Program Products, Methods, and Systems for Providing Fitness Monitoring Services

• US 20100292600A1
• Filed: 05/18/2009
• Published: 11/18/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adidas AG
• Original Assignee: Adidas AG
• Inventors: Black, Stephen John, DiBENEDETTO, Christian, Powch, Maya Ann
• Granted Patent: US 8,200,323 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/520
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0219 Inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes, tilt switches
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0024 for multiple sensor units attached to the patient, e.g. using a body or personal area network
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/024 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse rate or heart rate A61B5/0205, A61B5/021 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1112 Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/112 Gait analysis
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0065 Evaluating the fitness, e.g. fitness level or fitness index
• 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 2071/065 Visualisation of specific exercise parameters
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0694 Visual indication, e.g. Indicia
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/06 heartbeat rate only
• 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 24/0087 Electric or electronic controls for exercising apparatus of groups A63B21/00 - A63B23/00, e.g. controlling load
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0622 Visual, audio or audio-visual systems for entertaining, instructing or motivating the user
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

Program products, methods, and systems for providing fitness monitoring services are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method for providing heart rate information to a user of a portable fitness monitoring service includes: (a) defining a plurality of heart rate zones as ranges of percentages of a maximum heart rate; (b) associating a color with each of said heart rate zones; (c) receiving heart rate information from the user; and (d) providing a graphical display of the heart rate information, wherein a color of a portion of the graphical display corresponds with the color associated with one of said heart rate zones, wherein steps (a)-(d) are executed using at least one processor.

Claims

1. A method for providing heart rate information to a user of a portable fitness monitoring service, comprising:

(a) defining a plurality of heart rate zones as ranges of percentages of a maximum heart rate;

(b) associating a color with each of said heart rate zones;

(c) receiving heart rate information from the user; and

(d) providing a graphical display of the heart rate information, wherein a color of a portion of the graphical display corresponds with the color associated with one of said heart rate zones,

wherein steps (a)-(d) are executed using at least one processor.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the heart rate information is measured by a portable heart rate sensor during a workout.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the heart rate information comprises instantaneous heart rate information.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of determining upper and lower limits for said heart rate zones based on the maximum heart rate of the user.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of determining which of said heart rate zones the user'"'"'s instantaneous heart rates fell within based on said upper and lower limits.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein said upper and lower limits for said heart rate zones are adjusted based on user information.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the user information includes a performance parameter of the user measured while the user was conducting the workout.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the user information includes responses from the user to questions posed by the portable fitness monitoring service after the user has completed the workout.

9. A tangible computer program product comprising a computer readable medium having computer program logic recorded thereon for causing at least one processor to:

graphically display first performance parameter information to a user regarding an user'"'"'s performance during a workout, wherein said first performance parameter information is displayed as a function of an interval parameter; and

graphically display second performance parameter information to a user regarding an user'"'"'s performance during a workout, wherein said second performance parameter information is displayed as a function of an interval parameter,

wherein the second performance parameter information is overlaid on top of the first performance parameter information.

10. The tangible computer program product of claim 9, wherein the interval parameter comprises time.

11. The tangible computer program product of claim 9, wherein the interval parameter comprises distance.

12. The tangible computer program product of claim 9, wherein the first and second performance parameter information was recorded over a portion of a workout.

13. The tangible computer program product of claim 9, wherein the first performance parameter information comprises heart rate.

14. The tangible computer program product of claim 13, wherein the second performance parameter information comprises pace.

15. The tangible computer program product of claim 13, wherein the second performance parameter information comprises speed.

16. The tangible computer program product of claim 9, wherein the first performance parameter information and the second performance parameter information are selected from the group consisting of:

heart rate information and pace information.

17. A tangible computer program product comprising a computer readable medium having computer program logic recorded thereon for causing at least one processor to:

graphically display performance parameter information to a user regarding an user'"'"'s performance during a workout, wherein said performance parameter information is displayed as a function of an interval parameter;

provide first and second analysis boundary markers capable of being manipulated by the user to define a subset of said graphically displayed performance parameter information; and

in response to the user manipulation, display numerical performance parameter information corresponding to only the subset of graphically displayed performance parameter information defined by the analysis boundary markers.

18. The tangible computer program product of claim 17, wherein the interval parameter comprises time.

19. The tangible computer program product of claim 17, wherein the interval parameter comprises distance.

20. The tangible computer program product of claim 17, wherein the performance parameter information is selected from the group consisting of:

heart rate information and pace information.