Exercise Goal Verification System for Electronic Purchase Authorization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users often struggle to meet their exercise and physical activity goals and require incentives to help them achieve these objectives.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented system that allows electronic purchases upon completion of exercise goals by measuring motion and heart rate data, determining if the user has met the set criteria, and authorizing the purchase only when the criteria are fulfilled, with options to include specific activities, time frames, and merchant restrictions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If users are provided with incentives to meet exercise goals, then user motivation and exercise completion rates improve, but system complexity increases due to need for tracking and verification mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary system comprising a server, measurement systems, and communication networks that mediate between the user's exercise activity and the reward dispensing mechanism. This intermediary infrastructure handles the complex tasks of tracking, verifying, and validating exercise goals, thereby resolving the contradiction by externalizing system complexity into a dedicated mediation layer rather than embedding it directly in the reward mechanism
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements continuous feedback loops where user exercise activity is monitored, measured, and verified against predetermined criteria, with results communicated back to the user through notifications. This feedback mechanism ensures reliable goal completion tracking while managing complexity through automated verification processes that reduce manual intervention requirements
2Ease of operation
If electronic purchase authorization is tied to exercise goal completion, then user incentive and motivation improve, but transaction processing time increases due to verification requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring exercise goal criteria, predetermined entities, and price ranges before the actual purchase transaction occurs. Exercise goals are established in advance with specific measurement parameters and thresholds, so that when a purchase is attempted, the verification process can quickly compare against pre-set criteria rather than creating and validating goals in real-time
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual verification processes with automated electronic measurement and validation systems. Electronic sensors and software algorithms automatically track exercise metrics, verify goal completion, and authorize or deny transactions without human intervention, significantly reducing transaction processing time while maintaining incentive effectiveness
3Measurement precision
If comprehensive measurement systems are implemented to track exercise data, then goal verification accuracy improves, but data collection and processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The measurement system is segmented into multiple independent components: motion sensors for tracking physical movement, heart rate monitors for measuring cardiovascular effort, and communication interfaces for data transmission. Each component focuses on collecting specific types of exercise data independently, which are then aggregated and processed by the server. This segmentation improves measurement precision through specialized sensors while managing complexity by dividing the data collection system into modular, manageable parts
Solution Approach 2:
The system employs universal measurement approaches where a single integrated platform handles multiple types of exercise data collection, processing, and verification. The server infrastructure universally processes various data types (motion, heart rate, time stamps) through standardized protocols, reducing the need for separate specialized systems for each measurement type and thereby managing complexity while maintaining comprehensive verification accuracy
Data Source
AI summary
Methods and systems are disclosed for allowing an electronic purchase upon completion of an exercise goal and/or a physical activity goal. Exercise and/or physical activity goal criteria can be retrieved for a user. Electronic charge approval criteria can be retrieved for the user, the electronic charge approval criteria based on the exercise and/or physical activity goal criteria. It can be determined whether the exercise and/or physical activity goal criteria has been fulfilled using an electronic measurement system, the electronic measurement system measuring motion data and/or heart rate data for the user. A requested electronic charge can be authorized upon a determination that the electronic charge approval criteria for the user has been fulfilled.