System and Method For Providing an Athlete with a Performance Profile

• US 20120310389A1
• Filed: 05/30/2012
• Published: 12/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Finish Time Holdings, LLC
• Original Assignee: Todd M. Martin
• Inventors: Martin, Todd M.
• Granted Patent: US 8,649,890 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/91
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/06 Indicating or scoring devices for games or players , or for other sports activities
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/20 Administration of product repair or maintenance
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising

Abstract

A web-based platform and method for providing access to information regarding athletic events and personal training information. The platform may include an events calendar that may be personalized, a training log, a media portal containing photographs of a participant in an athletic event, and a rankings generator configured to rank a user against other users within given set of parameters.

Claims

1. A system for matching media content created by a third party at an athletic event with a participant in the event, said system comprising:

a database server having a user database for maintaining records of users registered to access said database server; and

a processor configured to receive a listing of participants whose images appear in media content created at the athletic event, compare the listing with the registered users based on the records maintained in said user database, and generate a match list of participants whose images appear in the media content created at the athletic event and who are registered users.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said processor is configured to send the match list to the third party, and receive from the third party at least one link linking a matched registered user with the media content showing the registered user'"'"'s image.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said processor is configured to permit a registered user access to the media content if the registered user is listed on the match list.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the listing of participants comprises a link for each listed participant to the media content, each link being tagged with data indentifying the participant.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the media content consists of one or more photographs of the participant.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein said processor is configured to send an electronic communication to a registered user to notify the registered user that media content showing the registered user'"'"'s image is available for viewing by the registered user, the electronic communication being sent to the registered user based on contact details stored on said user database.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein said processor is configured to direct a registered user who appears on the match list to a payment gateway so that the registered user may purchase the media content tagged with the registered user.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein said database server comprises a media database for maintaining media content purchased by the registered user.

9. A method for matching media content created by a third party at a sporting event with a participant of the sporting event using a computer web-based platform, the platform having a database server with a database of users registered with the platform, the method comprising:

receiving, at the platform, a listing of participants of the sporting event, each participant being tagged with media content created by the third party;

comparing the listing of participants with a listing of users registered with the platform to generate a match list of registered users who were participants in the sporting event and are tagged with media content, the listing of registered users being maintained in the database;

forwarding the match list to the third party;

receiving from the third party a plurality of links, each link linking a registered user with media content tagged with the registered user; and

generating a graphical user interface that permits the registered user to access the link to the media content tagged with that registered user.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising linking the registered user with the media content tagged with the registered user, the tagged media content being stored at a remote site controlled by the third party.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising receiving an indication from the third party that the media content was purchased by the registered user, and storing the media content to a restricted personal area of the platform requiring a log in by the registered user.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the generation of the graphical user interface includes displaying a thumbnail image of the media content tagged with the registered user, the link being embedded with the thumbnail image.

13. The method of claim 9, further comprising receiving an indication that the registered user wants to purchase the media content, and directing the registered user to a payment gateway to purchase the media content.

14. A system for maintaining, organizing and generating athletic training and performance data of a user, comprising:

a database server including a user database for maintaining records of users registered to access said database server, an events database configured to maintain a listing of athletic events, and a results database configured to maintain results of athletic events;

a processor configured to determine whether the user is a registered user based on the records maintained in said user database; and

a media portal configured to generate a graphical user interface associated with a registered user, each graphical user interface being configured to display a plurality of links to media content showing an image of the registered user participating in a sporting event, at least two of the links linking to two different third party media content providers.

15. The system of claim 14, further comprising a rankings generator for ranking a participant in an athletic competition against other participants of the same or different athletic competitions, said rankings generator being configured to:

receive data regarding the athletic competition, including at least a category of athletic competition;

receive personal data regarding the participant'"'"'s gender, age group, and geographical area of residence;

receive finish data regarding the participant'"'"'s finish time in the athletic competition; and

calculate a ranking of the participant based on;

a predetermined geographical region and time frame;

a category of athletic competition; and

head-to-head competition amongst participants in the athletic competitions.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein said rankings generator is configured calculate rankings based on the following algorithm:

determine if a first participant and a second participant from a group of participants defined by a geographical area and age group are in the same competition;

determine whether the first participant beat the second participant in a given competition where the first and second participants participated;

determine other competitions in which the first and second participants participated in the same competition;

determine whether the first participant beat the second participant in the other competitions;

determine between the first and second participants which participant has the most head-to-head victories between the first and second participants; and

rank the first participant according to a plurality of head-to-head comparisons.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein said processor is configured to automatically send an electronic communication to a registered user when a race result containing the registered user'"'"'s result has been added to said results database.

18. The system of claim 14, further comprising a training log server configured to:

receive and store data from each registered user regarding a category of athletic activity in which the registered user engaged;

receive and store data from each registered user regarding a distance the registered user trained for a given day for each category of athletic activity;

receive and store data from each registered user regarding an amount of time the registered user trained for each category of athletic activity;

calculate a time-based total distance for each category of athletic activity; and

generate a graphical representation of at least one of the calculated time-based total distances.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein said training log server is configured to associate the time data with a route identifier associated with a route created by the registered user, said training log server configured to determine the lowest time for each route created by the registered user.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein said training log server is configured to receive and store data from each registered user regarding a first use of a bike used by the user since the bike received a tune-up, and track a distance the bike is used based on the data received from the registered user regarding the distance the registered user trained on the bike.