Patent ID: 8849697

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving data from an activity tracking device, the received data having been recorded by the activity tracking device when the activity tracking device was secured to a user, the received data indicating an amount of a first type of physical activity performed by the user and an amount of a second type of physical activity performed by the user, the amounts of the first and second types of physical activity separately detected and recorded by the activity tracking device; associating the received data with the user of the activity tracking device; generating a first instruction for a computer game based on the amount of the first type of physical activity performed by the user as indicated by the received data, the first instruction causing the computer game to perform one or more actions associated with the first type of physical activity over time based on the amount of the first type of physical activity performed by the user as indicated by the received data; generating a second instruction for the computer game based on the amount of the second type of physical activity performed by the user as indicated by the received data, the second instruction causing the computer game to perform one or more actions associated with the second type of physical activity over time based on the amount of the second type of physical activity performed by the user as indicated by the received data; and providing the first and second instructions to the computer game, the method being executed by a processor of a computer.