Method and apparatus for remote interactive exercise and health equipment
DC CAFCFirst Claim
1. A local exercise system comprising:
- at least one exercise apparatus; and
at least one associated local computer configured to control an operation of said exercise apparatus based upon a script stored in a read/write memory of said local computer, said script having been received over a wide area network interface from a remote server system, the script defining an exercise session that is to be performed at the local system, wherein the script specifies a number of exercise related steps to be performed by the exercise apparatus as part of the exercise session,wherein the local system is configured to detect a selection corresponding to said script and to the exercise session that is implemented during execution of said script,wherein the local system is configured to process the exercise session by initiating execution of the modifiable script as part of the exercise session, andwherein the local system is configured, in response to at least one of monitored user performance or user input detected at the local system, to determine to carry out a different number of exercise related steps than the number of exercise related steps specified by the script, and is configured to thereafter, upon determining that the session has not been completed, continue to process the exercise session.
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Abstract
An exercise system includes a local system having an exercise apparatus and an associated local computer, where the local computer controls and monitors the operation and use, respectively, of the exercise apparatus. The system further includes a remote system having a remote computer, and a transmission medium including a telephone line that couples the local system to the remote system for data communication between the local system and the remote system. The remote system may receive local system data from the local system concerning the use of the exercise apparatus, and the local system may receive remote system data from the remote system concerning the operation of the exercise apparatus. The local computer preferably controls the operation of the exercise apparatus based upon a modifiable script stored in a read/write memory of the local computer, which can be updated by the remote system. A method for controlling an exercise apparatus includes running a modifiable script on a local computer to control the use and to monitor the operation of an exercise apparatus, and communicating with a remote system to provide the remote system with data concerning the use of the exercise apparatus. The script is stored in read/write memory of the local computer and remote system data received from the remote system may include at least a portion of a new script to be stored in the read/write memory of the local computer.
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10 Claims
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1. A local exercise system comprising:
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at least one exercise apparatus; and at least one associated local computer configured to control an operation of said exercise apparatus based upon a script stored in a read/write memory of said local computer, said script having been received over a wide area network interface from a remote server system, the script defining an exercise session that is to be performed at the local system, wherein the script specifies a number of exercise related steps to be performed by the exercise apparatus as part of the exercise session, wherein the local system is configured to detect a selection corresponding to said script and to the exercise session that is implemented during execution of said script, wherein the local system is configured to process the exercise session by initiating execution of the modifiable script as part of the exercise session, and wherein the local system is configured, in response to at least one of monitored user performance or user input detected at the local system, to determine to carry out a different number of exercise related steps than the number of exercise related steps specified by the script, and is configured to thereafter, upon determining that the session has not been completed, continue to process the exercise session. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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