Patent ID: 8983637
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: A61B,G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method for verifying integrity of a fitness-related activity, comprising: receiving, by an activity tracking system running on one or more server machines, an activity report associated with at least one fitness-related activity that is reported to have been completed by a participant, the activity report including at least some information provided by a device associated with the participant and the fitness-related activity; the activity tracking system obtaining data comprising any available information about the participant's history or profile, any available information about the device or a source of the activity report, any aggregate information about participants or devices associated with other activity reports having a degree of similarity to the activity report, and reference data about the fitness-related activity; and the activity tracking system applying a probability matching algorithm to the data or a portion thereof to generate a probability score that represents a likelihood that the fitness-related activity was actually performed by the participant, the probability matching algorithm comprising a function for determining whether a metric of the fitness-related activity completed by the participant falls outside of one standard deviation for all users who fit a similar demographic and body mass index profile performing the fitness-related activity.