Exercise system and method

• US 10,322,315 B2
• Filed: 07/16/2018
• Issued: 06/18/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Peloton Interactive, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Peloton Interactive, Inc.
• Inventors: Foley, John Paul, Cortese, Thomas Philip, Feng, Yu, Sira, Christopher Brett, Woolley, Hans Schlichting
• Primary Examiner(s): Ganesan, Sundhara M
• Application Number:
  US16/036,894
• Publication Number:
  US 20180318647A1
• Time in Patent Office: 337 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2022/0658 for cycling with a group of people, e.g. spinning classes
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0065 Evaluating the fitness, e.g. fitness level or fitness index
• 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 2024/0081 Coaching or training aspects related to a group of users
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0096 using performance related parameters for controlling electronic or video games or avatars
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0658 Position or arrangement of display
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/0051 using eddy currents induced in moved elements, e.g. by permanent magnets
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/015 including rotating or oscillating elements rubbing against fixed elements
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/225 with flywheels
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 22/06 with support elements performing a rotating cycling movement, i.e. a closed path movementsupport stands for bicycles A63B69/16; unicycles B62K1/00
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 22/0605 performing a circular movement, e.g. ergometers
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/17 Counting, e.g. counting periodical movements, revolutions or cycles, or including further data processing to determine distances or speed
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/34 Angular speed
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/58 Measurement of force related parameters by electric or magnetic means
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/806 Video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/107 Resisting devices being of the same kind
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/20 with means for remote communication, e.g. internet or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/50 Wireless data transmission, e.g. by radio transmitters or telemetry
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/06 heartbeat rate only
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/40 respiratory characteristics
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/75 : calorie expenditure
• 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 24/0075 : Means for generating exercise programs or schemes, e.g. computerized virtual trainer, e.g. using expert databases
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0084 : Exercising apparatus with means for competitions, e.g. virtual races
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0622 : Visual, audio or audio-visual systems for entertaining, instructing or motivating the user
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/798 : for assessing skills or for ranking players, e.g. for generating a hall of fame computing the game score A63F13/46
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/10 : all student stations being capable of presenting the same information simultaneously G09B5/14 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/14 : with provision for individual teacher-student communication
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 : ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 : relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 : relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 : Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

A method for displaying live and archived exercise classes comprising displaying information about exercise classes that can be accessed by a first user via a digital communication network on a display screen at a first location, wherein the first user can select either a live class or select among a plurality of archived classes, outputting digital video and audio content comprising the selected class, detecting performance parameters for the first user at a particular point in the selected class, displaying at least one of the performance parameters on the display screen, and displaying performance parameters from a second user at a second location on the display screen such that at least one of the performance parameters from the first user and at least one of the performance parameters from the second user at the same point in the class are presented for comparison.

Claims

1. A method for displaying live and archived exercise classes comprising:

displaying information about available live and archived exercise classes that can be accessed by a first user via a digital communication network on a display screen at a first location, wherein the first user can select either a live exercise class or select among a plurality of archived exercise classes;

receiving a selection of one of the available live or archived exercise classes by the first user;

outputting digital video and audio content comprising the selected exercise class at the first location to the first user;

determining one or more performance parameters for the first user at the first location at a plurality of points in the selected exercise class;

displaying at least one performance parameter for the first user at the first location on the display screen; and

dynamically displaying one or more performance parameters for a second user at a second location on the display screen at the first location such that at least one of the performance parameters for the first user at the plurality of points in the selected exercise class and at least one of the performance parameters for the second user at the same points in the selected exercise class are presented for comparison on the display screen at the first location.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining one or more performance parameters for the first user at the first location further comprises sensing at least one performance parameter from a first exercise apparatus operable by the first user at the first location.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the display screen at the first location further comprises, a graphical user interface with user selectable content for display during the selected exercise class, and wherein dynamically displaying one or more performance parameters for the second user at the second location on the display screen at the first location further comprises displaying the first user performance parameters and second user performance parameters in a secondary window.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the digital video and audio content, first user performance parameters and second user performance parameters are output substantially in real-time.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising requesting the digital video content, audio content and class participant content associated with the selected exercise class from a server through the digital communications network, wherein the class participant content comprises content associated with the second user.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

generating a leaderboard from the class participant content and the plurality of first user performance parameters, the leaderboard representing performance parameters at the same point in the selected exercise class; and

displaying the leaderboard at the first location.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the class participant content comprises live and archived class participant content;

and wherein the leaderboard is synchronized to the first user'"'"'s performance parameters allowing for comparative class participant content to be presented to the first user.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the exercise class content further comprises a start signal indicating a starting point of the selected exercise class, and wherein the class participant content is synchronized to the start signal for data comparison.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting the plurality of first user performance parameters to a server through the digital communication network, wherein class participant content received by the second user includes the first user performance parameters.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving video chat data from the second user at the second location for display to the first user on the display screen at the first location.

11. A method for providing live and archived exercise classes to remote users comprising:

providing information about available live and archived exercise classes that can be accessed via a digital communication network by a first user using a first computer at a first remote location for display at the first remote location via an interface that includes a display screen, wherein the first user can select either a live exercise class or select among a plurality of archived exercise classes to be displayed on the display screen;

receiving from the first user a selection of one of the available live or archived exercise classes for display on the display screen at the first remote location;

providing digital video and audio content comprising the selected exercise class to the first computer at the first remote location for display to the first user on the display screen;

receiving one or more performance parameters for the first user at the first remote location at a particular point in the selected exercise class;

providing at least one current performance parameter for the first user for display on the display screen at the first remote location ;

receiving one or more performance parameters for one or more other users at one or more other remote locations at the same point in the selected exercise class; and

providing at least one of the performance parameters for at least one of the other users for dynamically displaying on the display screen at the first remote location such that at least one of the performance parameters for the first user at the particular point in the selected exercise class and at least one of the performance parameters for one of the other users at the same point in the selected exercise class are presented for comparison on the display screen at the first remote location.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein determining one or more performance parameters for the first user at the first remote location further comprises sensing at least one performance parameter from a first exercise apparatus operable by the first user at the first remote location.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the display screen at the first remote location further comprises, a graphical user interface with user selectable content for display during the selected exercise class, and wherein dynamically displaying one or more performance parameters for the at least one of the other users on the display screen at the first remote location further comprises displaying the first user performance parameters and the at least one of the other users'"'"' performance parameters in a secondary window.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the digital video and audio content, first user performance parameters and at least one of the other users'"'"' performance parameters are output substantially in real-time.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising requesting the digital video content, audio content and class participant content associated with the selected exercise class from a server through the digital communications network.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

generating a leaderboard from the class participant content and the plurality of first user performance parameters, the leaderboard representing performance parameters at the same point in the selected exercise class; and

displaying the leaderboard at the first remote location.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the class participant content comprises live and archived class participant content;

and wherein the leaderboard is synchronized to the first user'"'"'s performance parameters allowing for comparative class participant content to be presented to the first user.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the exercise class content further comprises a start signal indicating a starting point of the exercise class, and wherein class participant content is synchronized to the start signal for data comparison.

19. The method of claim 11, further comprising transmitting the plurality of first user performance parameters to a server through the digital communication network, wherein class participant content received by the at least one of the other users includes the first user performance parameters.

20. The method of claim 11, further comprising receiving video chat data from the at least one other user for display to the first user on the display screen at the first remote location.