Coordinated Fitness Objective Interface for Group Progress Tracking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Smartwatch applications are limited in providing group fitness objectives and social support, often requiring users to navigate through multiple devices for viewing others' workout data, which is cumbersome and discourages collective fitness engagement.
Innovation Solution
A wearable device that monitors individual and group fitness efforts through various sensors, providing a combined user interface showing individual and group progress toward shared objectives, along with social support features like virtual workout companions and shareable badges.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users want to view others' workout data and track group fitness objectives, then they need to navigate through multiple devices, but this increases operational complexity and discourages collective fitness engagement
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines individual workout tracking and group fitness objective tracking into a single integrated interface on the wearable device. The system displays both the user's individual progress and the group's collective progress toward shared fitness goals on the same device, eliminating the need to navigate between multiple devices for different types of fitness data.
Solution Approach 2:
The wearable device is enhanced to perform multiple functions: it tracks individual workout metrics, monitors group fitness objectives, displays social support features, and provides unified access to both individual and collective progress data. This multi-functional approach consolidates what previously required multiple separate devices into one universal fitness tracking platform.
2Adaptability or versatility
If smartwatch applications provide comprehensive group fitness tracking, then they can enhance social support and engagement, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the fitness tracking functionality into distinct but integrated modules: individual workout tracking, group objective tracking, and social support features. Each module operates independently to track specific aspects of fitness engagement while contributing to the overall unified interface, making the complex system manageable and maintainable.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary layer in the form of a coordinated objective interface that mediates between individual workout data and group fitness goals. This intermediary structure organizes and presents complex multi-user data in a simplified manner, enabling social support features without overwhelming the user with raw data complexity.
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The disclosed computer-implemented method may include receiving an input identifying a shared group fitness objective that is attainable through a combined effort of individual users within a group of users. The method may also include identifying a set of users of the group of users satisfying device criteria. The device criteria may include one or more of a device type and an application type included on a device. The method may further include generating a notification for respective devices of the set of users satisfying the device criteria and providing the notification to the respective devices of the set of users. The notification includes, at least, the shared group fitness objective. Furthermore, the method may include presenting the notification on a display. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.