Method for storing exercise performance of user of exercise device and exercise device

• US 7,722,502 B2
• Filed: 07/06/2006
• Issued: 05/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Technogym SpA
• Original Assignee: Nixu Oy
• Inventors: Holkkola, Juha
• Primary Examiner(s): RICHMAN, GLENN E
• Application Number:
  US11/480,864
• Publication Number:
  US 20070016444A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,419 Days
• Field of Search: 482 1- 9, 482900-902, 434/247
• US Class Current: 482/5
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0004 characterised by the type of physiological signal transmitted
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0205 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/117 Identification of persons methods or arrangements for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints, G06F18/00, G06V40/00; identification of persons by analysing their voice or speech G10L17/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1171 based on the shapes or appearances of their bodies or parts thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6895 Sport equipment
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/40 for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 482/901 having computer circuitry

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for storing an exercise performance of a user of an exercise device that is shared by several users. The invention is characterized by installing into the exercise device software for identifying the user and for collecting information on the exercise performance; assigning a first identifier to the user; assigning a second identifier to the exercise device; identifying the user in response to the first identifier; associating the first identifier with the second identifier; collecting information related to the exercise performance of the user by associating the combination of the first and second identifiers with the information related to the exercise performance; and storing information related to the exercise performance.

Claims

1. A method for storing an exercise performance of a user of an exercise device that is shared by several users, comprising:

installing, into the exercise device, software configured to identify the user and to collect information on the exercise performance of the user;

assigning a first identifier to the user of the exercise device;

automatically identifying the user of the exercise device in response to identification of the first identifier by the software in the exercise device;

associating the first identifier with a second identifier that is associated with the exercise device;

collecting information related to the exercise performance of the user in an automated manner from the exercise device without input by the user by associating the combination of the first and second identifiers with the collected information related to the exercise performance of the user on the exercise device; and

storing information related to the user'"'"'s exercise performance on the exercise device in memory accessible by the software installed in the exercise device.

2. The method of claim 1, comprising identifying the user with a fixed authentication technology or one of the following wireless authentication technologies:

RFID, Bluetooth.

3. The method of claim 1, comprising transmitting information related to the exercise performance of the user to a centralized database installed on a server and storing information related to the exercise performance into said database.

4. The method of claim 3, comprising transmitting information related to the exercise performance of the user to the centralized database installed on the server by using a fixed and/or wireless TCP/IP connection.

5. The method of claim 1, comprising associating the first and second identifiers and/or a combination of the identifiers and the information on the exercise performance in the exercise device and/or server and/or database.

6. The method of claim 3, comprising granting the user rights to the information in the database in response to the identification of the user.

7. The method of claim 5, comprising granting the user rights to his or her information only.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the exercise device comprises two or more parts and that at least two parts are assigned different identifiers.

9. The method of claim 1, comprising storing information related to an exercise performance of one or more users using the exercise device simultaneously.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein regardless of the first identifier of the user, two or more users are given the same information.

11. The method of claim 3, wherein the database is in the exercise device.

12. The method of claim 1, comprising providing the user with remote read rights to the information related to the exercise performance over a data network.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the data network is a mobile network and/or an Internet protocol network.

14. The method of claim 4, wherein the database is in the exercise device.