Patent ID: 9584956
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: G01C,H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for counting steps taken by a user, said method being implemented by a first portable electronic device formed by a personal activity monitor intended to be rather rigidly associated with the body of the user, and by a second portable electronic device formed by a smartphone, the first and second devices being configured to exchange data over a wireless connection, the first device comprising a first local clock for time-stamping collected data, and the second device comprising a second local clock for time-stamping collected data, the method comprising the steps of: /a1/ detecting and counting the steps of the user, by the first device, with at least one associated timestamp information, from the first local clock /a2/ detecting and counting the steps of the user, by the second device, with at least one associated timestamp information, from the second local clock /b/ transferring step data from one of the two devices to the other of the two devices, /c/ identifying with the help of the first and the second time stamp information at least a first time period (Tw) for which it is determined that a difference in the number of steps counted by the first device and by the second device is greater than a predetermined threshold (S), /d/ supplementing the step data recorded for said first time period in one of the two devices, with the step data from the other of the two devices.