Mobile communication terminal

Abstract

It is presented a method for providing exercise performance feedback to a user of a mobile communication terminal. The method comprises the steps of: obtaining a first performance related parameter, obtaining a second performance related parameter, determining whether at least one performance condition is satisfied, in consideration of at least the first performance related parameter and the second performance related parameter, and conditionally, when at least one of the at least one performance condition is satisfied, communicating a message to the user, the message representing satisfied performance conditions. A corresponding mobile communication terminal and computer program are also presented.

1 . A method for providing exercise performance feedback to a user of a mobile communication terminal, said method comprising the steps of: 
 obtaining a first performance related parameter,    obtaining a second performance related parameter,    determining whether at least one performance condition is satisfied, in consideration of at least said first performance related parameter and said second performance related parameter, and    conditionally, when at least one of said at least one performance condition is satisfied, communicating a message to said user, said message representing satisfied performance conditions.    
   
   
       2 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein said step of obtaining a second performance related parameter involves calculating said second performance related parameter using at least said first performance related parameter as an input.  
   
   
       3 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein said step of obtaining a second performance related parameter involves calculating a difference between said first performance related parameter and a previous value of said first performance related parameter.  
   
   
       4 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein said first performance related parameter and said second performance related parameter each are parameters selected from a group comprising a heart rate, a step frequency, a respiration frequency, a body temperature, an air temperature, a geographical position, a measurement of rounds per minute of an exercise machine, an ambient humidity, an ambient light intensity, a performance value stored from a previous exercise session, an age of said user, a weight of said user, and a sex of said user.  
   
   
       5 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein at least said step of obtaining a first performance related parameter involves obtaining said first performance related parameter over a wireless short-range data communication channel.  
   
   
       6 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein said step of determining involves determining whether at least five performance conditions are satisfied, separately considering for each of said at least five performance conditions said first performance related parameter and said second performance related parameter.  
   
   
       7 . The method according to  claim 6 , wherein a first performance condition corresponds to said user being significantly under target, a second performance condition corresponds to said user being moderately under target, a third performance condition corresponds to said user being on target, a fourth performance condition corresponds to said user being moderately over target, and a fifth performance condition corresponds to said user being in a position where a health of said user is considered to be at risk.  
   
   
       8 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein said step of conditionally communicating a message involves presenting said message to said user using at least a signal selected from a group comprising audible, tactile and visible signals.  
   
   
       9 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein one of said at least one performance condition is selected from the group comprising: a significant rise in a performance related parameter, a significant fall in a performance related parameter, a value of a performance related parameter being over a first threshold value for at least a first threshold time, a value of a performance related parameter being below a second threshold value for at least a second threshold time.  
   
   
       10 . The method according to  claim 1 , said method comprising the further step of: 
 obtaining a third performance related parameter,    wherein said step of determining additionally involves considering at least said first performance related parameter, said second performance related parameter and said third performance related parameter.    
   
   
       11 . A mobile communication terminal capable of providing exercise performance data to a user of said mobile communication terminal, said mobile communication terminal comprising: 
 means for obtaining a first performance related parameter,    means for obtaining a second performance related parameter,    means for determining whether at least one performance condition is satisfied, in consideration of at least said first performance related parameter and said second performance related parameter, and    means for conditionally, when at least one of said at least one performance condition is satisfied, communicating a message to said user, said message representing satisfied performance conditions.    
   
   
       12 . A computer program product comprising software instructions that, when executed in a mobile communication terminal, performs the method according to  claim 1.