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Granted Patent B2
US 10,166,437 · App. 15/413,972 · Granted Jan 1, 2019

Biometric monitoring system

Inventors: Dean T. Brown (San Francisco, CA); Hernan A. Cunico (Holly Springs, NC); Martin G. Keen (Cary, NC); David W. Messina (Malden on Hudson, NY)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
A63B24/0062G08B21/182A63B2230/06A63B2230/30A63B2230/50
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Patent No.
US 10,166,437
App. No.
15/413,972
Granted
Jan 1, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Biometric information is monitored for a user. Current activity is identified for the user. The biometric information for the user from an activity tracking device for the user is monitored while a current activity occurs. An alert is generated when the biometric information is out of a desired range for the current activity.

Claims (29)

1. A computer system for monitoring activity information for a user, the computer system comprising:

a storage device, wherein the storage device stores program instructions; and

a processor coupled to the storage device via a communications framework, wherein the processor executes the program instructions to:

receive biometric information corresponding to the user from an activity tracking device worn by the user that generated the biometric information;

identify a current activity of the user;

monitor the biometric information corresponding to the user being received from the activity tracking device worn by the user while the current activity occurs;

generate an identification of the current activity;

generate a confidence level percentage value corresponding to the identification of the current activity that is directly related to an amount of information utilized to derive the confidence level percentage value identifying the current activity of the user;

generate an alert that includes the identification of the current activity, the confidence level percentage value corresponding to the identification of the current activity, an identification of a desired range for the current activity, and an identification of a user-specified recipient corresponding to the alert when the biometric information is out of the desired range for the current activity; and

display the alert that includes the identification of the current activity, the confidence level percentage value corresponding to the identification of the current activity, the identification of the desired range for the current activity, and the identification of the user-specified recipient corresponding to the alert on a display of the activity tracking device worn by the user.

2. The computer system of claim 1 , wherein an activity monitor of the computer system applies a policy to the biometric information and the current activity of the user.

3. The computer system of claim 2 , wherein the policy identifies a group of desired ranges for a group of activities.

4. The computer system of claim 3 , wherein the group of desired ranges for the group of activities are defined by the user.

5. The computer system of claim 3 , wherein the policy includes at least one of historical biometric information corresponding to the user and a historical anomaly corresponding to the user.

6. The computer system of claim 2 , wherein the activity monitor identifies the current activity using at least one of movement information generated by the activity tracking device, the biometric information generated by the activity tracking device, a user input identifying the current activity, a schedule for the user, and location information for the user.

7. A computer program product for monitoring activity information for a user, the computer program product comprising:

a computer-readable storage medium;

a first program code, stored on the computer-readable storage medium, for receive biometric information corresponding to the user from an activity tracking device worn by the user that generated the biometric information;

a second program code, stored on the computer-readable storage medium, for identifying a current activity of the user;

a third program code, stored on the computer-readable storage medium, for monitoring the biometric information corresponding to the user being received from the activity tracking device worn by the user while the current activity occurs;

a fourth program code, stored on the computer-readable storage medium, for generating an identification of the current activity;

a fifth program code, stored on the computer-readable storage medium, for generating a confidence level percentage value corresponding to the identification of the current activity that is directly related to an amount of information utilized to derive the confidence level percentage value identifying the current activity of the user;

a sixth program code, stored on the computer-readable storage medium, for generating an alert that includes the identification of the current activity, the confidence level percentage value corresponding to the identification of the current activity, an identification of a desired range for the current activity, and an identification of a user-specified recipient corresponding to the alert when the biometric information is out of the desired range for the current activity; and

a seventh program code, stored on the computer-readable storage medium, for displaying the alert that includes the identification of the current activity, the confidence level percentage value corresponding to the identification of the current activity, the identification of the desired range for the current activity, and the identification of the user-specified recipient corresponding to the alert on a display of the activity tracking device worn by the user.

8. The computer program product of claim 7 further comprising:

an eighth program code, stored on the computer-readable storage medium, for applying a policy to the biometric information and the current activity of the user and the policy includes at least one of historical biometric information corresponding to the user and a historical anomaly corresponding to the user.

9. The computer program product of claim 7 further comprising:

a ninth program code, stored on the computer-readable storage medium, for identifying the current activity using at least one of movement information generated by the activity tracking device, heart beat information, user input identifying the current activity, a schedule for the user, and a location of the user.

10. The computer program product of claim 7 , wherein the biometric information is selected from at least one of a heart beat rate, a blood pressure, and a temperature.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 22, 2025
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: DEXCOM, INC.
Reel/Frame 070909/0359 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 24, 2017
From: BROWN, DEAN T.; CUNICO, HERNAN A.; KEEN, MARTIN G.; MESSINA, DAVID W.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041064/0986 →
Continuity (1)
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