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WO2018151749A1
WO2018151749A1 PCT/US2017/038062 US2017038062W WO2018151749A1 WO 2018151749 A1 WO2018151749 A1 WO 2018151749A1 US 2017038062 W US2017038062 W US 2017038062W WO 2018151749 A1 WO2018151749 A1 WO 2018151749A1
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  • the present invention relates in general to physical exercise based controlled access to content provided by electronic devices, such as TV set, computers, smartphones,tablets, video games and the like. More particularly, the present invention is related to a system and method for incentivizing users for performing physical exercise. According to various embodiments, the incentives provided to users are in the form of controlled access provided to gain access to the content over the electronic devices.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 6, 179,746 to Delman discloses a system wherein a bicycle, when operated at a predetermined intensity level, enables a user to watch a TV set.
  • the system requires that the TV set to be in front of the bicycle for viewing, and requires an electrical connection between the bicycle and the TV set.
  • Such systems only rewards the exercisers by permitting TV viewing while they are exercising at a predetermined intensity.Further, such devices work only during exercise and allows access to the electrical or electronic devices to which the proposed system is directly connected. Further, such proposed systems are dependent upon the use of indoor exercise equipments such as bicycles.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 7,955,219 to Birrell discloses an exercise system that provides incentives for individuals by providing either a collective exercise goal or a sponsored exercise reward.
  • various sponsors such as hotels, social networks, health clubs may reward directly to the individual.
  • the rewards may be in the form of health care insurance premium reduction, frequent flyer miles or other product bonus or cost reduction.
  • the system includes a monitoring device (104) adapted for monitoring a physical exercise related information associated with the user (102).
  • the monitoring device (104) comprises of a sensor that detects the physical exercise related information associated with the user (102).
  • the monitoring device (104) may be configurable onto an exercise equipment (122).
  • the monitoring device (104) may be wearable by the user (102).
  • the physical exercise related information comprises of at least one of: a type of physical exercise performed by the user (102); and a time duration of physical exercise performed by the user (102).
  • the system includes a decision making module (106) communicatively coupled with the monitoring device (104), the decision making module (106) having a set of customizable rules defined by at least one of: an administrator (108), an the user (102), wherein the decision making module (106) receives the physical exercise related information from the monitoring device (104), and analyzes the physical exercise related information to generate one or more incentives for the user (102).
  • the decision making module (106) is communicatively coupled with the monitoring device (104) either directly or via at least one intermediate device (114,116) comprising of: an interpreter device (114) that interpretes the physical exercise related information received form the monitoring device (104) to a useful form that can be inputted to the decision making module (106); and a storage device (116) adapted for storage of the interpreted useful form of the physical exercise related information received from the interpreter device (114) for later retrieval.
  • the decision making module (106) is configurable in an electronic form manually operable by the administrator (108) and/or the user (102) for setting up the set of customizable rules that governs generation of the one or more incentives earned by the user (102) by way of the physical exercise.
  • the decision making module (106) may be configurable in the form of a computer-readable application embodying the set of customizable rules defined by the user (102) and/or the administrator (108) that governs the generation of the one or more incentives earned by the user (102) by way of the physical exercise.
  • the incentives earned by the user (102) are in the form of reward points usable against accessing the content provided by the electronic device (112).
  • the incentives in the form of the reward points earned by the user (102) are immediately usable or accumulated for later use in order to access thecontent provided by the electronic device (112).
  • the incentives earned by the user (102) in the form of the reward points are selectively transferable to other users.
  • the accessibility of the content provided to the user is determined based on the set of customizable rules defined by the administrator (108) and/or the user (102).
  • the content provided by the electronic device (112) is at least one of an analog content, or a digital content.
  • the system includes a control unit (110) communicatively linked to at least one of: the electronic device (112), and the user (112), wherein the control unit (110) receives the incentives earned by the user (102) from the decision making module (106) to control accessibility of the content provided by the electronic device (112) to the user (102).
