Method, system and program product for identifying a user on an exercise equipment

• US 9,305,141 B2
• Filed: 03/13/2012
• Issued: 04/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Technogym SpA
• Original Assignee: Technogym SpA
• Inventors: Fabrizio, Giudici
• Primary Examiner(s): NWUGO, OJIAKO K
• Application Number:
  US13/419,025
• Publication Number:
  US 20130241696A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,484 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/096 automatically adjusted according to anthropometric data of the user
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/15 with identification means that can be read by electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/20 with means for remote communication, e.g. internet or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/50 Wireless data transmission, e.g. by radio transmitters or telemetry
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/54 Transponders, e.g. RFID
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0087 Electric or electronic controls for exercising apparatus of groups A63B21/00 - A63B23/00, e.g. controlling load
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0622 Visual, audio or audio-visual systems for entertaining, instructing or motivating the user
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising

Abstract

A method, a system and a program product for identifying a user on a exercise equipment. An equipment identification code associated to a exercise equipment is acquired by means of an electronic portable device of the user. The equipment identification code and the user identification code are sent, by means of the electronic portable device, to an electronic calculator operatively connected to the exercise equipment.

Claims

1. A method for identifying a user on an exercise equipment, comprising:

acquiring, using an electronic portable device of the user, an equipment identification code (IDE) comprising static information uniquely identifying a specific piece of exercise equipment;

sending, from the electronic portable device, the equipment identification code (IDE) to an electronic calculator;

sending, from the electronic portable device, a user identification code (IDU) identifying a specific user to the electronic calculator;

receiving and storing, in the electronic calculator, user operative data (UOD) comprising user personal data (UDP) of the specific user identified by the user identification code (IDU), a training program (TP) of the specific user identified by the user identification code (IDU), and training data (TD) of the specific user identified by the user identification code (IDU); and

sending, from the electronic calculator, on the basis of both the equipment identification code (IDE) identifying the specific piece of exercise equipment and the user identification code (IDU) identifying the specific user, the user operative data (UOD) of the specific user identified by the user identification code (IDU) to the specific piece of exercise equipment identified by the equipment identification code (IDE).

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising manually setting up, by the user, the training program (TP) on the exercise equipment on which the user has been identified.

3. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising automatically setting up, by means of the exercise equipment, the training program (TP).

4. The method of claim 3, wherein automatically setting up comprises sending to the exercise equipment, by means of the electronic calculator, on the basis of the equipment identification code (IDE) associated to the exercise equipment and the user identification code (IDU) received from the electronic portable device, the training program (TP) assigned to the user corresponding to the user identification code (IDU).

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending to the electronic calculator, on the basis of the user identification code (IDU), the training data (TD) of the user.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising storing, by means of the electronic calculator, the training data (TD) of the user into an area of the memory unit of the electronic calculator which is reserved to the user having the user identification code (IDU).

7. The method of claim 6, comprising sending to the electronic portable device of the user, by means of the electronic calculator, on the basis of the user identification code IDU, the training data (TD) of the user.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising updating, by means of the electronic calculator, on the basis of the user identification code (IDU), the user personal data (UPD).

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the user operative data (UOD) comprises updated user personal data (UUPD), the step of updating further comprising sending to the electronic calculator, by means of the exercise equipment, on the basis of the user identification code (IDU), the updated user personal data (UUPD).

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the exercise equipment is configured to send to the electronic calculator, on the basis of the user identification code (IDU), the training data (TD) of the user.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the electronic calculator is configured to send to the electronic portable device of the user, on the basis of the user identification code (IDU), the training data (TD) of the user.

12. System for identifying a user on an exercise equipment, comprising:

an exercise equipment having a respective equipment identification code (IDE) comprising static information uniquely identifying a specific piece of exercise equipment;

a electronic calculator operatively connected to the exercise equipment;

a electronic portable device comprising, stored in a memory unit, a user identification code (IDU) identifying a specific user, the electronic portable device being configured to acquire the equipment identification code (IDE) from the exercise equipment, the electronic portable device being further configured to send the equipment identification code (IDE) to the electronic calculator and to send the user identification code (IDU) to the electronic calculator;

wherein the electronic calculator is configured to send to the exercise equipment, on the basis of both the equipment identification code (IDE) identifying the specific piece of exercise equipment and the user identification code (IDU), user operative data (UOD), the user operative data (UOD) comprising user personal data (UDP) of the specific user identified by the user identification code (IDU), a training program (TP) of the specific user identified by the user identification code (IDU), and training data (TD) of the specific user identified by the user identification code (IDU).

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the exercise equipment is directly set up by the user with the training program by means of an interactive user interface of a control station of the exercise equipment.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein, the electronic calculator being configured to send to the exercise equipment, on the basis of the user identification code (IDU), the user personal data (UPD).

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the user operative data (UOD) comprises updated user personal data (UUPD), the exercise equipment being configured to send to the electronic calculator, on the basis of the user identification code IDU, the updated user personal data (UUPD).

16. A non-transitory program product loadable in a memory unit of an electronic portable device of a user, the non-transitory program product being executed by a data processing unit of the electronic portable device to perform:

acquiring an equipment identification code (IDE) comprising static information uniquely identifying a specific piece of exercise equipment;

sending the equipment identification code (IDE) to an electronic calculator;

sending a user identification code (IDU) identifying a specific user to the electronic calculator;

wherein the program product is executed by the data processing unit of the electronic portable device to perform also the step of receiving from the electronic calculator, on the basis of both the equipment identification code (IDE) and the user identification code (IDU), user operative data (UOD), said user operative data (UOD) comprising user personal data (UDP) of the specific user identified by the user identification code (IDU), a training program (TP) of the specific user identified by the user identification code (IDU), and training data (TD) of the specific user identified by the user identification code (IDU).

17. The non-transitory program product of claim 16, wherein the program product is executed by the data processing unit of the electronic portable device to also perform the step of receiving from the electronic calculator, on the basis of the equipment identification code (IDE), equipment instruction data (EID).

18. A non-transitory program product loadable in a memory unit of an electronic calculator, the program product being executed by a data processing unit of the electronic calculator to perform sending to an exercise equipment, on the basis of both an equipment identification code (IDE) comprising static information uniquely identifying a specific piece of exercise equipment and an user identification code (IDU) identifying a specific user, user operative data (UOD) the user operative data (UOD) comprising user personal data (UDP) of the specific user identified by the user identification code (IDU), a training program (TP) of the specific user identified by the user identification code (IDU), and training data (TD) of the specific user identified by the user identification code (IDU).

19. The non-transitory program product of claim 18, wherein the program product is executed by the data processing unit of the electronic calculator to perform also the step of receiving from an electronic portable device, on the basis of both the equipment identification code (IDE) and the user identification code (IDU), updated user personal data (UUPD).

20. The non-transitory program product of claim 18, wherein the program product is executed by the data processing unit of the electronic calculator to also perform the step of sending to an electronic portable device, on the basis of the equipment identification code (IDE), equipment instruction data (EID) which explains how the exercise equipment operates.