Dynamic progress-towards-goal tracker

Abstract

Systems and methods for tracking progress toward goals are described. An example computing system for a dynamic progress-towards-goal tracker includes a display, a logic machine, and a storage machine holding instructions executable by the logic machine to visually present a graph with an axis having an initial scale, and for each of a plurality of successive durations, receive a completion magnitude indicative of progress towards completion of a sub-goal for that duration. The instructions are further executable to, responsive to the completion magnitude exceeding a threshold for any duration, automatically increase a scale of the axis to an expanded scale that is greater than the initial scale, and, for each of the plurality of successive durations, visually present via the display a graphical element on the graph, the graphical element having a size that visually indicates, relative to the axis, the completion magnitude for that duration.

1 . A computing system, comprising:
 a display;   an inertial measurement unit interface configured to receive movement data from an inertial measurement unit;   a logic machine; and   a storage machine holding instructions executable by the logic machine to:   calculate a step count based on the movement data from the inertial measurement unit;   visually present via the display a graph with an axis having an initial scale including one or more values in units of steps;   for each of a plurality of successive durations, receive a completion magnitude indicative of progress towards completion of a sub-goal for that duration, the sub-goal comprising a first threshold number of steps and the completion magnitude comprising a measured number of steps measured by the inertial measurement unit during that duration;   automatically increase a scale of the axis to an expanded scale that is greater than the initial scale based on the completion magnitude exceeding a second threshold for any duration; and   for each of the plurality of successive durations, visually present via the display a graphical element on the graph, the graphical element having a size that visually indicates, relative to the axis, the completion magnitude for that duration.   
     
     
         2 . A computing system, comprising:
 a display;   a logic machine; and   a storage machine holding instructions executable by the logic machine to:   visually present via the display a graph with an axis having an initial scale;   for each of a plurality of successive durations, receive a completion magnitude indicative of progress towards completion of a sub-goal for that duration;   automatically increase a scale of the axis to an expanded scale that is greater than the initial scale based on the completion magnitude exceeding a threshold for any duration; and   for each of the plurality of successive durations, visually present via the display a graphical element on the graph, the graphical element having a size that visually indicates, relative to the axis, the completion magnitude for that duration.   
     
     
         3 . The computing system of  claim 2 , wherein the sub-goal is a number of steps. 
     
     
         4 . The computing system of  claim 2 , wherein the completion magnitude is indicative of a number of steps taken during an associated duration. 
     
     
         5 . The computing system of  claim 2 , wherein the initial scale has a maximum axis value that is at least 4/3 of the sub-goal. 
     
     
         6 . The computing system of  claim 2 , wherein the expanded scale has a maximum axis value that is at least 4/3 of a largest completion magnitude. 
     
     
         7 . The computing system of  claim 2 , wherein the threshold is the sub-goal. 
     
     
         8 . The computing system of  claim 2 , further including a communication subsystem configured to wirelessly communicate with a wearable device that collects data from which the completion magnitude is derived. 
     
     
         9 . The computing system of  claim 8 , wherein the instructions are further executable to send display instructions to a display of the wearable device to visually present via the display of the wearable device the graphical element on the bar graph. 
     
     
         10 . The computing system of  claim 2 , further including one or more sensors configured to take measurements useable to calculate the completion magnitude for each of the plurality of successive durations. 
     
     
         11 . The computing system of  claim 2 , wherein the instructions are further executable to visually present a progress indicator having a color selected from a plurality of different colors, each different color indicating a different level of progress toward completing an aggregate goal, the aggregate goal aggregating each of a plurality of sub-goals. 
     
     
         12 . The computing system of  claim 11 , wherein the aggregate goal is a target number of steps to be completed during an aggregate duration corresponding to the plurality of sub-goals. 
     
     
         13 . The computing system of  claim 12 , wherein the instructions are further executable to automatically increase the target number of steps to a challenge target number of steps responsive to determining that the target number of steps are on track for completion in less than the aggregate duration. 
     
     
         14 . On a computing system comprising a display, a method for tracking and visually presenting progress toward a goal, the method comprising:
 visually presenting via the display a graph with an axis having an initial scale;   for each of a plurality of successive durations, receiving a completion magnitude indicative of progress towards completion of a sub-goal for that duration;   responsive to the completion magnitude exceeding a threshold for any duration, automatically increasing a scale of the axis to an expanded scale that is greater than the initial scale; and   for each of the plurality of successive durations, visually presenting via the display a graphical element on the graph, the graphical element having a size that visually indicates, relative to the axis, the completion magnitude for that duration.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the sub-goal is a number of steps and wherein the completion magnitude is indicative of a number of steps taken during an associated duration. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the initial scale has a maximum y-axis value that is at least 4/3 of the sub-goal. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the expanded scale has a maximum y-axis value that is at least 4/3 of a largest completion magnitude. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the threshold is the sub-goal. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 14 , further comprising visually presenting a progress indicator having a color selected from a plurality of different colors, each different color indicating a level of progress toward completing a target number of steps within a target duration. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19 , further comprising automatically increase the target number of steps to a challenge target number of steps responsive to determining that the target number of steps are on track for completion in less than the target duration.