Methods, devices, systems and computer program products for providing interactive activity programs for use with portable electric devices

• US 20070032344A1
• Filed: 08/05/2005
• Published: 02/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: III Holdings 1, LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Guo, Hui
• Granted Patent: US 7,558,526 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 482/8
• 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 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 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: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location

Abstract

Methods, systems, devices and computer program products are provided for providing interactive activity programs to a user of a portable electronic device. The portable electronic device is connected to a data network using a wireless communications network. Interactive activity programs received from the data network are provided to the portable electronic device. The interactive activity programs are associated with geographic locations.

Claims

1. A portable electronic device, comprising:

a transceiver configured to communicate with a data network using a wireless network; and

an interactive program circuit configured to provide interactive activity programs received from the data network to the portable electronic device, the interactive activity programs being associated with geographic locations.

2. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the interactive program circuit is further configured to modify the interactive activity program responsive to commands from a user of the portable electronic device.

3. The portable electronic device of claim 2, wherein the commands comprise voice commands and/or manual commands and wherein the interactive program circuit is further configured to modify the interactive program responsive to the commands in real time.

4. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the interactive program circuit is further configured to:

obtain data associated with a user of the portable electronic device; and

generate a program for the user based on the obtained data.

5. The portable electronic device of claim 4, wherein the interactive activity programs are associated with an exercise routine of the user and wherein the obtained data comprises goals for the exercise routine, routes and/or locations for the exercise routine, distance information associated with exercise sessions of the exercise routine, duration information associated with ones of the exercise sessions, calories burned associated with ones of the exercise sessions and/or journal entries associated with ones of the exercise sessions.

6. The portable electronic device of claim 5 wherein the generated program and/or the obtained data are stored in a memory in the portable electronic device and/or at the data network, the memory being associated with the interactive activity program.

7. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the interactive program circuit is further configured to provide audio and/or video educational and/or entertainment interactive activity programs associated with geographic locations.

8. A method of providing interactive activity programs to a user of a portable electronic device, comprising:

connecting the portable electronic device to a data network using a wireless communications network; and

providing interactive activity programs received from the data network to the portable electronic device, the interactive activity programs being associated with geographic locations.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising modifying the interactive activity program responsive to commands from a user of the portable electronic device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the commands comprise voice commands and/or manual commands and wherein modifying comprises modifying the interactive activity program responsive to the commands in real time.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the portable electronic device comprises a first portable electronic device, the method further comprising:

connecting at least a second portable electronic device to the data network using the wireless communication network; and

simultaneously providing the interactive activity programs to the first and the at least a second portable electronic devices from the data network.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein providing interactive activity programs comprises:

obtaining data associated with the user of the portable electronic device; and

generating a program for the user based on the obtained data.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the interactive activity programs are associated with an exercise routine of the user and wherein the obtained data comprises goals for the exercise routine, routes and/or locations for the exercise routine, distance information associated with exercise sessions of the exercise routine, duration information associated with ones of the exercise sessions, calories burned associated with ones of the exercise sessions and/or journal entries associated with ones of the exercise sessions.

14. The method of claim 13 further comprising storing the generated program and/or the obtained data in the portable electronic device and/or at the data network.

15. The method of claim 8, carried out by a computer program product embodied in a computer readable medium.

16. A system for providing interactive activity programs to a user of a portable electronic device, comprising:

a wireless communication network;

a data network communicatively connected to the wireless communication network;

a portable electronic device configured to connect to the data network through the wireless communications network; and

an interactive activity circuit in the portable electronic device configured to provide interactive activity programs received from the data network to the portable electronic device, the interactive activity programs being associated with geographic locations.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the interactivity circuit is further configured to modify the interactive program responsive to commands from a user of the portable electronic device.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the commands comprise voice commands and/or manual commands and wherein the interactivity circuit is further configured to modify the interactive activity program responsive to the commands in real time.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the interactive activity circuit is further configured to obtain data associated with the user of the portable electronic device and generate a program for the user based on the obtained data.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the interactive activity programs are associated with an exercise routine of the user and wherein the obtained data comprises goals for the exercise routine, routes and/or locations for the exercise routine, distance information associated with exercise sessions of the exercise routine, duration information associated with ones of the exercise sessions, calories burned associated with ones of the exercise sessions and/or journal entries associated with ones of the exercise sessions.

21. The system of claim 20, further comprising a memory coupled to the portable electronic device and/or the data network, the memory being configured to store the generated program and/or the obtained data in the portable electronic device and/or at the data network.

22. The system of claim 16, further comprising a display coupled to the portable electronic device and configured to illustrate video clips and/or images associated with the interactive activity program.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the display is integrated in a pair of glasses configured to be worn by the user.

24. The system of claim 22, wherein the display is wirelessly coupled to the portable electronic device using WIFI, Bluetooth and/or ZIGBEE.

25. The system of claim 16 further comprising a pair of headphones coupled to the portable electronic device and configured to communicate audio signals associated with the interactive activity program.

26. The system of claim 25, wherein the headphones are wirelessly coupled to the portable electronic device using WIFI, Bluetooth and/or ZIGBEE.