  • the method includes monitoring, a physical exercise related information by a monitoring device (104) associated with the user (102); receiving, by a decision making module (106), the physical exercise related information from the monitoring device (104) communicatively coupled with the decision making module (106), wherein the decision making module (106) having a set of customizable rules defined by at least one of: an administrator (108), and the user (102); analyzing, by the decision making module (106), the physical exercise related information from the monitoring device (104) to generate one or more incentives for the user (102); and receiving, by a control unit (110), the incentives generated by the decision making module (106) for controlling accessibility of the content provided to the user (102) by the electronic device (112).
  • FIG.l shows a block diagram representing a system that allows a user by way of physical exercise access to content provided by at least one electronic device, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG.2 illustrates another block diagram representing the systems shown in FIG.l, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG.3 shows an examplary implementation of the present invention, where a user by way of physical exercise or physical activities is enabled to access content provided by the electronic device, by an administrator.
  • FIG.4 shows another example implementation of the present invention, where a user by way of physical exercise or physical activities is able to access content provided by the at least one electronic device.
  • FIG.5 shows a flow diagram representing a method that allows a user by way of physical exercise access to content provided by at least one electronic device, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG.6 shows a more detailed implementation of the method shown in FIG.5, where auser by way of physical exercise or physical activities is enabled to access content provided by the electronic device,by an administrator.
  • FIGS.1-2 there is shown a system (100) that includes a monitoring device (104) adapted for monitoring a physical exercise related information associated with the user (102).
  • the physical exercise related information comprises of a type of physical exercise performed by the user (102), and a time duration of physical exercise performed by the user (102).
  • the term 'user' may refer to any person/individual who intend to gain access to content(may be in an analog or a digital form) provided by one or more electronic device (112).
  • the one or more electronic devices (102) may comprise of general household electronic devices such as TV set, video games, computers, and so on, or the electronic devices (102) may comprise of wireless computing or communication devices,for example but not limited to, tablets, smart phones, laptops, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and so on.
  • PDAs personal digital assistants
  • the monitoring device (104) comprises of a sensor capable of detecting the physical exercise related information associated with the user (102).
  • the seonsor may include photo- sensors, pressure sensor, piezoelectric sensors, proximity sensor, thermocouples, electro-chemical sensors, vibration sensors, temperature sensors, hydration sensors, moisture sensor, EEGs, EKGs, or any combination thereof.
  • any type of sensor (may be one or more) can be used as long as it is able to detect physical exercise related information associated with the user (102), for example, time spent by the user (102) doing exercise or type of exercise the user (102) performs etc.
  • the monitoring device (104) may be configurable onto an exercise equipment (122).
  • the exercise equipment (122) may include but not limited to a bicycle, a treadmill, free weights, barbells, an abdominal bench,a calf machine,stability Ball or even non stationary exercise equipments such as a soccer ball.
  • the monitoring device (104) may be wearable by the user (102).
  • the wearables my include but not limited to wristbands, headbands, belts, or any other form of wearable that may be worn on the body by the user (102).
  • the system further includes a decision making module (106) communicatively coupled with the monitoring device (104).
  • the monitoring device (104) and the decision making module (106) may be communicatively linked using wired communication protocols and/or wireless communication protocols known in the art.
  • the wirelss communication protocols may include but not limited to Bluetooth, Internet and so on.
  • the decision making module (106) is communicatively coupled with the monitoring device (104) either directly as best shown in FIG.l.
  • the decision making module (106) may be communicatively coupled with the monitoring device (104) via at least one intermediate device (114,116) as best shown in FIG.2.
  • the intermediate device (114,116) may comprise of an interpreter device (114) that interpretes the physical exercise related information received form the monitoring device (104) to a useful form that can be inputted to the decision making module (106) and a storage device (116) adapted for storage of the interpreted useful form of the physical exercise related information received from the interpreter device (114) for later retrieval.
  • the decision making module (106) comprises of a set of customizable rules defined by at least one an administrator (108) and/or the user (102).
  • the set of customizable rules may comprise various criteria that the administrator (108) and/or the user (102) is able to customize as and when needed.
