System and method for race participant tracking and reporting of associated data
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- authorizing an observer of an event to access and monitor route data associated with the event and real time performance data associated with a plurality of participants in the event;
enabling the observer to select one or more participants of the event for which the observer is authorized;
obtaining at a local device associated with the observer real time performance data associated with the one or more selected participants;
obtaining at the local device the route data comprising a race route associated with the event;
generating a graphical map interface on a user display of the local device based at least in part on the route data;
displaying one or more performance metrics on the user display based on the real time performance data;
determining a position of the one or more selected participants from the real time performance data and displaying the positions in association with the generated graphical map interface;
enabling the observer to generate an inquiry as to the elapsed time or incremental time of arrival for the one or more selected participants with respect to an arbitrary real time position of the observer at an intermediate point along the race route;
comparing the real time performance data for each of the one or more selected participants to the route data and predicting the elapsed time or incremental time of arrival at the real time position of the observer for each of the selected participants with respect to said inquiry; and
displaying the predicted elapsed time or incremental time of arrival at the real time position of the observer for each of the selected participants on the user display of the local device.
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Abstract
A system and method are provided for tracking race participants via a Global Positioning System, providing feedback in substantially real time to the race participant, and optionally to other remote individuals via web publication at the user'"'"'s preference. The feedback includes graphical and tabular presentation of such information as geographic position, race route, current race performance metrics, projection of future milestone and final race performance, projected position at a given time, projected time to a given position, relative performance to historical participants, to personal historical performance and to other members of the current race that are being tracked in aggregate or by demographic or otherwise subdivided.
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1. A method comprising:
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authorizing an observer of an event to access and monitor route data associated with the event and real time performance data associated with a plurality of participants in the event; enabling the observer to select one or more participants of the event for which the observer is authorized; obtaining at a local device associated with the observer real time performance data associated with the one or more selected participants; obtaining at the local device the route data comprising a race route associated with the event; generating a graphical map interface on a user display of the local device based at least in part on the route data; displaying one or more performance metrics on the user display based on the real time performance data; determining a position of the one or more selected participants from the real time performance data and displaying the positions in association with the generated graphical map interface; enabling the observer to generate an inquiry as to the elapsed time or incremental time of arrival for the one or more selected participants with respect to an arbitrary real time position of the observer at an intermediate point along the race route; comparing the real time performance data for each of the one or more selected participants to the route data and predicting the elapsed time or incremental time of arrival at the real time position of the observer for each of the selected participants with respect to said inquiry; and displaying the predicted elapsed time or incremental time of arrival at the real time position of the observer for each of the selected participants on the user display of the local device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A portable device having a microprocessor, a display, a communications port and a software program module embodied therein, the program module effective when executed by the microprocessor to implement the steps of
determine authorization of an observer associated with said device to access and monitor route data associated with an event and real time performance data associated with a plurality of participants in the event; -
enabling the observer to select one or more participants of the event for which the observer is authorized; obtaining real time performance data associated with the one or more selected participants; obtaining route data comprising a race route associated with the event; generating a graphical map interface on the display based at least in part on the route data; displaying one or more performance metrics on the display based on the real time performance data; determining a position for each of the one or more selected participants from the real time performance data and displaying the positions in association with the generated graphical map interface; identifying an arbitrary real time position of the observer at an intermediate point along the race route using wireless positioning technology associated with the device; enabling the observer to generate an inquiry as to the elapsed time or incremental time of arrival for the one or more selected participants with respect to the real time position of the observer; comparing the real time performance data for each of the one or more selected participants to the route data and predicting the elapsed time or incremental time of arrival at the real time position of the observer for each of the selected participants with respect to said inquiry; and displaying the elapsed time or incremental time of arrival at the real time position of the observer for each of the selected participants. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method comprising:
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authorizing an observer of an event to access and monitor route data associated with an event and real time performance data associated with a plurality of participants in the event; enabling the observer to select one or more participants of the event for which the observer is authorized; obtaining at a local device associated with the observer real time performance data associated with the one or more selected participants; obtaining at the local device the route data comprising a race route associated with the event; generating a graphical map interface on a user display of the local device based at least in part on the route data; displaying one or more performance metrics on the user display based on the real time performance data; determining a position of the one or more selected participants from the real time performance data and displaying the positions in association with the generated graphical map interface; enabling the observer to generate an inquiry as to a predicted intermediate location along the route for each of the one or more selected participants based upon an observer-defined elapsed time or incremental time of arrival; comparing the real time performance data for each of the one or more selected participants to the route data and predicting the location for each of the selected participants with respect to said defined elapsed time or incremental time of arrival; and displaying the predicted location for each of the selected participants with respect to said inquiry on the user display of the local device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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