Incentive awards for use of exercise equipment
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1. A method of incentivizing use of an exercise device, comprising:
- providing an exercise device connected to a network;
receiving over the network usage information associated with a user'"'"'s operation of the exercise device;
identifying a usage account associated with the user for storing usage points; and
increasing a total of usage points stored in the usage account in response to the usage information.
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Abstract
An award program using exercise equipment and the Internet provides users with incentives to exercise. Incentivizing use of an exercise device, includes providing an exercise device connected to a network, receiving over the network usage information associated with a user'"'"'s operation of the exercise device, identifying a usage account associated with the user for storing usage point, and increasing a total of usage points stored in the usage account in response to the usage information. As usage points are accumulated, users can spend the usage points on products, services, or discounts on the same.
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1. A method of incentivizing use of an exercise device, comprising:
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providing an exercise device connected to a network;
receiving over the network usage information associated with a user'"'"'s operation of the exercise device;
identifying a usage account associated with the user for storing usage points; and
increasing a total of usage points stored in the usage account in response to the usage information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of incentivizing use of an exercise device, comprising:
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providing an exercise device connected to a network;
receiving over the network usage operation associated with a user'"'"'s operation of the exercise device;
identifying a usage account associated with the user for storing usage points;
increasing a total of usage points stored in the usage account in response to the usage information; and
providing a milestone award to the user when the total of usage points stored in the usage account exceeds a threshold value. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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23. A computer program product embodied on a computer-readable medium for incentivizing use of an exercise device connected to a network, the program, comprising instructions operable to cause a programmable processor to:
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receive over the network usage information associated with a user'"'"'s operation of the exercise device;
identify a usage account associated with the user for storing usage points; and
increase a total of usage points stored in the usage account in response to the usage information.
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