediately previous goal object, a number of goal objects, an amount of athletic activity and the like.

The systems and methods described herein relate to the power efficient measurement of physical activity with a wearable sensor. More particularly, the systems and methods described herein enable the continuous activity tracking without compromising battery life. In some implementations, the wearable sensor detects movement and enters predefined power states responsive to the type of movement detected.

To provide users the ability to track their cardiovascular exercise and determine cardiovascular exercise machine usage, the present system and methods describe an activity tracking platform. The platform includes a wireless sensor configured to monitor a piece of cardiovascular exercise equipment. The sensor can be configured and positioned to monitor a moving part of the exercise equipment, such as the spinning tread of a treadmill or the circular movement of a bike peddle. Responsive to detecting activity, the sensor can associate the data with a specific user and, using a wireless sensor network, transmit the data to a central server. The platform provides the user an associated website, where the user may view historical workout information, current exercise equipment usage at a local gym, or current workout goals.

In the context of recruitment and sales, it is difficult to ensure that there is a consistent level of activity tracking that occurs in a Customer Relationship Management or Applicant Tracking System (CRM / ATS, tracking application, or tracking system) from one user (e.g., recruiter or sales representative) to another within a single firm. This is due in large part to the manual and time consuming mechanics of logging the activity. Example embodiments of the present invention include a mail server component that automatically logs such activity. The system determines who the email is being sent to and from, as well as whether the email contains calendar event (e.g., appointment) information. The system then searches a database to determine if the recipients of the email message are contacts in the tracking application. If a match is found, the message is automatically added to the contacts activity record as either an inbound email, outbound email, or appointment. Activity tracking is, thus, consistently maintained among all users, ensuring a higher quality of activity-based metrics.

Systems and methods for asset valuation, whole loan processing and inventory management is described. The systems and methods may include modules. An asset valuation tool may use multiple data sources for producing current and predicted future values and historical and intermediate data points on a requested timeline. A loan information pricing tool may perform unlimited volumes of loan program eligibility and multi-variable pricings on a user desktop. A workout activity tracking tool may capture, monitor, measure and report on a loan workout process including direct hosting and integration of the asset valuation tool and the loan information pricing tool. The present invention may offer diverse and competitive modular components as well as an integrated and innovative platform that does not exist in the market.

Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for reporting sedentary time information. One method includes operations for capturing motion data using one or more sensors of an activity tracking device, and for determining one or more sedentary time periods associated where the user is sedentary. Further, the method includes an operation for determining a first set of one or more time intervals when the user is asleep, and for determining a second set of one or more time intervals when the user is not wearing the activity tracking device. The longest sedentary period for a day where the user is sedentary, awake, and wearing the activity tracking device, is calculated based on excluding the first and the second sets of one or more time intervals from the one or more sedentary time periods. Information describing the longest sedentary period is displayed on the activity tracking device.

The invention relates to a face tracking recognition technique based on a video. The technique provided by the invention comprises the following steps: detecting the decoded video frame by frame; merging the number of faces and the position information of the faces into face activity position sequences; preprocessing the sequences; clustering the face activity position sequences into the face continuous activity region sequence of the same person by adopting a tracking algorithm; selecting an optimal face from each sequence by adopting face quality evaluation; carrying out normalization processing; carrying out Gabor conversion in a frequency region; carrying out histogram statistics on a converted image; solving a characteristic value; and finally, carrying out two-two subtraction on the characteristic values of the optimal faces in the different sequences and inputting the obtained statistic attribute characteristic value into a face recognizer for face matching, thereby recognizing the face activity tracking sequence of each person. Through the technique provided by the invention, the accuracy of sequence classification can be ensured, the times for characteristic extraction and face comparison are reduced, the problem that the faces cannot be tracked after being lost in the traditional face tracking is solved, and super real-time processing of a high-definition video is realized.

A method for tracking messages in a mentoring environment includes presenting to a reviewer a computer-based activity tracking form that is populated with data from an underlying relational database, wherein the underlying relational database includes a content of e-mail messages addressed to an adult mentor and a content of e-mail messages addressed to a juvenile protégé, and wherein the underlying relational database includes a status of e-mail messages between the adult mentor and juvenile protégé as determined by an e-mail interceptor; displaying a status of an e-mail, between the adult mentor and the juvenile protégé, which has been intercepted by the e-mail monitor; in response to a displayed status indicating that the e-mail has not been reviewed, blocking transmission of the e-mail to an intended recipient; and in response to the displayed status indicating that the e-mail has been reviewed, enabling transmission of the e-mail to the intended recipient.

