Wireless device, program products and methods of using a wireless device to deliver services

• US 7,805,150 B2
• Filed: 10/31/2007
• Issued: 09/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adidas AG
• Original Assignee: Adidas AG
• Inventors: Graham, Andrew J., Lee, Alan R., Werner, Jon H.
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, NHAN T
• Application Number:
  US11/931,967
• Publication Number:
  US 20080065319A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,063 Days
• Field of Search: 455/3.03, 455/414.1, 455/422.1, 455/436, 455/440, 455/456.1, 455/456.3, 701/207, 701213-216
• US Class Current: 455/456.3
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/00 Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups G01C1/00 - G01C19/00 measuring distance traversed on the ground by a vehicle G01C22/00; control of position, course, altitude or attitude of vehicles G05D1/00; traffic control systems for road vehicles involving transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/165 combined with non-inertial navigation instruments
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/19 Sporting applications
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/42 Determining position
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/47 the supplementary measurement being an inertial measurement, e.g. tightly coupled inertial
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/217 Database tuning G06F16/2282 takes precedence; database performance monitoring G06F11/3409
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2365 Ensuring data consistency and integrity
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/12 Hotels or restaurants
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/18 Status alarms G08B21/02 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0092 Nutrition
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/06 with both visual and audible presentation of the material to be studied
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/273 Adaptation for carrying or wearing by persons or animals
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3827 Portable transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/385 Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/205 : Transfer to or from user equipment or user record carrier

Abstract

In at least one embodiment, a mobile device detects proximity to a point on a route and determines whether an audio track is associated with the point. In response to detecting that the mobile device is proximate to the point and a determination that an audio track is associated with the point, the mobile device presents the audio track.

Claims

1. A method for providing audio content on a mobile device, comprising:

detecting that the mobile device is proximate to a point on a route path;

accessing a playlist that associates audio tracks with locations on the route path;

determining whether the playlist indicates that one of the audio tracks is associated with the point; and

in response to detecting that the mobile device is proximate to the point and a determination that the audio track is associated with the point, presenting the audio track.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the route path is a predetermined geographical path stored in a local memory device of the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the playlist is wirelessly received by the mobile device in association with the wireless reception of the route path from a remote server.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the audio tracks is a musical audio track.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the playlist associates the musical audio tracks with locations on the route based on the tempos of the musical audio tracks.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the playlist associates the musical audio tracks with particular locations on the route based on paces corresponding to the musical audio tracks.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the paces corresponding to the musical audio tracks are determined based on the tempos of the musical audio tracks.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the paces corresponding to the musical audio tracks are further determined based on an estimated distance traversed per repeated motion during an activity.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the paces corresponding to the musical audio tracks are determined based on an estimated distance traversed per stride while an athlete is running.

10. The method of claim 6,

wherein the route path is demarcated into a plurality of route segments;

and

wherein the playlist associates two or more musical audio tracks with similar paces to the same route segment.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the route path is demarcated into a plurality of route segments based upon changes in route grade.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the route path is demarcated into a plurality of route segments based upon predetermined distances.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the route path is demarcated into a plurality of route segments based upon landmarks adjacent to the route.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the route path is demarcated into a plurality of route segments based upon changes in the activity phase of an athlete engaged in a fitness activity.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the playlist is adapted to be created by a user determining which musical audio tracks to associate with particular route segments.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the presentation of the musical audio tracks associated with segments conveys to an athlete using the mobile device during an fitness activity desired paces for the athlete to maintain while completing the segments.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of detecting that the mobile device is proximate to the point on the route path further involves comparing a location indicated by a time-stamped GPS waypoint recorded by the mobile device to a location associated with the point on the route path.

18. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to a determination that the playlist indicates that one of the audio tracks is associated with the point, determining whether the audio track is already playing.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the step of presenting the audio track occurs in response to determining that the audio track is not already playing.

20. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to a determination that the playlist indicates that one of the audio tracks is associated with the point, determining whether the audio track has recently been played within a predetermined non-repeating interval of time.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the step of presenting the audio track occurs in response to determining that the audio track has not recently been played within a predetermined non-repeating interval of time.

22. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to a determination that the playlist indicates that one of the audio tracks is associated with the point, determining whether preference settings have disabled playing of the audio track.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the step of presenting the audio track occurs in response to determining that the preference settings have not disabled playing of the audio track.

24. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

accessing the audio track from local audio storage of the mobile device.

25. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

accessing the audio track wirelessly from a remote track library.

26. The method of claim 1, wherein the method is executed while the mobile device is being supported by an athlete engaged in a fitness activity.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the playlist is adapted to be created before the athlete engages in the fitness activity by a user determining which audio tracks to associate with particular locations on the route path.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein the audio tracks are musical audio tracks.

29. A method for providing audio content to an athlete engaged in a fitness activity using a mobile device, comprising:

detecting that the mobile device is proximate to a point on a route path while the mobile device is being supported by the athlete engaged in the fitness activity;

accessing a musical playlist that associates musical audio tracks with locations on the route path;

determining whether the playlist indicates that one of the musical audio tracks is associated with the point; and

in response to detecting that the mobile device is proximate to the point and a determination that the musical audio track is associated with the point, presenting the musical audio track.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein the playlist associates the musical audio tracks with locations on the route based on the tempos of the musical audio tracks.

31. The method of claim 29, wherein the playlist associates the musical audio tracks with particular locations on the route based on paces corresponding to the musical audio tracks.

32. The method of claim 31,

wherein the route path is demarcated into a plurality of route segments;

and

wherein the playlist associates two or more musical audio tracks with similar paces to the same route segment.

33. The method of claim 31, wherein the presentation of the musical audio tracks associated with segments conveys to the athlete desired paces for the athlete to maintain while completing the segments.

34. The method of claim 29, wherein the route path is a predetermined geographical path stored in a local memory device of the mobile device.