USER INTERFACE FOR REMOTE JOINT WORKOUT SESSION

• US 20130115583A1
• Filed: 10/30/2012
• Published: 05/09/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nike, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Nike, Inc.
• Inventors: Guerrero, Adriana, Self, Christina S., Gordon, John M.
• Granted Patent: US 9,977,874 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/247
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0038 Sports
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

Example embodiments relate to a system, method, apparatus, and computer readable media configured to generate a multiple renditions of a user interface that is updated based upon athletic movements of two or more users remotely located from each other. The UI may be configured to simultaneously display energy expenditure values in real-time. In further embodiments, a joint energy expenditure values determined from multiple remote users may be simultaneously displayed.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

generating a first rendition of a user interface configured to be displayed at a first display device at a first location comprising a first virtual trainer configured to instruct a first user at the first location to perform a predetermined athletic movement during a defined first time period, wherein the first virtual trainer is configured to perform the athletic movement at a predetermined tempo during the first time period;

generating a second rendition of the user interface configured to be displayed at a second display device at a second location comprising a second virtual trainer configured to instruct a second user to simultaneously perform the predetermined athletic movement during the defined first time period, wherein the second virtual trainer is configured to simultaneously perform the athletic movement at the same predetermined tempo during the first time period;

based upon the predetermined athletic movement to be performed by the first and second virtual trainer, selecting a first athletic meter configured to display a real-time measurement of a first attribute of the simultaneous performance of the predetermined athletic movement by the first user and the second user;

receiving movement data from at least one sensor at the first location and at least one sensor at the second location during the first and second users'"'"' performance of the predetermined athletic movement and determining real-time values of the first attribute of the first and second users for each of a plurality of sequential time frames within the first time period; and

in real-time, displaying the attribute values for the first user and the second user simultaneously on both the first and second renditions of the user interface.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected meter is selected from at least one of:

a cardio meter or a fitness meter.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the attribute is selected from at least one of:

a strength attribute, a cardiovascular attribute, a fitness attribute, an athleticism attribute, a speed attribute, and tempo attribute.

4. The method of claim 3, the method further comprising:

based on the movement data during the defined first time period, calculating real-time energy expenditure values for the first user and the second user for each of a plurality of sequential time frames within the first time period; and

in real-time, displaying the energy expenditure values for the first user and the second user simultaneously on both the first and second renditions of the user interface.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected meter comprises an energy expenditure meter.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the selected meter is a cardio meter comprising an element configured to be visually adjusted based on an intensity attribute of the user'"'"'s physical movements, wherein the cardio meter is adjusted based upon energy expenditure values calculated from the athletic movements of the respective user.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the energy expenditure value is a cumulative tally of energy expenditure of the first user during a first time frame during the first time period and the meter is correlated to energy expenditure of the first user during a second time frame during the first time period.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected meter comprises markers indicative of performance thresholds.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected meter is a strength meter, the method further comprising:

determining the first user'"'"'s form during the predetermined athletic movement;

comparing the first user'"'"'s form to an ideal form for the predetermined athletic movement; and

based on the comparison, adjusting, in real-time, the meter reflecting the first user'"'"'s strength on both the first rendition and the second rendition of the user interface.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

determining the second user'"'"'s form during the predetermined athletic movement;

comparing the second user'"'"'s form to an ideal form for the predetermined athletic movement; and

based on the comparison, adjusting, in real-time, the meter reflecting the second user'"'"'s strength on both the first rendition and the second rendition of the user interface.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions, that when executed by a processor, are configured to perform at the method of:

generating a first rendition of a user interface configured to be displayed at a first display device at a first location comprising a first virtual trainer configured to instruct a first user at the first location to perform a predetermined athletic movement during a defined first time period, wherein the first virtual trainer is configured to perform the athletic movement at a predetermined tempo during the first time period;

generating a second rendition of the user interface configured to be displayed at a second display device at a second location comprising a second virtual trainer configured to instruct a second user to simultaneously perform the predetermined athletic movement during the defined first time period, wherein the second virtual trainer is configured to simultaneously perform the athletic movement at the same predetermined tempo during the first time period;

based upon the predetermined athletic movement to be performed by the first and second virtual trainer, selecting a first athletic meter configured to display a real-time measurement of a first attribute of the simultaneous performance of the predetermined athletic movement by the first user and the second user;

receiving movement data from at least one sensor at the first location and at least one sensor at the second location during the first and second users'"'"' performance of the predetermined athletic movement and determining real-time values of the first attribute of the first and second users for each of a plurality of sequential time frames within the first time period; and

in real-time, displaying the attribute values for the first user and the second user simultaneously on both the first and second renditions of the user interface.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the selected meter is selected from at least one of:

a cardio meter or a fitness meter.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the attribute is selected from at least one of:

a strength attribute, a cardiovascular attribute, a fitness attribute, an athleticism attribute, a speed attribute, and tempo attribute.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, the medium further comprising computer-executable instructions that when executed by a processor perform at least:

based on the movement data during the defined first time period, calculating real-time energy expenditure values for the first user and the second user for each of a plurality of sequential time frames within the first time period; and

in real-time, displaying the energy expenditure values for the first user and the second user simultaneously on both the first and second renditions of the user interface.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the selected meter comprises an energy expenditure meter.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the selected meter is a cardio meter comprising an element configured to be visually adjusted based on an intensity attribute of the user'"'"'s physical movements, wherein the cardio meter is adjusted based upon energy expenditure values calculated from the athletic movements of the respective user.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the energy expenditure value is a cumulative tally of energy expenditure of the first user during a first time frame during the first time period and the meter is correlated to energy expenditure of the first user during a second time frame during the first time period.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the selected meter comprises markers indicative of performance thresholds.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the selected meter is a strength meter and the medium further comprises computer-executable instructions that when executed by a processor perform at least method of:

determining the first user'"'"'s form during the predetermined athletic movement;

comparing the first user'"'"'s form to an ideal form for the predetermined athletic movement; and

based on the comparison, adjusting, in real-time, the meter reflecting the first user'"'"'s strength on both the first rendition and the second rendition of the user interface.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, the medium further comprising computer-executable instructions that when executed by a processor perform at least:

determining the second user'"'"'s form during the predetermined athletic movement;

comparing the second user'"'"'s form to an ideal form for the predetermined athletic movement; and

based on the comparison, adjusting, in real-time, the meter reflecting the second user'"'"'s strength on both the first rendition and the second rendition of the user interface.