Footwear Products Including Data Transmission Capabilities
First Claim
1. A data transfer system, comprising:
- an article of footwear;
a first data transmission system releasably engaged with the article of footwear, wherein the first data transmission system transmits a first set of data from the article of footwear for receipt by one or more remote computer systems; and
at least a first remote computer system, of a plurality of remote computer systems, in communication with the first data transmission system, wherein the first remote computer system receives at least the first set of data from the first data transmission system.
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Abstract
Footwear systems include an article of footwear and a data transmission system engaged with the article of footwear. The transmission system transmits data to a remote system, such as a display system, another data transmission system, a processing system, etc. Such footwear systems further may include activation systems for activating the transmission and/or display systems. The transmitted data may be used for various purposes, such as: (a) identifying a user of the article of footwear; (b) activating targeted advertising or product information; (c) confirming the user'"'"'s presence at a specific location and/or at a specific time; (d) determining start, finish, and/or intermediate split times for specific user; (e) confirming athletic equipment usage; (f) providing data for a game or reward program; (g) registering the user for an event or competition; or the like.
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1. A data transfer system, comprising:
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an article of footwear; a first data transmission system releasably engaged with the article of footwear, wherein the first data transmission system transmits a first set of data from the article of footwear for receipt by one or more remote computer systems; and at least a first remote computer system, of a plurality of remote computer systems, in communication with the first data transmission system, wherein the first remote computer system receives at least the first set of data from the first data transmission system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A data transfer method, comprising:
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receiving, by a remote computer system from a plurality of data transmission systems, data associated with footwear worn by a plurality of athletes; determining, by a processor, athletic performance information for each of the plurality of athletes based on the received data; determining, by the processor, customized advertising information for each of the plurality of athletes based on the received data; and for each athlete of the plurality of athletes; transmitting, by the remote computer system to a portable display device worn by the athlete, the athletic performance information and the customized advertising information. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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