Team-based health management

Abstract

An application offers personalized content, such as health care plans, health actions, and interactive games, to a user. Based on such health data provided by a user, the health management application may provide content, such as health information or health care plans, that is tailored to the current health status or condition of the user. In some instances, a user may request to participate in a particular health action or task. The health management application may recommend personalized tasks or actions for the user to complete to promote and improve health. Following partial or successful completion of a chosen health action, a user may earn points or rewards that may be redeemable for various prizes. A user may also earn points by completing an educational or informational task such as quizzes, questionnaires, or surveys. Points may also be earned by participating in or playing a game.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A team-based health management system, comprising:
 a processor;   memory; and   an application stored in memory and executable by the processor to:
 receive health data from a plurality of users, wherein the users are registered users of an online social networking community accessible through the application, 
 receive a request from a first user to create a first team, wherein the first team includes one or more of the registered users, 
 create a team profile associated with the first team, wherein the team profile is viewable by a plurality of other registered users of the online social networking community, 
 determine a first common health goal for the first team based on the collective health data of the one or more registered users of the first team, wherein the first common health goal is achieved when the one or more registered users of the first team collectively perform a series of actions associated with the first common health goal, 
 receive confirmation that the actions associated with the first common health goal have been completed by the first team, and 
 update the team profile to reflect the completion of the first common health goal. 
   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the application is further executable by the processor to compare the completion of the first common health goal by the first team to a level of progress towards a second common health goal of a second team of registered users. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the application is further executable by the processor to recognize the first team as the winner when the comparison indicates that the first team completed the first common health goal before the second team completed the second common health goal. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 3 , wherein the application is further executable by the processor to provide the first team with a reward when the first team is recognized as the winner. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 4 , wherein the application is further executable by the processor to update the team profile to reflect the recognition of the first team as the winner. 
     
     
         6 . A method of team-based health management, the method comprising:
 receiving health data from a plurality of users, wherein the users are registered users of an online social networking community; and   executing instructions stored in memory of a computing device, wherein execution of the instructions by a processor of the computing device:
 receives a request from a first user to create a first team, wherein the first team includes one or more of the registered users, 
 creates a team profile associated with the first team, wherein the team profile is viewable by a plurality of other registered users of the online social networking community, 
 determines a first common health goal for the first team based on the collective health data of the one or more registered users of the first team, wherein the first common health goal is achieved when the one or more registered users of the first team collectively perform a series of actions associated with the first common health goal, 
 receives confirmation that the actions associated with the first common health goal have been completed by the first team, and 
 updates the team profile to reflect the completion of the first common health goal. 
   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein execution of the instructions by the processor further compares the completion of the first common health goal by the first team to a level of progress towards a second common health goal of a second team of registered users. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein execution of the instructions by the processor further recognizes the first team as the winner when the comparison indicates that the first team completed the first common health goal before the second team completed the second common health goal. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein execution of the instructions by the processor further provides the first team with a reward when the first team is recognized as the winner. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein execution of the instructions by the processor further updates the team profile to reflect the recognition of the first team as the winner. 
     
     
         11 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program, the program being executable by a processor to perform a method of team-based health management, the method comprising:
 receiving health data from a plurality of users, wherein the users are registered users of an online social networking community;   receiving a request from a first user to create a first team, wherein the first team includes one or more of the registered users;   creating a team profile associated with the first team, wherein the team profile is viewable by a plurality of other registered users of the online social networking community;   determining a first common health goal for the first team based on the collective health data of the one or more registered users of the first team, wherein the first common health goal is achieved when the one or more registered users of the first team collectively perform a series of actions associated with the first common health goal;   receiving confirmation that the actions associated with the first common health goal have been completed by the first team; and   updating the team profile to reflect the completion of the first common health goal.   
     
     
         12 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 11 , wherein the method further comprises comparing the completion of the first common health goal by the first team to a level of progress towards a second common health goal of a second team of registered users. 
     
     
         13 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 12 , wherein the method further comprises recognizing the first team as the winner when the comparison indicates that the first team completed the first common health goal before the second team completed the second common health goal. 
     
     
         14 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 13 , wherein the method further comprises providing the first team with a reward when the first team is recognized as the winner. 
     
     
         15 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 14 , wherein the method further comprises updating the team profile to reflect the recognition of the first team as the winner.