IP Library Granted Patent US 12,651,026
Granted Patent B2
US 12,651,026 · App. 18/924,519 · Granted Jun 9, 2026

Apparatus and method for optimal zone strategy selection

Inventors: Barbara Sue Smith (Toronto, CA); Daniel J. Sullivan (Toronto, CA)
Assignee: The Strategic Coach Inc.
G06F16/9035G06F16/906G06F16/951
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Patent No.
US 12,651,026
App. No.
18/924,519
Granted
Jun 9, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus for optimal zone strategy selection, wherein the apparatus comprises a processor and a memory configuring the processor to receive user data; classify the user data to a plurality of target classes; generate a user goal as a function of the plurality of target classes; generate a plurality of zone strategies based on the user goal as a function of identifying a zone strategy score for each of the plurality of zone strategies; determine follow-through data as a function of ranking the plurality of zone strategy scores and the zone strategies; populate a user interface data structure comprising a visual representation of the zone strategies and the follow-through data; and transmit the user interface data structure to a display device communicatively connected to the at least a processor to display the visual representation of the zone strategies and the follow-through data using a graphical user interface (GUI).

Claims (42)

1 . An apparatus for optimal zone strategy selection, wherein the apparatus comprises:

at least a processor;

a memory communicatively connected to the processor, wherein the memory contains instructions configuring the at least a processor to:

receive user data;

classify the user data to a plurality of target classes;

generate a user goal as a function of the plurality of target classes;

generate a plurality of zone strategies based on the user goal as a function of identifying a zone strategy score for each of the plurality of zone strategies;

determine follow-through data as a function of ranking the plurality of zone strategy scores and the zone strategies;

populate a user interface data structure, wherein the user interface data structure comprises a visual representation of the zone strategies and the follow-through data; and

transmit the user interface data structure to a display device communicatively connected to the at least a processor to display the visual representation of the zone strategies and the follow-through data using a graphical user interface (GUI).

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein receiving the user data comprises utilizing a web crawler programmed to autonomously navigate and scrape user data form a plurality of virtual environments.

3 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the user data further comprises assessment data wherein assessment data comprises a plurality of data elements describing a plurality of physiological traits of a user.

4 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the user data further comprises current data and a plurality of historical user data.

5 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to receive the user data as a function of an interaction between a user and a chatbot.

6 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein an optimization algorithm comprises a regression model configured to determine optimal zone categories based on historical data.

7 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein determining follow-through data as a function of the plurality of zone strategy scores and the zone strategies comprises:

receiving follow-through training data comprising a plurality of zone strategies and a plurality of zone strategy scores as input correlated to a plurality of follow-through data as output;

training a follow-through machine learning model as a function of the follow-through training data; and

determining the follow-through data using the trained follow-through machine learning model.

8 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the follow-through data further comprises improvement data containing data relating to at least an improvement of a user over a pre-determined time interval.

9 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the follow-through data comprises at least one follow-through plan, wherein the at least one follow-through plan is correlated to at least one individual zone strategy.

10 . The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the follow-through plan is configured to modify the at least one individual zone strategy based on a time parameter.

11 . A method for optimal zone strategy selection, wherein the method comprises:

receiving, by at least a processor, user data;

classifying, by the at least a processor, the user data to a plurality of target classes;

generating, by the at least a processor, a user goal as a function of the plurality of target classes;

generating, by the at least a processor, a plurality of zone strategies based on the user goal as a function of identifying a zone strategy score for each of the plurality of zone strategies;

determining, by the at least a processor, follow-through data as a function of ranking the plurality of zone strategy scores and the zone strategies;

populating, by the at least a processor, a user interface data structure, wherein the user interface data structure comprises a visual representation of the zone strategies and the follow-through data; and

transmitting, by the at least a processor, the user interface data structure to a display device communicatively connected to the at least a processor to display the visual representation of the zone strategies and the follow-through data using a graphical user interface (GUI).

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein receiving the user data comprises utilizing a web crawler programmed to autonomously navigate and scrape user data form a plurality of virtual environments.

13 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the user data further comprises assessment data wherein assessment data comprises a plurality of data elements describing a plurality of physiological traits of a user.

14 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the user data further comprises current data and a plurality of historical user data.

15 . The method of claim 11 , wherein receiving the user data is as a function of an interaction between a user and a chatbot.

16 . The method of claim 11 , wherein an optimization algorithm comprises a regression model configured to determine optimal zone categories based on historical data.

17 . The method of claim 11 , wherein determining the follow-through data as a function of the plurality of zone strategy scores and the zone strategies comprises:

receiving follow-through training data comprising a plurality of zone strategies and a plurality of zone strategy scores as input correlated to a plurality of follow-through data as output;

training a follow-through machine learning model as a function of the follow-through training data; and

determining the follow-through data using the trained follow-through machine learning model.

18 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the follow-through data further comprises improvement data containing data relating to at least an improvement of a user over a pre-determined time interval.

19 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the follow-through data comprises at least one follow-through plan, wherein the at least one follow-through plan is correlated to at least one individual zone strategy.

20 . The method of claim 19 , wherein the follow-through plan is configured to modify the at least one individual zone strategy based on a time parameter.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 8, 2025
From: SMITH, BARBARA SUE; SULLIVAN, DANIEL J.
To: THE STRATEGIC COACH INC.
Reel/Frame 070768/0602 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 18600872 · Mar 11, 2024
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