Monitoring fitness using a mobile device

• US 10,232,220 B2
• Filed: 10/09/2017
• Issued: 03/19/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nike, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Nike, Inc.
• Inventors: Hoffman, Michael T., Crankson, Kwamina, Nims, Jason, Orenstein, Michael Levi, White, Kristen Laina
• Primary Examiner(s): Elisca, Pierre E
• Application Number:
  US15/727,984
• Publication Number:
  US 20180028864A1
• Time in Patent Office: 526 Days
• Field of Search: 700 91, 700 92, 434236
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1112 Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7221 Determining signal validity, reliability or quality A61B5/7207 and A61B5/7217 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0025 Tracking the path or location of one or more users, e.g. players of a game
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0068 Comparison to target or threshold, previous performance or not real time comparison to other individuals
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0691 Maps, e.g. yardage maps or electronic maps
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/12 Absolute positions, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/30 Speed
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/40 Acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/20 with means for remote communication, e.g. internet or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/06 heartbeat rate only
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/50 temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0021 Tracking a path or terminating locations
• 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: A63B 71/0622 Visual, audio or audio-visual systems for entertaining, instructing or motivating the user
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 22/006 Pedometers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1698 the I/O peripheral being a sending/receiving arrangement to establish a cordless communication link, e.g. radio or infrared link, integrated cellular phone details of antennas disposed inside a computer H01Q1/2266
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 : for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 80/00 : ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 : Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 90/10 : Information and communication technologies [ICT] supporting adaptation to climate change, e.g. for weather forecasting or climate simulation

Abstract

Athletic performance monitoring and tracking may provide multiple ways in which to track athletic movement and activity. Workouts may also be tagged with various parameters including mood, weather, terrain, athletic equipment, friends used and the like. Workout information may be shared to social messaging and networking outlets. Workout information shared may include map information including images of maps, interactive maps, links to maps, route information and the like and/or combinations thereof. Additionally or alternatively, an application may be configured to execute within a context of a social networking system to facilitate athletic activity data transfer and generation of workout entries in the social networking site.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, from an athletic activity monitoring system, athletic activity data recorded during an athletic activity performed by a first user, the athletic activity data including route information;

generating, on a network page of a social networking site, an athletic activity entry associated with the athletic activity, wherein the athletic activity entry and the network page are viewable by a second user; and

generating, within the athletic activity entry and based on the route information, a map indicating a route of the first user, wherein a performance of the first user during the athletic activity is identified in the map, and wherein the route information is downloadable to the second user and is configured to specify a workout route for the second user.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining whether an activity condition of the athletic activity meets a first sharing threshold,

wherein the athletic activity entry is generated responsive to determining that the activity condition meets the first sharing threshold.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the specified workout route for the second user includes route settings based on the route information associated with the athletic activity performed by the first user.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a second user selection to begin the specified workout route;

receiving second athletic activity data recorded during a second athletic activity performed by the second user following the specified workout reroute and route information associated with the second athletic activity; and

generating, on the network page, a second athletic activity entry associated with the second athletic activity.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising generating, within the second athletic activity entry, a second map corresponding to the route information of the first user and the route information of the second user,

wherein a performance of the first user during the athletic activity and a performance of the second user during the second athletic activity are identified in the map.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the map is generated responsive to receiving a map selection from the second user, and

wherein the map is configured to be interactively navigable.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a sharing option configured to control whether the athletic activity entry will be shared with the second user,

wherein the sharing option is further configured to control sharing of workout information associated with the athletic activity entry in accordance with a first set of one or more conditions under which sharing is permitted, wherein sharing comprises transmitting the workout information to the social networking site.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising providing a tag option to tag a summary of one or more metrics from the athletic activity entry with an identifier of the second user in response to receiving a first user selection to share workout information associated with the athletic activity entry to the social networking site.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising transmitting the workout information to the social networking site, wherein the workout information includes a map identifying a route used by the first user to perform the athletic activity.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising including a first interactive element in the athletic activity entry, the first interactive element configured to direct the second user to a non-location oriented activity summary interface.

11. An apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed, cause the apparatus to;

record athletic activity performed by a user;

receive a sharing option selection configured to allow the recorded athletic activity to be shared; and

in response to receiving the sharing option selection, transmitting workout information associated with the recorded athletic activity to a network page of a social networking site viewable by one or more other users.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further caused to tag a summary of one or more metrics from the recorded athletic activity with identifiers of one or more other users.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further caused to include a message prompt on the network page, the message prompt configured to receive a message to be presented to the one or more other users on the social networking site.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

receive a request to deactivate sharing of the workout information; and

transmit a modification request to remove the workout information from the social networking site.

15. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the workout information includes map information identifying a route used by the user to perform the athletic activity.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the map information includes an image of a map identifying a route used by the user in performing the athletic activity.

17. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the map information includes a link to a network site displaying a map identifying a location at which the athletic activity was performed by the user.

18. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the map information includes route information downloadable to an athletic activity monitoring device of another user for use by the other user to perform athletic activity according to a route defined by the route information.

19. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further caused to generate a social network message on the network page based on a location at which the athletic activity was performed by the user.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein transmitting the workout information includes modifying the social network message based on a received user edit.