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Racing system for exercise machines

  • US 5,089,960 A
  • Filed: 02/16/1990
  • Issued: 02/18/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/16/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A racing network of exercise machines in which each machine has its own embedded computer for machine control purposes, and in which racing functions are controlled by such machine embedded computers, comprising:

  • means for providing intercommunication among the machine-embedded computers without intervention of a non-embedded computer;

    each machine embedded computer including all of the following;

    means for offering a racing goal to the other embedded computers;

    means for accepting a racing goal offered by another embedded computer;

    means responsive to such an acceptance for starting a race;

    means for transmitting to the other embedded computers the information disclosing the racing progress of the machine containing the transmitting computer; and

    means for receiving from the other embedded computers information disclosing the racing progress of each machine involved in the race.

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