Smart Top Routes

• US 20160346611A1
• Filed: 05/25/2016
• Published: 12/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nike, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Nike, Inc.
• Inventors: Andon, Christopher, Rowley, Craig
• Granted Patent: US 10,842,219 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 3/34 with electrical or electronic arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1112 Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1123 Discriminating type of movement, e.g. walking or running A61B5/1116, A61B5/112 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/19 Sporting applications
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/35 Constructional details or hardware or software details of the signal processing chain
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0282 Rating or review of business operators or products
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/20 Education
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS

Abstract

The disclosure relates to use of athletic data to generate an output, such as for example, running routes and/or other information useful to runners or other workout participants. Aspects of the disclosure further relate to providing customized workouts to runners by generating routes of interest to a user and modifying the generated routes based on goals and external data.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving athletic activity data for a plurality of users;

generating a user interface including a map and information regarding athletic activity performed in an area displayed in the map;

determining a popularity level and an activity level for a plurality of sub-areas of the area displayed in the map based on the received athletic activity data;

receiving a workout time period and distance parameters;

generating a route extending through one or more sub-areas in the plurality of sub-areas, wherein generating the route includes selecting the one or more sub-areas based on the received workout time period and distance parameters; and

displaying the generated route on the user interface.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a second route extending through a first sub-area and a second sub-area, wherein generating the second route includes selecting the first sub-area and the second sub-area to maximize an overall workout intensity level.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a second route extending through a first sub-area and a second sub-area, wherein generating the second route includes selecting the first sub-area and the second sub-area to minimize an overall workout intensity level.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the user interface includes generating one or heat maps.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the route further includes selecting the one or more sub-areas based on activity level on the route.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the route further includes selecting the one or more sub-areas based on popularity level of the route.

7. A method comprising:

receiving athletic activity data for a plurality of users;

generating a user interface including a map and information regarding athletic activity performed in an area displayed in the map;

determining a popularity level and an activity level for a plurality of sub-areas of the area displayed in the map based on the received athletic activity data;

receiving a workout time period and distance parameters;

generating a route extending through one or more sub-areas in the plurality of sub-areas, wherein generating the route includes selecting the one or more sub-areas based on the received workout time period and distance parameters; and

generating location directions to the generated route.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the location directions include global positioning system (GPS) directional data to a starting point of the generated route.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising generating an updated route based on a remaining working time period, the updated route extending through alternative sub-areas of the plurality of sub-areas.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving updated distance parameters; and

generating an updated route based on an updated distance parameters, the updated route extending through alternative sub-areas of the plurality of sub-areas.

11. The method of claim 7, further comprising generating a second route extending through a first sub-area and a second sub-area, wherein generating the second route includes selecting the first sub-area and the second sub-area to maximize an overall workout intensity level.

12. The method of claim 7, further comprising generating a second route extending through a first sub-area and a second sub-area, wherein generating the second route includes selecting the first sub-area and the second sub-area to minimize an overall workout intensity level.

13. The method of claim 7, wherein generating the user interface includes generating one or heat maps.

14. The method of claim 7, wherein generating the route further includes selecting the one or more sub-areas based on activity level on the route.

15. The method of claim 7, wherein generating the route further includes selecting the one or more sub-areas based on popularity level of the route.

16. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor;

a location-determining sensor configured to capture location data;

a media content interface; and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions, wherein the computer-readable medium further comprises computer-executable instructions that when executed by the processor perform at least;

receiving athletic activity data for a plurality of users;

generating a user interface including a map and information regarding athletic activity performed in an area displayed in the map;

determining a popularity level and an activity level for a plurality of sub-areas of

the area displayed in the map based on the received athletic activity data;

receiving a workout time period and distance parameters;

generating a route extending through one or more sub-areas in the plurality of sub-areas, wherein generating the route includes selecting the one or more sub-areas based on the received workout time period and distance parameters;

displaying the generated route on the user interface;

receiving location data from the location-determining sensor; and

displaying the received location data on the user interface along the displayed generated route.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the apparatus is configured to be worn on an appendage of the user.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the apparatus comprise a mobile phone.

19. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the computer-readable medium further comprises

computer-executable instructions that when executed by the processor perform at least:

generating an updated route based on a remaining working time period, the updated route extending through alternative sub-areas of the plurality of sub-areas.

20. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the computer-readable medium further comprises

computer-executable instructions that when executed by the processor perform at least:

generating a second route extending through a first sub-area and a second sub-area, wherein generating the second route includes selecting the first sub-area and the second sub-area to maximize an overall workout intensity level.