A data visualisation system including a data value memory in which is maintained a finite set of data values, a display arranged to display a representation of each data value centered on respective data points, a plurality of the data points positioned in a substantially circular arrangement, and a contour generator arranged to generate and display a contoured representation around each data point such that each data point is displayed as a local maximum. A data visualisation computer program and data visualisation method are encompassed.

Within project management the tracking of actions for project meetings is undertaken through templates within standard office productivity tools which in common with dedicated meeting minute software and meeting software tools stand independent of project management software tools and manufacturing resource planning tools. The result is that users typically have actions arising from multiple projects each of which have multiple discrete and separate meetings occurring at different frequencies such that they must access a variety of documents in different tools to track meetings, actions given, action status etc. Accordingly, it would be beneficial to provide enterprises and users with a meeting management / action tracking software tool that supports interfaces with project management tools, manufacturing resource planning tools, customer management tools etc. so that they can obtain a centralized perspective of their actions across multiple projects and access real time information within meetings.

A solution is provided to monitor Web browsing activity across an Internet based network of affiliated Web sites and to enable the Web sites to detect and to force re-authentication upon users who have had a period of network-wide inactivity longer than a site-specific maximum allowable inactivity period. The network comprises at least one network authentication server (NAS) which maintains a network-wide activity tracking (NATr) cookie. The NATr cookie comprises a set of network-wide activity tracking (NATr) parameters for each registered user. Each of the Web sites maintains a site-specific activity tracking (SATr) cookie which comprises a set of site-specific activity tracking (SATr) parameters for each registered user. The NATr parameters for each user are reset whenever the user authenticates to the network. When a user requests a page from a site, an NAS forces the user to re-authenticate when the NAS determines that the user's network-wide inactivity duration is longer than the site's maximum allowable inactivity period.

Accordingly, in an embodiment of the present invention, a system for sharing interactive electronic information with intended recipients over a network and tracking the results of interaction with the information is provided comprising an executable code installed as an executable button in an electronic form containing the electronic information to be shared, a communication channel selection interface stored on a digital medium, the communication channel selection interface displayable as a result of interaction with the button, and an activity tracking server having a digital medium for storing software and data, the tracking server including a reporting interface stored on the digital medium, the reporting interface accessible to a client sharing the information.

A method and an activity tracking device for controlling clock gating of a data processing block is provided. The processing block is one of a plurality of data processing blocks of a circuitry system interconnected by a streaming data bus. The activity tracking device receives a busy indication from processing units and streaming data bus segments of the data processing block to keep track of the data transfer and processing activity therein, and has an output connected to a clock gate at the root of the local clock distribution network of the data processing block to gate off the clock of the data processing block when an idle condition is detected, and to recover the clock when a wake-up condition is detected. This provides a low complexity way of automatic clock gating in SoC designs, and generally a way to reduce power consumption of electronic devices.

Techniques are disclosed for managing session activity of SSO access across multiple data centers. Session activity of SSO access is managed across multiple geographically disperse computing systems clustered together to form a multi-data center (MDC) system. A first data center in the MDC system may implement session adoption to manage an SSO session of the user in the MDC system. Information about subsequent sessions established by other data centers may be adopted by the first data center. The first data center may obtain session activity data from each session that is adopted for the user. The session activity may be used to determine whether SSO session is active for the user across data centers in the MDC system. Authorization to access a resource at any data center in the MDC system may be granted based on the status of the SSO session using session adoption among the data centers.

A device and method for providing forensic data in network activity indicative of the presence of malware. A distributed set of network-based sensors operates within an enterprise network in cooperation with a centralized analytics and correlation engine that correlates detected events across the sensors to detect malicious activity on a monitored network which may include using a multi-tiered or Rete net rule set or engine. When malicious activity is detected upon the satisfaction of a predetermined set of conditions, the invention traces the activity to a host responsible for the activity for further action.