  • the example for the set of customizable rules may comprise but not limited to, the user (102) is allowed to access the content (the digital or the analog content) provided by the electronic device (112) for 'X' minutes when the user (102) performs the physical activities or exercise for ⁇ ' minutes.
  • the valude for 'X' and ⁇ ' can be any positive numbers that may be defined by the user (102) or the administrator (108) while setting up the system (100).
  • the administrator (108) (parent for example) might set rule as to allow the user (102) (child for example) access to the content (a TV program or a TV channel) receivable on the electronic device (112)(TV set for example) for 30 minutes for physicalexercise of 60 minutes.
  • the decisionmakingmodule (106) may be configurable in an electronic form manually operable by the administrator (108) and/or the user (102) for setting up the set of customizable rules.
  • the decision making module (106) may be configurable in the form of a computer-readable application embodying the rules defined by the user (102) and/or the administrator (108).
  • the decision making module (106) in the form of the application is configurable on an administrator related communicattion device, and/or a user related communicattion device.
  • the administrator related communicattion device, and/or the user related communicattion device may comprise of, for example a smart phone or a tablet and the like devices.
  • the administrator related communicattion device, and/or the user related communicattion device comprises of one or more memories, processing units and other associated components for storage and porcessing of computer-readable application (set of instructions) embodying the rules.
  • the decision making module (106) receives the physical exercise related information from the monitoring device (104) directly or via the intermediate device (114,116).
  • the decision making module (106) upon receiving the physical exercise related information, analyzes the physical exercise related information to generate one or more incentives for the user (102).
  • the incentives earned by the user (102) may be in the form of reward points usable against accessing the content (the analog or the digital content) provided by the electronic device (112).
  • the incentives in the form of the reward points earned by the user (102) may be immediately usable or accumulated for later use in order to access the content provided by the electronic device (112).
  • the user (102) may be able to create an account to accumulate the reward points.
  • the incentives earned by the user (102) in the form of the reward points may be selectively transferable to other users who may also desire to gain access the content from the electronic device (112).
  • the accessibility of the content provided to the user (102) may be a partial accessibility or a full accesssibiity or no accessibility (if the accessibility rules defined in the decision making module (106) are not satisfied).
  • the accessibility of the content provided to the user (102) is determined based on the customizable rules defined by the administrator (108) and/or the user (102).
  • the system further includes a control unit (110) communicatively linked to at least one of: the electronic device (112), and the user (112).
  • the communicative linkage between the control unit (110) and the at least one of: the electronic device (112), and the user (112) may be established using wired communication protocols and/or wireless communication protocols known in the art.
  • the wirelss communication protocols may preferably include but not limited to Bluetooth, Internet and so on.
  • the control unit (110) receives the incentives earned by the user (102) from the decision making module (106) to control accessibility of the content provided by the electronic device (112) to the user (102).
  • FIG.3 shows an examplary implementation of the present invention, where theuser (102) by way of physical exercise or physical activities is enabled to access content provided by the electronic device (112),by an administrator (108).
  • the administrator (108) to be a parent
  • the user (102) to be a child.
  • the system (100) is shown configured using wireless communication protocols.
  • the preferred wireless communication protocol may include but not limited to internet, bluetooth.
  • the child (102) may intend or desire to access the content provided by the electronic device (112), say a tablet.
  • the content for example may be a movie played on the tablet (112).
  • the decision making module (not shown) may be configured in the form of the computer-readable application embodying the rules defined by the the parent (108).
  • the application may reside in the administrator related communication device (118), for example an smart phone.
  • the application may be made to communicate with the tablet (112) via the control unit (not shown).
  • the control unit may be physically interfaced with the tablet (112) or the control unit may be configrued in the form of software application residing on the electronic device or tablet (112) that can correspond or communicate with the decision making module of the communication device (118) related to the parent (108).
  • the parent (108) is enabled to set or define the rules as he/she wishes, for example, the administrator or parent (108) may chose to define a rule stating the child (102) can gain access of movie on the tablet (112) for 30 minutes, if the child (102) does physical exercise or activities for 60 minutes.
  • the decision making module may be configured in the form of the computer-readable application on the administrator device (118).
