MANAGING HEALTH AND FITNESS USING SOCIAL NETWORKING APPLICATIONS

摘要

Technology is disclosed for managing health and fitness using a social networking application (“the technology”). The technology provides a social networking application (“app”) that allows a player to select and/or formulate a particular “Track” which indicates a positive trait, and to invite other users to acknowledge/encourage the progress of the player on the chosen Track. The player accumulates rewards, e.g., points, when another user acknowledges the progress of the player. When the rewards reach a threshold, the player is said to have achieved the goal of the Track, thereby improving his fitness. The player can share the Track and the activities performed towards implementing the Track with other users via a “TrackChat” with other users. The other user can decide whether the activities are inline with achieving the goal of the track and if so, acknowledge them, thereby helping the player to earn rewards.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
generating a first set of messages, wherein each of the first set of messages indicates a negative thought of a user; receiving a user selection of a first message from the first set of messages; generating a track corresponding to the first message, the track indicating a positive trait of the user, the track associated with a first set of images representing the negative thought; exchanging, between the user and a first user, one or more messages that indicate actions performed by the user to implement the track; receiving, by the user and from the first user, input to delete an image from the first set of images responsive to a determination by the first user that the actions performed by the user are directed to implementing the track; and deleting the image from the first set of images, wherein the track is considered to be implemented by the user if all images from the first set of images are deleted.