Various aspects are directed to providing health and wellness guidance and support both in social settings and through other on-line platforms. The on-line platforms can integrate health and wellness goal definition, activity tracking, grocery shopping, pharmacy shopping, and general merchandise purchasing to provide advice and alternative recommendations during any purchase activity. Recommendations and advise can include on-line visual display components. For example, a user avatar display can be configured to reflect health and wellness activity of the user. The user avatar can be configured to display a current health and wellness state for the user. The avatar can be modified over time to reflect changes in the health and wellness state for the user, based on the user's goal performance. Further, the visual display component can be shared over various social networks to promote improvement in health and wellness both individually and among social groups.

Providing a distributed application on a plurality of personal devices of a user includes providing a first portion of the distributed application on a first personal device and providing a second portion of the application on a second personal device different from the first personal device, where the second personal device is wearable by the user and where the second portion of the distributed application operates on data that is inaccessible to the first personal device to provide a result thereof to the first portion of the distributed application. The first personal device may be a mobile phone, a tablet, or a personal computer. The second personal device may be a smart glasses, a wearable camera, a smart watch, a wristband, smart earwear, gloves, a necktie, a smart carrying bag, a smart backpack, a smart clothing or smart shoes. The second personal device may be a wearable activity tracking monitor.

A system for accumulating social relation information for social network services, includes a user location profile management unit for collecting at preset periods location profile information of a user; a user profile management unit for collecting and storing user profiles preset by the user; and a social activity tracking unit for collecting profiles from social activities of the user. Further, the system for accumulating the social relation information for the social network services includes a social relation information generation unit for collecting pieces of information received from the user location profile management unit, the user profile management unit, the email tracking unit, the chatting tracking unit and the Internet phone call tracking unit, and extracting new social relation information based on correlations between the pieces of collected information to generate a social relation ontology.

A system and method for managing a fleet of vehicles provides users of the system with improved functionality that may include features such as one-way rental activity tracking, user-configurable fleet definitions, monitoring vehicle eligibility for sale as a used vehicle on the basis of pre-existing agreements, the ability to designate fleet vehicles as flex vehicles, the ability to compare one subfleet's vehicle residual value estimations with another subfleet's vehicle residual value estimations, and the ability to monitor post-purchase events that may adjust a fleet vehicle's cost of continued ownership.

Exemplary embodiments of methods and systems are provided for customized wellness plans to users based on activity detected by an activity tracking devices. In some embodiments, a method of providing a wellness plan is provided, comprising offering one or more wellness plans to a user, allowing the user to enter input parameters personal to the user, synching an activity tracking device with information associated with the user for use with a chosen wellness plan, configuring a customized wellness plan for the user based on an algorithm and the input parameters, and providing the customized wellness plan to the user.

A unitary vehicle tracking device having a GPS receiver, a radio transmitter, which preferably is a mobile phone modem integrated within a single waterproof housing suitable for mounting on the top exterior of the vehicle. The housing is transparent to radio signals and the GPS and mobile phone antennas are mounted on a common board above the other components. Preferably the mobile phone antenna is of the halo type and is mounted above and in registration with the GPS antenna so as not to interfere with the field of view of the GPS antenna.

An activity tracking system is configured to receive an activity report identifying a fitness-related action that is reported to have been completed by a participant. Upon receipt of the activity report, the activity reporting system verifies the workout, e.g., by obtaining data that can be used by the activity reporting system to determine whether the activity report represents actual activity as reported by the participant or, in the alternative, suspect activity. Based on the data obtained from the one or more data sources and the information in the activity report, the activity tracking system determines a probability that the activity report represents legitimate fitness activity. This probability determination may then be output or reported to other systems (e.g., fitness history databases, websites, and the like, third party systems (e.g., incentive systems, reward systems, and the like).

A vehicle configuration and activity history tracking system and method. A first vehicle configuration and history blockchain is read from a first node in a vehicle configuration and history blockchain network comprising a plurality of nodes. A second vehicle configuration and history blockchain is read from a second node in the plurality of nodes of the vehicle configuration and history blockchain network. The first vehicle configuration and history blockchain is compared to the second vehicle configuration and history blockchain to determine whether the first vehicle configuration and history blockchain is valid. A new maintenance operation on the vehicle or a new modification of the vehicle is initiated using the first vehicle configuration and history blockchain in response to a determination that the first vehicle configuration and history blockchain is valid.

