Training system and method(s) of its use

• US 20070198535A1
• Filed: 09/19/2005
• Published: 08/23/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Saanos Pty., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Saanos Pty., Ltd.
• Inventors: Howie, Luke, Oliver, Jeremy
• Application Number:
  US11/663,348
• Publication Number:
  US 20070198535A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/00 Electrically-operated teaching apparatus or devices working with questions and answers mechanically operated G09B3/00; computing arrangements G06F
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/02 of the type wherein the student is expected to construct an answer to the question which is presented or wherein the machine gives an answer to the question presented by a student

Abstract

The present invention relates to the Exercise Industry. In one form, the invention relates to a system and method for creating, organising, disseminating and/or providing exercise programs. Numerous aspects of invention are disclosed in this application.

Claims

1. A method of communicating an exercise representation from a first client to a second client, the method comprises the steps of:

providing an information file,

communicating the information file from the first client to the second client,

the second client, upon receipt of the information file, creating the exercise representation with reference to a database.

2. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the database is provided in a computer.

3. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the data base is provided on a website.

4. A method as claimed in claim 1, where the database is provided to each of the first and second clients.

5. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first client creates the information file with reference to the database.

6. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein either the first and/or the second client has remote access to the database.

7. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the database has at least one exercise object stored therein.

8. A method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the exercise object comprises any one or any combination of:

information being displayed

an illustration of a photo of the exercise

a sketch

a difficulty level

a link to a movie file

text

tips

cautions

associated exercises

metadata elements

an identification number

attributes and/or characteristics of the exercise

a link to a further information page.

9. A method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the exercise object is associated with human body parts.

10. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein one information file is communicated to the second client.

11. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the information file comprises at least one or any combination of:

exercise identification

one or more metadata link(s)

one or more exercise object link(s)

Annual Plan, Exercise program, Training program and Training Diary.

12. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein when the information file comprises the Annual Plan, Exercise Program, Training program and Training Dairy, the second client, upon receipt of the information file, is adapted to review the exercise representation with reference to a database.

13. A method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the information file is one file.

14. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein email is used as a part of the communication.

15. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the information file is obtained via a website.

16. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein from the information file, any one or a combination of a Annual Plan, Exercise Program, Training program and Training Diary is created.

17. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the information file comprises any one or any combination of an Annual Plan, Exercise Program, Training program, Training Diary.

18. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the database contains raw data, media and/or textual information associated with an exercise.

19. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the database is stored on a device associated with either and/or both the first and second clients.

20. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein either and/or both the first and the second client is a user, coach, device, network, system.

21. A method as claimed in claim 11 or 17, wherein in creating the exercise, a template is opened, the exercise identification is read to a corresponding table in the database via the link(s), and the relevant information is extracted and displayed in a user interface.

22. A method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the exercise representation being displayed to a client.

38. A method as claimed in claim 1 or 30, further comprising the exercise representation being displayed to a client.

48. An apparatus adapted to provide an exercise for an exercise program, said apparatus comprising:

processor means adapted to operate in accordance with a predetermined instruction set, said apparatus, in conjunction with said instruction set, being adapted to perform the method as claimed in claim 1, 30. 42, or 45.

49. A computer program product including:

a computer usable medium having computer readable program code and computer readable system code embodied on said medium for cooperating with a data processing system, said computer program product including;

computer readable code within said computer usable medium for providing an exercise representation for an exercise program in accordance with the method as claimed in claim 1, 30, 42, or 45.

23. An authoring tool adapted to be used in association with an exercise representation, comprising:

linking means adapted to identify a link(s) to information stored in the database and means adapted to create the link(s).

24. An authoring tool as claimed in claim 23, further comprising means to provide the link(s) to a memory or the database.

25. An authoring tool as claimed in claim 23, wherein the linking means is operatively associated with the database.

26. An authoring tool as claimed in claim 23, wherein the link(s) are used to form the exercise representation in association with the database.

27. An authoring tool as claimed in claim 25, wherein the database includes an exercise object.

28. An authoring tool as claimed in claim 27, wherein the exercise object is associated with human body parts.

29. An authoring tool as claimed in claim 23, wherein the link(s) comprises at least one or any combination of:

exercise identification

one or more metadata link(s)

one or more exercise object link(s).

30. A method of creating an exercise representation adapted, the method comprising the steps of:

providing an information file,

creating the exercise representation using the information file together with an exercise object.

31. A method as claimed in claim 30, wherein the exercise representation is pre-populated in order to create a template.

32. A method as claimed in claim 30, wherein the exercise object is associated with human body parts.

33. A method as claimed in claim 30, wherein the information file comprises at least one or any combination of:

exercise identification

one or more metadata link(s)

one or more exercise object link(s).

34. A method as claimed in claim 30, further comprising the step of:

storing the exercise representation.

35. A method as claimed in claim 34, wherein the exercise representation is stored on a user platform.

36. A method as claimed in claim 30, wherein the exercise representation is stored on a remote platform.

37. A method as claimed in claim 30 or 33, wherein the exercise object comprises any one or any combination of:

information being displayed

an illustration of a photo of the exercise

a sketch

a difficulty level

a link to a movie file

text

tips

cautions

associated exercises

metadata elements

an identification number

attributes and/or characteristics of the exercise

a link to a further information page.

39. An exercise object table, comprising:

an exercise object based on an information file, and

an exercise record adapted to record predetermined information regarding the exercise and/or a client'"'"'s performance of the exercise.

40. An exercise table as claimed in claim 39, wherein the exercise object comprises any one or any combination of:

information being displayed

an illustration of a photo of the exercise

a sketch

a difficulty level

a link to a movie file

text

tips

cautions

associated exercises

metadata elements

an identification number

attributes and/or characteristics of the exercise

a link to a further information page.

41. An information file comprising at least one or any combination of:

exercise identification

one or more metadata link(s)

one or more exercise object link(s) adapted to be operatively associated with an exercise object.

42. A method of configuring a template adapted to be used in the execution of an exercise routine, the method comprising the steps of:

providing a program dialogue adapted to enable user selected configuration of a template for use in the exercise routine,

selecting from the program dialogue a desired format for the template.

43. A method as claimed in claim 42, wherein the format includes any one or any combination of:

starting date

the number of weeks

the number of sessions each day that the exercise is to be completed.

44. A method of estimating the duration (T) of execution of an exercise routine performed by a user, the method comprising the steps of:

assessing an exercise table and determining T in accordance with the following formula;

T=(totalTime*set2+rest2*(set2−

1))*set1+rest1*(set1−

1).

45. A method of analysing data representative of an exercise routine performed by a user, the method comprising the steps of:

accessing the data representative of the exercise routine,

selecting a portion of the data to be analyzed, and

performing the analysis based on information resident in the exercise object table.

46. A method as claimed in claim 45, wherein the analysis is instead performed based on information associated with the training program or an exercise session.

47. A method as claimed in claim 45, wherein the analysis is performed based on an association with human body parts.

50-53. -53. (canceled)