  • the decision making module (106) may be configurable in an electronic form manually operable by the administrator/parent (108) for setting up the rules. In that case, the administrator/parent (108) will be able to directly customize the set of rules though the hardware electronic form of decision making device.
  • the monitoring device (102) including one or more sensors may be present in the form of a wearable (103), say a headband or a wristband worn by the child (102).
  • the monitoring device (102) including the one or more sensors may be configrued on an exercise equipment (122), for example a bicycle, the user is supposed to exercise on. Such configuration will likely be used when the child (102) is supposed to exercise indoor.
  • the monitoring device (102) initially detects the physical exercise related information associated with the child (102).
  • the physical exercise related information may include type of exercise perfomed by the child (102) and/or the time duration for which the child (102) does the exercise.
  • the monitoring device (102) Upon detecting the physical exercise related information, the monitoring device (102) transfers the physical exercise related information to the decision making module residing on the parent device (118). As discussed in FIGS.1-2, the physical exercise related information may be routed either directly to the decision making module or may be routed to the decision making module via the intermediate device, namely, the interpreter device (114), and the storage device (116). If the physical exercise related information is stored in the storage device (116), then the same can be retrieved or received by the decision making module for later use.
  • the decision making module Upon receiving the physical exercise related information related to the child (102), the decision making module compares the received physical exercise related information with the set of rules defined by the parent (108), analyzes, and processes the information.
  • the decision making module Upon finding, the rules defined by the parent (108) satisfying with the physical exercise related information associated with the child (102), the decision making module generate one or more incentives for the child (102).
  • the incentive may be in the form of reward points that enables the child (102) to access the movieon the tablet (112).
  • the incentives in the form of the reward points earned by the child (102) may be immediately usable or can be accumulated for later use in order to access the content provided by the eltablet (112).
  • the incentives earned by the user (102) is selectively transferable to other users by the user or child (102) if he/she so desires.
  • the accessibility of the content provided to the user may be partial access, a full access to the content or no accessibility. Further, if the user (102) choses to accumulate the reward points for later use, the user (102), may be able to use the points in relation to same or any other electronic device or combination of electronic devices.
  • FIG.4 shows another example implementation of the present invention, where theuser (102) by way of physical exercise or physical activities is able to access content provided by the at least one electronic device (112).
  • the example illustrates a scenario where the electronic device (112) is a TV set, and the user (102) desires to access the content provided by the TV set (112).
  • the user (102) is enabled to act as the administrator (not shown) such that the user (102) is able to customize the set of rules himself.
  • the control unit (113) is shown to be in an electronic form interfacing the TV set (112) to the user (102) and controlling access to the content based on the incentives generated by the decision making module residing on the user's device (124).
  • the descision making module may be configured in the form of the computer-readable application embodying the rules defined by the the user (102)(as according to the example, the user (102) is enabled to customize the set of rules for accessibility of the content provided by the TV set (112)).
  • the application may reside in theuser related communication device (124), for example a smart phone.
  • the user (102) may then perform the physical exercise or activities to earn the incentives in the form of reward points that can be used for accessing the content provided by the TV set (112) as described above with respect to FIG.3.
  • FIG.5 shows a flow diagram representing a method (500) that allows a user by way of physical exercise access to content provided by at least one electronic device, according to an exemplay embodiment of the present invention.
  • the method (500) starts at step 502.
  • the method (500) describes monitoring a physical exercise related information by a monitoring device (104) associated with the user (102).
  • the monitoring device (104) comprises of one or more sensors that can detect the physical exercise related information associated with the user (102).
  • the monitoring device (104) is configurable onto an exercise equipment (122) or may be wearable by the user (102) as described above with regard to FIG.3.
  • the physical exercise related information comprises of type of physical exercise performed by the user (102), and time duration of physical exercise performed by the user (102).
  • the method (500) describes receiving, by a decision making module (106), the physical exercise related information from the monitoring device (104) communicatively coupled with the decision making module (106).
  • the decision making module (106) have a set of customizable rules defined by an administrator (108), and/or the user (102).