Disclosed herein is a tracking system configured to track a product and / or an activity. The tracking system comprises a tracing device and a verification server. The tracing device is coupled with the verification server by means of communication means configured to allow exchange of data between the tracing device and the verification server. The tracing device is coupled with a first satellite localization receiver which is configured to receive signals from a satellite localization system, process the received signals to obtain satellite localization observables, and compute locations based on the satellite localization observables. The tracing device is configured to acquire from the first satellite localization receiver positioning data. The positioning data comprise a location computed by the first satellite localization receiver, and a location time which represents time and data at which the location is computed by the first satellite localization receiver. The positioning data are related to a product and / or an activity to be tracked. The tracing device is further configured to select a satellite localization observable based on which location is computed by the first satellite localization receiver, and to acquire from the satellite localization receiver the selected satellite localization observable. The tracing device is further configured to provide the verification server with the positioning data and the satellite localization observable acquired from the satellite localization receiver. Moreover, the verification server, in turn, is configured to perform a location consistency check based on the location comprised in the positioning data provided by the tracing device, and on the satellite localization observable provided by the tracing device. The verification server is further configured to generate a validation code on the basis of an outcome of the location consistency check, and on the basis of the positioning data provided by the tracing device. The verification server is further configured to provide the tracing device with the generated validation code. Furthermore, the tracing device is configured to store the positioning data and the validation code provided by the verification server on tracking means associated with the product and / or the activity to be tracked.

Techniques are disclosed for managing session activity of SSO access across multiple data centers. Session activity of SSO access is managed across multiple geographically disperse computing systems clustered together to form a multi-data center (MDC) system. A first data center in the MDC system may implement session adoption to manage an SSO session of the user in the MDC system. Information about subsequent sessions established by other data centers may be adopted by the first data center. The first data center may obtain session activity data from each session that is adopted for the user. The session activity may be used to determine whether SSO session is active for the user across data centers in the MDC system. Authorization to access a resource at any data center in the MDC system may be granted based on the status of the SSO session using session adoption among the data centers.

An exemplary mechanical watch has a face including an indicator of current time and one or more indicators of physical activity of a wearer of the mechanical watch. The watch further includes a mainspring to store energy and transfer the energy to a balance wheel and gear train to measure the passage of time, a rotor to rotate about a pivot point in response to movements of a wrist of the wearer of the mechanical watch, a rotor gear coupled to the rotor, and an activity-tracking wheel coupled to one of the one or more indicators of physical activity. Movement of the rotor causes the rotor gear to translate the movement of the rotor into winding of the mainspring and into an indication of physical activity of a wearer of the mechanical watch by causing or controlling rotation of the activity-tracking wheel.

Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for holding the generation of alarm and congratulatory messages. One method includes an operation for capturing motion data using an activity tracking device. Intervals during a day are identified, each interval including a start and an end time, and a near-end time being defined between the start and end times. Another operation is for generating a first notification for display on the activity tracking device when the near-end time of the current interval is reached and the steps taken by the user during the current interval is less than a goal of a predetermined number of steps. Further, the method includes operations for receiving a hold command with a hold period, and for suspending the generation of the first notification during the hold period. After the hold period expires, the generation of the first notification is resumed without requiring user input.

An activity tracking device has a display screen, a data store, a main processor communicatively coupled with the data store, a device profile configuration stored in the data store, and a user profile configuration stored in the data store. The device profile configuration has a device identifier, processor identifiers, and device statuses. The user profile configuration has a user identifier, and a minimum user activity parameter. The minimum user activity parameter is determined based on one or more historical activity parameters resulting from actual user activity as tracked by the activity tracking device, stored in the data store, and configured in the user profile configuration.

A method, apparatus and article of manufacture for providing a roadmap-like graphical view in a computer system that provides the user a global view of the actions for an activity and how they relate to one another in terms of execution. On an execution level the specifics on the actions are provided for the user to carry them out. In addition, a framework is also provided that can be converted into a standalone shareable component which any software application can use to create its own custom roadmaps. The roadmap framework need only be implemented once and then can be leveraged by many applications.