Interfaces and systems for displaying athletic performance information on electronic devices
First Claim
1. An athletic performance monitoring system, comprising:
- a sensing device configured to sense physical or physiological data associated with an athletic performance;
a data transfer system in communication with the sensing device configured to transmit athletic performance data, wherein the athletic performance data includes a metric associated with an athlete'"'"'s performance based on at least some portion of the physical or physiological data or data derived, at least in part, from at least some portion of the physical or physiological data; and
an electronic interface device as a separate physical component from the sensing device and from the data transfer system, wherein the electronic interface device physically plugs into the portable electronic device and is carried along with the portable electronic device during the athletic performance, the electronic interface device having a first housing, the first housing including;
an input in wireless communication with the data transfer system configured to receive the performance data; and
an output having at least one connection element configured to releasably directly plug into and physically contact an input port of the portable electronic device during the athletic performance, wherein the output system is adapted to provide display data including at least a portion of the athletic performance data to the portable electronic device via the at least one connection element, wherein the display data includes real time athletic performance data, and wherein the portable electronic device is configured to attach to a user'"'"'s article of clothing, article of footwear, or body during the athletic performance.
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Abstract
Athletic performance monitoring systems include components for sensing performance data and/or displaying desired information to users. Electronic interface systems facilitate transfer of the data from the performance sensing system to a display device, e.g., to enable the display of athletic performance data on an electronic display device, including conventional electronic display devices that are known and commercially available (e.g., cellular telephones, PDAs, pagers, beepers, MP3 or other audio players, radios, portable televisions, portable DVD players, other video playing devices, watches, etc.). The sensing systems, as well as any data transfer systems associated therewith, may be included as part of an article of footwear, an article of clothing, a piece of athletic equipment, or the like, or even included as part of the interface device.
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1. An athletic performance monitoring system, comprising:
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a sensing device configured to sense physical or physiological data associated with an athletic performance; a data transfer system in communication with the sensing device configured to transmit athletic performance data, wherein the athletic performance data includes a metric associated with an athlete'"'"'s performance based on at least some portion of the physical or physiological data or data derived, at least in part, from at least some portion of the physical or physiological data; and an electronic interface device as a separate physical component from the sensing device and from the data transfer system, wherein the electronic interface device physically plugs into the portable electronic device and is carried along with the portable electronic device during the athletic performance, the electronic interface device having a first housing, the first housing including; an input in wireless communication with the data transfer system configured to receive the performance data; and an output having at least one connection element configured to releasably directly plug into and physically contact an input port of the portable electronic device during the athletic performance, wherein the output system is adapted to provide display data including at least a portion of the athletic performance data to the portable electronic device via the at least one connection element, wherein the display data includes real time athletic performance data, and wherein the portable electronic device is configured to attach to a user'"'"'s article of clothing, article of footwear, or body during the athletic performance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An athletic performance monitoring system, comprising:
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a sensing device configured to sense physical or physiological data associated with an athletic performance; an electronic interface device as a separate physical component from the sensing device, the electronic interface device configured to receive athletic performance data from the sensing device, wherein the athletic performance data includes a metric associated with an athlete'"'"'s performance, the electronic interface device physically plugs into a portable display device and is carried along with the portable display device during the athletic performance, and wherein the electronic interface device includes a first housing, the first housing including; an input in wireless communication with and adapted to receive the performance data from the sensing device; and an output having at least one connection element configured to releasably and physically plug directly into and contact the portable display device during the athletic performance; and wherein when the portable display device is mated to the at least one connection element, the output is configured to provide display data including the athletic performance data to the portable display device, and wherein the display data includes real time athletic performance data displayed on the portable display device based on at least some portion of the performance data or data derived, at least in part, from at least some portion of the performance data, wherein the portable display device is configured to be attached to a user'"'"'s article of clothing, article of footwear, or body during the athletic performance. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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