Patent ID: 8738323

Claim:
A method, comprising, receiving location data of a monitoring device when carried by a user; receiving motion data of the monitoring device, the motion data is associated with a time of occurrence and the location data of the monitoring device; processing the received motion data to identify a group of the motion data having a substantially common characteristic; processing the location data for the group of the motion data, the group of motion data by way of processing the location data provides an activity identifier, and the motion data includes metric data that identifies characteristics of the motion data for the activity identifier; and transferring the activity identifier and the characteristics of the motion data to a screen of a device for display, the activity identifier being a graphical user interface that receives an input for rendering more or less of the characteristics of the motion data, wherein the characteristics include an amount of stairs ascended by the user, or an amount of stairs descended by the user, or an amount of steps walked or ran by the user, or an amount of calories burned by the user, or an amount of distance traveled by the user, or an amount of hours slept by the user, or an amount of time for which the user is active, or a time at which the user wakes up, or a time at which the user goes to bed, or an amount of time spent at a location, or an amount of time performing an activity, or a combination thereof.