Athletic monitoring system having automatic pausing of media content

• US 10,091,564 B2
• Filed: 06/15/2017
• Issued: 10/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nike, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Nike, Inc.
• Inventors: Swanson, Evan
• Primary Examiner(s): Edun, Muhammad N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Murphy, Jerold
• Application Number:
  US15/623,612
• Publication Number:
  US 20170289651A1
• Time in Patent Office: 474 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0062 Monitoring athletic performances, e.g. for determining the work of a user on an exercise apparatus, the completed jogging or cycling distance
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/19 Sporting applications
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/49 whereby the further system is an inertial position system, e.g. loosely-coupled
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/00 Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom

Abstract

Systems and methods configured to be worn on a body of user for athletic performance monitoring, and having a sensor for capturing data associated with an athletic activity being carried out by the user. The captured sensor data may be used to identify a break in an athletic training session being carried out by the user, and in response, to automatically pause playback of media content to the user.

Claims

1. A unitary apparatus configured to be worn by a user, comprising:

a processor;

a location-determining sensor configured to capture location data of the user;

a media content interface configured to transmit information from media content to the user; and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a planned running route for the user, wherein the computer-readable medium further comprises computer-executable instructions that when executed by the processor perform at least;

identifying, from data received by the location-determining sensor, a geographic location of the user;

utilizing the identified geographic location of the user and the planned running route to identify an intersection within a predetermined distance ahead of the user on the planned running route; and

pausing playback of the media content until data received by the location-determining sensor indicates that the user has crossed the intersection.

2. The unitary apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is configured to be worn on an appendage of the user.

3. The unitary apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus comprises a mobile phone.

4. The unitary apparatus of claim 1, wherein the media content interface is a headphone jack.

5. The unitary apparatus of claim 1, wherein the predetermined distance is 15 meters.

6. The unitary apparatus of claim 1, wherein the predetermined distance is 5 meters.