MOBILE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HEALTH, EXERCISE AND COMPETITION
First Claim
1. An exercise system comprising:
- a mobile system including at least one exercise monitoring sensor monitoring a mobile exercise activity, said mobile system at least temporarily storing exercise activity data developed from said at least one sensor in digital memory; and
a remote server coupled to a wide area network for selectively storing said exercise activity data in a computer-readable media.
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Abstract
An exercise system includes a local system having an exercise apparatus and an associated local computer, where the local computer controls and monitors the operation and use, respectively, of the exercise apparatus. The system further includes a remote system having a remote computer, and a transmission medium preferably including the Internet that couples the local system to the remote system for data communication between the local system and the remote system. The remote system may receive local system data from the local system concerning the use of the exercise apparatus, and the local system may receive remote system data from the remote system concerning the operation of the exercise apparatus. The local computer preferably controls the operation of the exercise apparatus based upon a modifiable script stored in a read/write memory of the local computer, which can be updated by the remote system. A method for controlling an exercise apparatus includes running a modifiable script on a local computer to control the use and to monitor the operation of an exercise apparatus, and communicating with a remote system, preferably via the Internet, to provide the remote system with data concerning the use of the exercise apparatus. The script is stored in read/write memory of the local computer and remote system data received from the remote system may include at least a portion of a new script to be stored in the read/write memory of the local computer.
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21 Claims
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1. An exercise system comprising:
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a mobile system including at least one exercise monitoring sensor monitoring a mobile exercise activity, said mobile system at least temporarily storing exercise activity data developed from said at least one sensor in digital memory; and a remote server coupled to a wide area network for selectively storing said exercise activity data in a computer-readable media. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An exercise system comprising:
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mobile means for monitoring a mobile exercise activity and developing exercise activity data; and server means coupled to a wide area network for selectively storing said exercise activity data.
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16. An exercise method comprising:
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performing an exercise by a person, said exercise resulting in a physical travel of said person for a substantial distance over a period of time; monitoring said exercise over said period of time; and storing information concerning said exercise on a server accessible through a wide area network.
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17. An exercise system comprising:
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a mobile local system including a mobile exercise device having a sensor adapted to monitor and gather information about various parameters of the mobile exercise device; a fixed local system including a fixed exercise device having an actuator adapted to alter various parameters of the fixed exercise device; and a communications network adapted to enable the mobile local system to communicate with the fixed local system, the actuator of the fixed local system being adapted to adjust the parameters of the fixed exercise device to simulate the parameters of the mobile local system based on the information gathered by the sensor of the mobile local system and communicated to the fixed local system over the communications network.
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18. An exercise system for conducting a virtual competition between a plurality of users of the exercise system, the system comprising:
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a first local system comprising a first local exercise device adapted to communicate data about the use of the first local exercise device over a communications network; a second local system comprising a second local exercise device adapted to communicate data about the use of the second local exercise device over the communications network; a remote server adapted to regulate and monitor the virtual competitions between the plurality of users, the remote server being adapted to communicate with a communications network, and receive and process the data from the first and second local systems, the processing of the data received by the remote server including handicapping the data if the first and second local exercise devices are different types of exercise devices.
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19. An interactive exercise system, comprising:
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a remote server adapted to communicate with a communications network; a trainer machine adapted to communicate with the remote server via the communications network; a plurality of fixed local systems adapted to communicate with the remote server via the communications network, each of the plurality of fixed local systems comprising; a fixed local server adapted to communicate with the communications network; and a fixed exercise device having a sensor adapted to process and send data to the remote server via the fixed local server and the communications network, and an actuator adapted to influence various parameters of the fixed exercise device; a mobile local system adapted to communicate with the remote server via the communications network, the mobile local system comprising; a mobile local server adapted to communicate with the communications network; and a mobile exercise device having a sensor adapted to monitor and gather information about various parameters of the mobile exercise device and send the information to the remote server via the mobile local server and the communications network.
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20. An exercise system comprising:
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a remote server adapted to communicate with a communications network; and a local system, comprising; a local server adapted to communicate with the remote server over the communications network; an exercise device; and an exercise device controller associated with the exercise device, the exercise device controller comprising; an interface controller including a device ID, an input device, and an output device; a sensor coupled to the exercise device, the sensor being adapted to gather data about the use of the exercise device; and a transmitter adapted to communicate the data gathered by the sensor to the local server, the communications between the transmitter and the communications network comprising in-band communications.
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21. An exercise system comprising:
a local system adapted to communicate with a remote server over a communications network, the local system comprising; a local server; an exercise device associated with the local server; and an exercise device controller associated with the exercise device, the exercise device controller comprising; an interface controller having a plurality of hardware components, the interface controller being adapted to run diagnostics to determine whether the plurality of hardware components are operating properly; a sensor coupled to the exercise device; and a transmitter adapted to communicate with the local server.
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