Patent Issued for Electronic Device And Method For Linking Exercise Schedule (USPTO 10,621,308)
2020 APR 29 (NewsRx) -- By a
The patent’s inventors are Kang,
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From the background information supplied by the inventors, news correspondents obtained the following quote: “With the development of electronic technologies, various types of electronic devices have been developed and distributed. Particularly, recently, the distribution of wearable devices, such as smart watches and smart glasses, which may be worn on their users together with electronic devices such as smartphones and tablet personal computers (PCs) has been expanded.
“The above-mentioned electronic devices and wearable devices may provide a variety of functions for health management using sensors embedded therein. Further, the electronic devices and the wearable devices may interwork with each other and may provide health management services.
“Since a function of a wearable device is more limited than that of an electronic device such as a smartphone, a user of the electronic device may be requested to carry the electronic device when performing a specific type of an exercise schedule. It may be more inconvenient for the user to carry the electronic device during his or her exercise than the wearable device. Also, since the performance of the wearable device is limited, it is difficult to store or manage various exercise schedules in the wearable device. Also, the user may be requested to operate the electronic device and the wearable device to link the electronic device to the wearable device.”
Supplementing the background information on this patent, NewsRx reporters also obtained the inventors’ summary information for this patent: “Example aspects of the present disclosure are provided to address the above-mentioned problems and/or disadvantages and to provide at least the advantages described below. Accordingly, an example aspect of the present disclosure is to provide an electronic device for automatically dividing a stored exercise schedule and automatically synchronizing the divided exercise schedules with an external device and a method therefor.
“In accordance with an example aspect of the present disclosure, an electronic device is provided. The electronic device may include a communication circuit configured to perform wireless communication, a memory configured to store an exercise schedule capable of being divided into a plurality of segments, and a processor electrically connected with the communication circuit and the memory. The processor may be configured to send a segment automatically selected based on at least one of a policy defined in the electronic device or attributes of an external device among the plurality of segments included in the exercise schedule to the external device, if the electronic device connects with the external device through the wireless communication and to receive an exercise record collected by the external device from the external device, if the electronic device connects with the external device again through the wireless communication after the wireless communication is disconnected.
“In accordance with another example aspect of the present disclosure, a method is provided. The method may include dividing an exercise schedule into a plurality of segments, sending a segment automatically selected based on at least one of a policy defined in the electronic device or attributes of the external device among the plurality of segments to the external device if the electronic device connects with an external device through wireless communication, and receiving an exercise record collected by the external device from the external device, if the electronic device connects with the external device again through wireless communication after the wireless communication is disconnected.
“In accordance with another example aspect of the present disclosure, an electronic device is provided. The electronic device may include a communication circuit, a memory configured to store schedule information associated with user activity, and a processor. The processor may be configured to verify attribute information of at least one external electronic device operatively connected with the electronic device, to select part of the schedule information based on the attribute information, and to send the selected part of the schedule information to the at least one external electronic device using the communication circuit.
“Other aspects, advantages, and salient features of the disclosure will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description, which, taken in conjunction with the annexed drawings, discloses various example embodiments of the present disclosure.”
The claims supplied by the inventors are:
“What is claimed is:
“1. A method for linking an exercise schedule in an electronic device, the method comprising: connecting with a wearable device through wireless communication; in response to connecting with the wearable device, transmitting a segment at a specified interval to the wearable device such that the wearable device stores the segment; reconnecting with the wearable device through the wireless communication after the wireless communication is disconnected; and in response to the reconnecting, receiving an exercise record, corresponding to the transmitted segment, collected by the wearable device from the wearable device, wherein the transmitting the segment at the specified interval comprises: dividing the exercise schedule at the specified interval into a plurality of segments; and selecting the segment from among the plurality of segments based on attributes of the wearable device.
“2. The method of claim 1, wherein the dividing of the exercise schedule comprises: dividing the exercise schedule into the plurality of segments based on a capacity, a date, or a type of exercise.
