Method of displaying fitness data and related fitness system

• US 8,892,067 B2
• Filed: 09/13/2012
• Issued: 11/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MiTAC International Corporation (MiTAC Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: MiTAC International Corporation (MiTAC Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Kuo, Juhang, Weber, Clark, Pelosi, Anthony, Maxson, Mike, Lim, Anthony Eng Huat
• Primary Examiner(s): DOAN, KIET M
• Application Number:
  US13/615,559
• Publication Number:
  US 20140073282A1
• Time in Patent Office: 796 Days
• Field of Search: 340/539.12, 340/870.07, 340/573.1, 600/301, 600/365, 600/323, 600/300, 600/500, 600/479, 705/2, 705/3, 705/4, 455/419, 455/404.2
• US Class Current: 455/404.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

A method of displaying fitness data on a portable electronic device in communication with a mobile phone includes storing a database in a memory of the mobile phone, the database including geographic data, receiving, with the mobile phone, position signals indicating a current position of the mobile phone, and generating fitness data on the mobile phone according to position signals received by the mobile phone over time. The method also includes transmitting a request from the portable electronic device to the mobile phone for requesting fitness data to be sent from the mobile phone to the portable electronic device, the portable electronic device being separate from the mobile phone, transmitting requested fitness data from the mobile phone to the portable electronic device in response to the request received by the mobile phone, and displaying the requested fitness data on a display of the portable electronic device.

Claims

1. A method of displaying fitness data on a first portable electronic device wearable on a user in communication with a first mobile phone carried by the same user, the first portable electronic device being separate from the first mobile phone, the method comprising:

storing a database in a memory of the first mobile phone, the database comprising geographic data;

receiving, with the first mobile phone, position signals indicating a current position of the first mobile phone;

measuring and generating real-time fitness data on the first mobile phone according to position signals received by the first mobile phone over time;

transmitting wirelessly a request from the first portable electronic device to the first mobile phone for requesting fitness data to be sent from the first mobile phone to the first portable electronic device, the first portable electronic device not having the ability to measure or generate fitness data directly;

transmitting requested fitness data from the first mobile phone to the first portable electronic device in response to the request received by the first mobile phone; and

displaying the requested fitness data on a display of the first portable electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the first portable electronic device communicating with a second portable electronic device via the first mobile phone and a second mobile phone, wherein the first portable electronic device exchanges data with the first mobile phone, the first mobile phone exchanges data with the second mobile phone, and the second mobile phone exchanges data with the second portable electronic device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first mobile phone and the second mobile phone communicate with each other directly or communicate via a server.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising the first portable electronic device exchanging messages or fitness data statistics with the second portable electronic device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

registering a fitness group with a server, the fitness group comprising a plurality of members including at least the first portable electronic device;

sending a message from one member of the fitness group to other members of the fitness group via the server in order to share data among the members of the fitness group, wherein the data comprises shared route information, meeting times, respective locations, and fitness data.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising the first mobile phone actively sending a call alert to the first portable electronic device when the first mobile phone receives a phone call, and the first mobile phone actively sending a message alert to the first portable electronic device when the first mobile phone receives a message.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting navigation data from the first mobile phone to the first portable electronic device; and

displaying the navigation data on the display of the first portable electronic device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein generating fitness data on the first mobile phone according to position signals received by the first mobile phone over time comprises generating fitness data related to speed or distance of the user of the first mobile phone.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first portable electronic device communicates with the first mobile phone wirelessly according to the ANT+ wireless protocol or the Bluetooth low energy (BLE) wireless protocol.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising activating an alarm function on the first portable electronic device for triggering an emergency call to be made or an emergency message to be sent from the first mobile phone.

11. A fitness system, comprising:

a first mobile phone carried by a user, comprising;

a memory storing a database comprising geographic data;

a position receiving device receiving position signals indicating a current position of the first mobile phone; and

a processor measuring and generating real-time fitness data according to position signals received by the position receiving device over time; and

a first portable electronic device wearable on the same user and being separate from the first mobile phone, the first portable electronic device comprising;

a user interface issuing a request for fitness data to be transmitted wirelessly from the first mobile phone to the first portable electronic device, the first portable electronic device not having the ability to measure or generate fitness data directly; and

a display for displaying requested fitness data after the requested fitness data is transmitted from the first mobile phone to the first portable electronic device in response to the request issued by the user interface.

12. The fitness system of claim 11, further comprising:

a second mobile phone; and

a second portable electronic device;

wherein the first portable electronic device communicates with the second portable electronic device via the first mobile phone and the second mobile phone, the first portable electronic device exchanges data with the first mobile phone, the first mobile phone exchanges data with the second mobile phone, and the second mobile phone exchanges data with the second portable electronic device.

13. The fitness system of claim 12, further comprising a server, wherein the first mobile phone and the second mobile phone communicate with each other directly or communicate via the server.

14. The fitness system of claim 12, wherein the first portable electronic device exchanges messages or fitness data statistics with the second portable electronic device.

15. The fitness system of claim 11, wherein a fitness group is registered with a server, the fitness group comprising a plurality of members including at least the first portable electronic device, and members of the fitness group send messages to other members of the fitness group via the server in order to share data among the members of the fitness group, wherein the data comprises shared route information, meeting times, respective locations, and fitness data.

16. The fitness system of claim 11, wherein the first mobile phone actively sends a call alert to the first portable electronic device when the first mobile phone receives a phone call, and the first mobile phone actively sends a message alert to the first portable electronic device when the first mobile phone receives a message.

17. The fitness system of claim 11, wherein the first mobile phone transmits navigation data to the first portable electronic device, and the first portable electronic device displays the navigation data on the display of the first portable electronic device.

18. The fitness system of claim 11, wherein the processor generating fitness data on the first mobile phone according to position signals received by the position receiving device over time comprises generating fitness data related to speed or distance of the user of the first mobile phone.

19. The fitness system of claim 11, wherein the first portable electronic device comprises a wireless module and the first mobile phone comprises a wireless transceiver, and the first portable electronic device communicates with the first mobile phone wirelessly via the wireless module and the wireless transceiver.

20. The fitness system of claim 19, wherein the first portable electronic device communicates with the first mobile phone according to the ANT+ wireless protocol or the Bluetooth low energy (BLE) wireless protocol.

21. The fitness system of claim 11, wherein the user interface of the first portable electronic device comprises an alarm function for triggering an emergency call to be made or an emergency message to be sent from the first mobile phone.