Online platform for maintaining multidisciplinary sport performance statistics and computing performance forecasts

• US 8,903,522 B1
• Filed: 08/22/2014
• Issued: 12/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beat Your Mark Group Limited
• Original Assignee: Beat Your Mark Group Limited
• Inventors: Rodriguez, Federico
• Primary Examiner(s): Shah, Milap
• Application Number:
  US14/466,350
• Time in Patent Office: 102 Days
• Field of Search: 700 91- 93, 463/1, 463/7, 463/8, 473/409, 434/247, 434/254, 434/255, 482/8, 482/9
• US Class Current: 700/91
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0616 Means for conducting or scheduling competition, league, tournaments or rankings
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/335 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles filtering in web context G06F16/9535, G06F16/9536
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/23 Recognition of whole body movements, e.g. for sport training
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

The present disclosure describes a platform that allows individual users to maintain personal performance statistics, which, collectively, are used to determine and update difficulty ratings for various multi-stage sport courses. Ratings are determined for each leg of a given course. The platform enables a user to predict his or her performance on an unfamiliar course based on course ratings and the user'"'"'s historical performance on other courses.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, over a network from a user of a first computing device, a first course performance submission comprising a) completion time information for one or more stages of a multiple stage sport activity having two or more stages, b) a user identifier identifying a first competitor, c) a course identifier, and d) one or more contextual identifiers, wherein each stage of the two or more stages of the multiple stage sport activity comprises one of a plurality of different sporting category event types, and wherein the one or more contextual identifiers comprise one or more of;

(i) a stage identifier identifying the one or more stages of the multiple stage sport activity associated with the first course performance submission,

(ii) a competition identifier identifying a competition associated with the first course performance submission,

(iii) an ability level identifier identifying a user ability level of the first competitor associated with the first course performance submission, and

(iv) a distance rating identifier identifying a distance rating associated with the first course performance submission;

accessing, by a processor of a second computing device, one or more second course performance submissions from a plurality of second competitors, wherein the one or more second course performance submissions share the course identifier associated with the first course performance submission and at least one of the contextual identifiers associated with the first course performance submission;

determining, by the processor of the second computing device, based upon the first course performance submission and a subset of the one or more second course performance submissions received from the plurality of second competitors, an overall performance rating specific to each of the two or more stages of the multiple stage sport activity; and

providing, by the processor of the second computing device, based upon at least one of the contextual identifiers and the overall performance rating, an individualized performance goal for at least one stage of the two or more stages of the multiple stage sport activity for the first competitor by adjusting the overall performance rating based on the user ability level of the first competitor.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the multiple stage sport activity is a triathlon.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the multiple stage sport activity is a member selected from the group consisting of biathlon, decathlon, heptathlon, modern pentathlon, octathlon, pentathlon, quadrathlon, and tetrathlon.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the two or more stages of the multiple stage sport activity comprise running, swimming, and bicycling.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the course identifier is determined based upon one or more members of the group consisting of:

GPS location data, wireless broadcasting data, and digital location data through mobile data.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the overall performance rating is based on the subset of second course performance submissions sharing a competition identifier.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining, by the processor of the second computing device, based upon one or more course performance submissions sharing a user identifier and a distance rating, the user ability level associated with the first competitor.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the user ability level comprises a stage ability level for each stage of the multiple stage sport activity.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the user ability level comprises a stage ability level for each of running, swimming, and bicycling.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the user ability level comprises a stage ability level for a plurality of the two or more stages of the multiple stage sport activity.

11. A system comprising:

a processor of a first computing device; and

a memory device having instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to;

receive, over a network from a user of a second computing device, a first course performance submission comprising a) completion time information for one or more stages of a multiple stage sport activity having two or more stages, b) a user identifier identifying a first competitor, c) a course identifier, and d) one or more contextual identifiers, wherein each stage of the two or more stages of the multiple stage sport activity comprises one of a plurality of different sporting category event types, and wherein the one or more contextual identifiers comprise at least one of;

i) a stage identifier identifying the one or more stages of the multiple stage sport activity associated with the first course performance submission,

ii) a competition identifier identifying a competition associated with the first course performance submission,

iii) an ability level identifier identifying a user ability level of the first competitor associated with the first course performance submission, and

iv) a distance rating identifier identifying a distance rating associated with the first course performance submission;

access one or more second course performance submissions from a plurality of second competitors, wherein the one or more second course performance submissions share the course identifier associated with the first course performance submission and at least one of the contextual identifiers associated with the first course performance submission;

determine, based upon the first course performance submission and a subset of the one or more second course performance submissions received from the plurality of second competitors, an overall performance rating specific to each of the two or more stages of the multiple stage sport activity; and

provide, based upon at least one of the contextual identifiers and the overall performance rating, an individualized performance goal for at least one stage of the two or more stages of the multiple stage sport activity for the first competitor by adjusting the overall performance rating based on the user ability level of the first competitor.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the multiple stage sport activity is a triathlon.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the multiple stage sport activity is a member selected from the group consisting of biathlon, decathlon, heptathlon, modern pentathlon, octathlon, pentathlon, quadrathlon, and tetrathlon.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the two or more stages of the multiple stage sport activity comprise running, swimming, and bicycling.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the course identifier is determined, by the processor, based upon one or more members of the group consisting of:

GPS location data, wireless broadcasting data, and digital location data through mobile data.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the overall performance rating is based on the subset of second course performance submissions sharing a competition identifier.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the instructions cause the processor to determine, based upon one or more course performance submissions sharing a user identifier and a distance rating, the user ability level associated with the first competitor.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the user ability level comprises a stage ability level for each stage of the multiple stage sport activity.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein the user ability level comprises a stage ability level for each of running, swimming, and bicycling.

20. The system of claim 11, wherein the user ability level comprises a stage ability level for a plurality of the two or more stages of the multiple stage sport activity.