“3. An electronic device, comprising: a communication circuit; a memory configured to store schedule information associated with user activity; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: connect with at least one wearable electronic device through wireless communication; in response to connecting with the at least one wearable device, transmit part of the schedule information at a specified interval to the at least one wearable device such that the wearable device stores the part of the schedule information, re-connect with the at least one wearable device through the wireless communication after the wireless communication is disconnected, and in response to the reconnecting, receive an exercise record, corresponding to the part of the schedule information, collected by the at least one wearable electronic device from the at least one wearable electronic device, wherein the processor is further configured to, in order to transmit the part of the schedule information, divide the schedule information at the specified interval, verify attribute information of the at least one wearable electronic device, and select the part of the schedule information based on the attribute information.
“4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the attribute information comprises at least part of a type, a category, a model name, or a capacity, associated with the at least one wearable electronic device.
“5. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the processor is configured to: select the part of the schedule information further based on context information of a user of the electronic device.
“6. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the processor is configured to: select a first part of the schedule information as the part of the schedule information, if the attribute information corresponds to first attribute information; and select a second part of the schedule information as the part of the schedule information, if the attribute information corresponds to second attribute information.
“7. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the at least one wearable electronic device comprises a first wearable electronic device and a second wearable electronic device, and wherein the processor is configured to: obtain first information associated with the user activity from the first wearable electronic device; obtain second information associated with the user activity from the second wearable electronic device; and provide at least part of the first information or the second information using a display operatively connected with the electronic device.
“8. An electronic device, comprising: a communication circuit configured to perform wireless communication; a memory configured to store an exercise schedule capable of being divided into a plurality of segments; and a processor configured to electrically connect with the communication circuit and the memory, wherein the processor is configured to: connect with a wearable device through wireless communication, in response to connecting with the wearable device, transmit a segment at a specified interval to the wearable device such that the wearable device stores the segment, reconnect with the wearable device through the wireless communication after the wireless communication is disconnected; and in response to the reconnecting, receive an exercise record, corresponding to the transmitted segment, collected by the wearable device from the wearable device, wherein the processor is further configured to, in order to transmit the segment, divide the exercise schedule at the specified interval into the plurality of segments and select the segment from among the plurality of segments based on attributes of the wearable device.
“9. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to: divide the exercise schedule into the plurality of segments based on the at least one of the policy defined in the electronic device or the attributes of the wearable device.
“10. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured to: divide the exercise schedule into the plurality of segments based on a capacity, a date, or a type of exercise.
“11. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to: convert the selected segment into a predetermined structure to secure integrity for the selected segment; and send the converted segment to the wearable device.
“12. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to: compare the exercise record with the exercise schedule, if receiving the exercise record from the wearable device; and update progress of a portion having a highest similarity to the exercise record in the exercise schedule.
“13. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to: update progress of the exercise schedule based on the exercise record.
“14. The electronic device of claim 13, further comprising: a display configured to electrically connect with the processor, wherein the processor is configured to: display the exercise record or the progress of the exercise schedule on the display.
“15. The electronic device of claim 8, further comprising: a display configured to electrically connect with the processor, wherein the processor is configured to: display a reward associated with the exercise record or the exercise schedule on the display.
“16. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the communication circuit is configured to: perform wireless communication with a plurality of wearable devices comprising a first wearable device and a second wearable device, and wherein the processor is configured to: update progress of the exercise schedule based on a first exercise record, if receiving the first exercise record from the first wearable device, and send the first exercise record to the second wearable device using the communication circuit; update progress of the exercise schedule based on a second exercise record, if receiving the second exercise record from the second wearable device, and send the second exercise record to the first wearable device using the communication circuit.
“17. The electronic device of claim 8, further comprising: a display configured to electrically connect with the processor, wherein the communication circuit is configured to: perform wireless communication with a plurality of wearable devices, and wherein the processor is configured to: display the exercise record or progress of the exercise schedule on the display to identify a wearable device transmitting the exercise record from among the plurality of wearable devices.
“18. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to: send the exercise record or progress of the exercise schedule to a server using the communication circuit.
“19. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to: receive the exercise schedule from a server using the communication circuit, if the exercise schedule in the electronic device is deleted or damaged.”
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