ONLINE METHOD FOR CREATING A COACHING PLAN

• US 20160243404A1
• Filed: 09/10/2015
• Published: 08/25/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Daniel Keller
• Original Assignee: Daniel Keller
• Inventors: Keller, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US14/850,503
• Publication Number:
  US 20160243404A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0038 Sports
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/02 with visual presentation of the material to be studied, e.g. using film strip
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising

Abstract

A method and system for organizing and implementing a coach'"'"'s practice or game plan using pre-stored templates and libraries of media, drills, and exercises that can be selected by a user to create a custom plan. The system and method incorporates a timer to keep a plan on schedule and alarms that ensure compliance with the schedule. The plans can be shared with players, and homework assignments generates and communicated via the application.

Claims

1. A method for generating a coach'"'"'s practice plan, comprising:

establishing an account of a user with a subscription level;

granting access to pre-stored media library associated with the subscription level;

generating a practice plan template that may be customized by a user;

populating the practice plan with drills including media from the pre-stored media library;

communicating the practice plan to a player based on the player'"'"'s subscription level; and

creating a homework assignment for player that can be communicated to the player electronically.

2. The method for generating a coach'"'"'s plan of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of subscription levels associated with different access to content.

3. The method for generating a coach'"'"'s plan of claim 1, where the coach'"'"'s plan is accessible wirelessly using a handheld device.

4. The method for generating a coach'"'"'s plan of claim 1, wherein advertising can be automatically incorporated into a coach'"'"'s plan.

5. The method for generating a coach'"'"'s plan of claim 1, wherein topics can be searched using a search engine and the results used to populate a coach'"'"'s plan.

6. The method for generating a coach'"'"'s plan of claim 1, wherein a plan may be created or a pre-saved plan can be used.

7. The method for generating a coach'"'"'s plan of claim 1, where an expiration date on a plan can be incorporated that precludes use of the plan after a set date.

8. The method for generating a coach'"'"'s plan of claim 1, further comprising push notifications that can be sent to recipients of the coach'"'"'s plan to alert recipients of an availability of the coach'"'"'s plan.

9. The method for generating a coach'"'"'s plan of claim 1, further comprising tagging a player in a coach'"'"'s plan for future evaluation and notification.

10. The method for generating a coach'"'"'s plan of claim 1, further comprising displaying a dynamic timeline that indicates a point in time of an ongoing practice plan and a remaining time of a plan.

11. The method for generating a coach'"'"'s plan of claim 1, further comprising a real time broadcast of a practice plan to allow remote tracking of a practice plan'"'"'s progress.

12. The method for generating a coach'"'"'s plan of claim 1, further comprising an application-to-applicant data sharing to allow subscribers to share coach'"'"'s plans.

13. The method for generating a coach'"'"'s plan of claim 1, further comprising a tutorial video for navigating an application.

14. The method for generating a coach'"'"'s plan of claim 1, further comprising dynamically generating a timeline that adjusts when a drill is elected as part of the coach'"'"'s plan, where an allotted time for the drill is deducted from an overall coach'"'"'s plan timeline.

15. The method for generating a coach'"'"'s plan of claim 1, further comprising adding copyright protection to a newly created coach'"'"'s plan.

16. The method for generating a coach'"'"'s plan of claim 1, further comprising an alarm emission when a time allotted for a drill expires and a new drill is to begin.

17. The method for generating a coach'"'"'s plan of claim 1, further comprising a real time status indicator for tracking a progress of a coach'"'"'s plan.

18. The method for generating a coach'"'"'s plan of claim 17, further comprising a status bar with a start time and an end time for the coach'"'"'s plan.

19. The method for generating a coach'"'"'s plan of claim 17, further comprising a scrolling list of drills in each coach'"'"'s plan and a current bar to indicate a present status of the list of drills.

20. The method for generating a coach'"'"'s plan of claim 17, further comprising a pause button to temporarily pause a running timer for the coach'"'"'s plan.