Method and apparatus to provide movement-based analytics

1. A visual display of user data on a display of a computer system, the user data representing actual motion data based on data from a motion sensor and transformed to a visual representation, the visual display comprising:

a first plurality of time units, indicating an activity level for each time unit during a diurnal portion of a day;

a fitted smooth goal curve, indicating a goal activity level, the goal activity level indicating a goal activity level for each of the first time units, the goal activity level based on an overall goal setting and a goal curve defining activity levels throughout the day;

wherein the user can adjust the goal curve, in a manner to maintain an overall activity level while altering the goal activity level for individual time units.

2. The display of claim 1 , further comprising:

a second plurality of time units, indicating a sleep phase for each time unit during a nocturnal portion of the day.

3. The display of claim 1 , wherein the user can adjust the goal, the adjustment maintaining a distribution of the goal activity level for individual time units.

4. The display of claim 1 , wherein a user interface enables a user to move the smooth fitted goal curve on a display to adjust the goal curve.

5. The display of claim 1 , further comprising:

zoom logic to enable a user to zoom, to see a different segment of time on the display.

6. The display of claim 5 , wherein the display shows a complete graphical timeline for a day, when the display is zoomed out, the timeline including information about a plurality of: activity level, sleep level, exercise level, food consumption, and mood.

7. The display of claim 1 , wherein the display further indicates additional information about the user's actions, wherein the additional information may include one or more of: mood information, food consumption information, medication information, and exercise information.

8. The display of claim 7 , wherein one or more of the additional information may have a goal associated with it.

9. A system comprising:

a store of motion data, received from a motion-sensing device;

a user output interface to output a user's progress and goals, the user progress displayed in a first plurality of time units based on the motion data, and the user goals displayed as a smooth curve based on a distribution of activity throughout a day and an overall activity goal, the user goals overlaid on an illustration of the user's performance;

a goal adjustor to enable a user to adjust the smooth curve, to alter the distribution of the activity throughout the day, in a manner to maintain an overall activity level while altering the goal activity level for individual time units.

10. The system of claim 9 , further comprising:

a goal adjustor to enable a user to reduce an overall activity level, the reduction maintaining the distribution of the activity throughout the day.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein a user interface enables a user to move the smooth fitted goal curve on a display to adjust the goal curve.

12. The system of claim 9 , further comprising:

a goal adjustor to automatically adjust the goal smooth curve, to alter the distribution for the activity throughout the day based on data in the database.

13. The system of claim 9 , wherein the goals further include sleep goals displayed a second plurality of time units, indicating a sleep phase for each time unit during a nocturnal portion of the day.

14. The system of claim 9 , further comprising:

zoom logic to enable a user to zoom, to see a different segment of time on the display.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the display shows a complete graphical timeline for a day, when the display is zoomed out, the complete graphical timeline including information about a plurality of: activity level, sleep level, exercise level, food consumption, and mood.

16. The system of claim 9 , wherein the user interface displays additional information about the user's actions, and the additional information includes one or more of: mood information, food consumption information, medication information, and exercise information.

17. A system including a motion sensing device comprising:

a motion sensor to detect user motions;

memory to store the motion data;

a memory to store a plurality of goals; and

a goal comparator to compare the motion data performed per time unit to a goal level, and to alert the user when the motion per time unit is below the goal level; and

a user interface to display a first plurality of time units, indicating an activity level for each time unit during a diurnal portion of a day, and a fitted smooth goal curve, indicating a goal activity level, the goal activity level indicating a goal activity level for each of the first time units, the goal activity level based on an overall goal setting and a goal curve defining activity levels throughout the day;

wherein the display shows a complete graphical timeline for a day, when the display is zoomed out, the complete graphical timeline including information about a plurality of: activity level, sleep level, exercise level, food consumption, and mood.

18. The system of claim 17 further comprising:

a communication logic to send data to a computing device; and

the computing device further to provide one or more: an improved user interface, processing power, and a sharing interface.

19. The system of claim 17 , further comprising:

the memory to store additional information, the additional information comprising one or more of: mood information, food consumption information, medication information, and exercise information.

20. The system of claim 17 , further comprising:

the user interface further to display sleep data, displayed with second plurality of time units, indicating a sleep phase for each time unit during a nocturnal portion of the day.