  • the decision making module (106) is configurable in an electronic form manually operable by the administrator (108) and/or the user (102) for setting up the set of customizable rules that governs generation of one or more incentives earned by the user (102)
  • the decision making module (106) may be configurable in the form of a computer- readable application embodying the set customizable rules defined by the user (102) and/or the administrator (108) that governs the generation of the one or more incentives earned by the user (102).
  • the decision making module (106) in the form of the computer-readable application is configurable on the administrator related communicattion device (118), and/or the user related communicattion device (124) that can communicatively connect to the control unit (110), as described in the example implementations in FIGS.3-4.
  • the method (500) describes analyzing, by the decision making module (106), the physical exercise related information received from the monitoring device (104) to generate one or more incentives for the user (102).
  • the incentives earned by the user (102) may be in the form of reward points usable against accessing the content provided by the electronic device (112).
  • the incentives earned by the user (102) may be immediately usable or may be accumulated for later use in order to access the content provided by the electronic device (112).
  • the incentives may be selectively transferable to other users by the user (102).
  • the method(500) describes receiving, by a control unit (110), the incentives generated by the decision making module (106) for controlling accessibility of the content provided to the user (102) by the electronic device (112).
  • Theaccessibility of the content provided to the user (102) may be partial accessibility, a full accesssibiity, or no accessibility.
  • the accessibility of the content provided to the user is determined based on the set of customizable rules defined by the administrator (108) and/or the user (102).
  • the content provided by the electronic device (112) may be an analog content, or a digital content.
  • FIG.6 shows a more detailed implementation of the method shown in FIG.5, where auser by way of physical exercise or physical activities is enabled to access content,by an administrator.
  • the method (600) starts at step 602.
  • the method checks if the system (100) is set up and ready for use or not (step 604). If the system (100) is not already set up for use, the administrator (108) sets up the system (100), and defines the set of rules preferably using decision making module embodied or installed on the communication device (118) of the administrator (108) in the form of an application (step 608), however, it should be understood that if the decision making module is configured in an electronic form, then the administrator (108) may be able to update the rules directly operating the decision making module.
  • step 606 If the system (100) is already set up and ready for use (step 606) and the user (102) desires to gain an access to the content provided by the electronic device (112) (step 610), then the decision making module would check for set of customizable rules defined by the administrator (108) for granting access to the content to the user (102) (step 612).
  • step 614 If the user (102) doesn't desire to gain accees to the content then the flow ends at step 614. However, if the user (102) desires to gain an access to the content provided by the electronic device (112) and satisfies the set of rules (step 610 and 616), then the user (102) is granted access to the content provided by the electronic device (112) (step 622) for specific time as long as the user (102) satisfies the set of rules or until next event from user occurs (step 624).
  • the method (600) may update the status for the user (102) (step 620). For example, if the user (102) initially is unble to satify the set of rules (Eg.
  • the user (102) may be alterted stating, he/she doesn't meet the rules), and status is updated, for example, amount of incentives (in the form mof reward points) may be accumulated for the user (102) which he/she can retrieve and use or even share with other users.
  • the steps 618, 620 being optional method steps are represented in the dotted form for clarity.

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L'invention concerne un système et un procédé qui permettent à un utilisateur, par le biais d'exercices physiques, d'avoir accès à un contenu fourni par un dispositif électronique. Le système comprend un dispositif de surveillance conçu pour surveiller des informations relatives à l'exercice physique associées à l'utilisateur ; un module de prise de décision couplé en communication au dispositif de surveillance, le module de prise de décision ayant un ensemble de règles personnalisables définies par un administrateur et/ou l'utilisateur, le module de prise de décision recevant les informations relatives à l'exercice physique du dispositif de surveillance, et analysant les informations relatives à l'exercice physique pour générer des récompenses destinées à l'utilisateur ; une unité de commande liée en communication au dispositif électronique, et à l'utilisateur, l'unité de commande recevant les récompenses gagnées par l'utilisateur du module de prise de décision pour commander l'accessibilité du contenu fourni par le dispositif électronique à l'utilisateur.
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