Server Heart Rate Data Routing via Device Identifier Association
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Solution Overview
Problem
Modern physical exercise devices face challenges in accurately and efficiently transferring exercise data, particularly heart rate measurement data, to the correct user account on a network storage system, especially when multiple users share equipment interface units.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising a server computer with a processor and memory configured to associate a device identifier with a user account, receive real-time heart rate measurement data, and store it correctly based on the association, using a wireless interface for device-to-device connections and a network interface for routing data to the appropriate server computer.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If multiple users share equipment interface units, then device utilization efficiency is improved, but data routing accuracy to correct user accounts deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary association between device identifiers and user accounts during a registration procedure before actual exercise sessions. This pre-establishment of mappings ensures that when measurement data is collected during exercise, the routing to the correct user account can be automatically determined without manual intervention, thus maintaining high routing accuracy while enabling shared device usage.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary association mechanism (device identifier to user account mapping stored in the system) that mediates between the shared measurement device and multiple user accounts. This intermediary layer automatically routes measurement data to the correct user account based on the pre-established associations, resolving the conflict between device sharing and data accuracy.
2Ease of operation
If automatic device identification is implemented, then ease of operation is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service automatic device identification by having the measurement device automatically transmit its device identifier to the equipment interface unit, which then automatically retrieves the associated user account and routes the measurement data accordingly. This self-service mechanism eliminates manual user input requirements while the server computer handles the complexity of device identifier associations automatically.
3Reliability
If device identifiers are transmitted with measurement data, then data routing reliability is improved, but communication overhead increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system transmits the device identifier once during the registration procedure to establish the association with the user account. After this preliminary action, the routing information is cached and reused during exercise sessions, minimizing repeated transmission of identification data while ensuring reliable routing. This approach balances reliability with reduced communication overhead compared to transmitting full identification data with every measurement packet.
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AI summary
A system for processing heart rate measurement data measured during a physical exercise of a user. The system includes a server computer configured to: associate, during a registration procedure for a measurement device of a user, a device identifier of the measurement device with a user account of the user stored in the server computer; receive a device identifier and real-time heart rate measurement data over a network connection; identify the user's measurement device from the received device identifier; and store the received heart rate measurement data to the user account of the user on the basis of the association between the received device identifier and the corresponding user account.