EXERCISE SYSTEMS FOR SIMULATING REAL WORLD TERRAIN
First Claim
1. An exercise system configured to simulate a remote, real world exercise route, the exercise system comprising:
- an exercise device adapted to substantially simulate the remote, real world exercise route in response to exercise programming, wherein the exercise device comprises a user interface that enables a user to define the remote, real world exercise route by selecting one or more parameters of the remote, real world exercise route; and
a remote communication system in communication with the exercise device, the remote communication system being adapted to receive the one or more user defined parameters of the remote, real world exercise route and communicate with at least two third parties to retrieve data stored by the at least two third parties relating to the remote, real world exercise route, the remote communication system being adapted to use the data retrieved from the at least two third parties to generate the exercise programming that includes control signals for controlling the operation of the exercise device and display programming synchronized with the control signals.
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Abstract
An exercise system includes one or more exercise devices that communicate via a network with a communication system. The communication system stores and/or generates exercise programming for use on the exercise device. The exercise programming is able to control one or more operating parameters of the exercise device to simulate terrain found at a remote, real world location. The exercise programming can include images/videos of the remote, real world location. The control signals and the images/videos can be synchronized so that a user of the exercise device is able to experience, via the changing operating parameters, the topographical characteristics of the remote, real world location as well as see images of the location.
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29 Claims
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1. An exercise system configured to simulate a remote, real world exercise route, the exercise system comprising:
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an exercise device adapted to substantially simulate the remote, real world exercise route in response to exercise programming, wherein the exercise device comprises a user interface that enables a user to define the remote, real world exercise route by selecting one or more parameters of the remote, real world exercise route; and a remote communication system in communication with the exercise device, the remote communication system being adapted to receive the one or more user defined parameters of the remote, real world exercise route and communicate with at least two third parties to retrieve data stored by the at least two third parties relating to the remote, real world exercise route, the remote communication system being adapted to use the data retrieved from the at least two third parties to generate the exercise programming that includes control signals for controlling the operation of the exercise device and display programming synchronized with the control signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. In an exercise system having a remote communication system adapted to communicate with an exercise device and at least two third party databases, a method for generating exercise programming for substantially simulating a remote, real world exercise route on the exercise device, comprising:
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receiving one or more parameters for defining the remote, real world exercise route; retrieving a first type of data relating to the remote, real world exercise route from a first third party database of the at least two third party databases; retrieving a second type of data relating to the remote, real world exercise route from a second third party database the at least two third party databases; generating one or more control signals using the first type of data retrieved from the first third party database, the control signals being adapted to cause the exercise device to substantially simulate topographical characteristics of the remote, real world exercise route; generating display programming using the second type of data retrieved from the second third party database, the display programming including images of the remote, real world exercise route; and synchronizing the one or more control signals and the display programming. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An exercise system configured to substantially simulate a remote, real world exercise route, the exercise system comprising:
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a network; an exercise device in communication with the network, the exercise device being receptive to exercise programming that is adapted to control one or more selectively adjustable operating parameters of the exercise device to substantially simulate the remote, real world exercise route; a plurality of third parties in communication with the network, the plurality of third parties storing data relating to one or more characteristics of the remote, real world exercise route, the plurality of third parties comprising; one or more databases that store topographical data relating to the remote, real world exercise route; and one or more other databases that store image data relating to the remote, real world exercise route; and a remote communication system external to and remote from the plurality of third parties, the remote communication system being adapted to allow a user of the exercise device to define the remote, real world exercise route, the remote communication system being adapted to communicate with the plurality of third parties via the network to retrieve the data relating to the one or more characteristics of the remote, real world exercise route, the remote communication system being adapted to use the data retrieved from the plurality of databases to generate the exercise programming, wherein generating the exercise programming includes (i) using the image data to generate display programming;
(ii) using the topographical data to generate control signals; and
(iii) synchronizing the display programming with the control signals, the remote communication system being adapted to communicate the exercise programming to the exercise device. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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