Fitness facility equipment usage control system
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1. A system comprising:
- a first fitness equipment unit at a fitness facility;
a first processor in the first fitness equipment unit;
a first non-transitory computer-readable medium within the first fitness equipment unit, the first non-transitory computer-readable medium containing program logic to direct the first processor to;
gather first usage information regarding usage of first fitness equipment unit; and
transmit the gathered first usage information to a remote control server associated with the fitness facility;
a second fitness equipment unit at the fitness facility;
a second processor in the second fitness equipment unit; and
a second non-transitory computer-readable medium within the second fitness equipment unit, the second non-transitory computer-readable medium containing program logic to direct the second processor to;
gather second usage information regarding usage of second fitness community; and
transmit the gathered usage information to the remote control server associated with the fitness facility, the first usage information and the second usage information being useable for preparation of a usage report for transmission to a requester.
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Abstract
A system and method manage distribution of fitness equipment units based upon automatically collected usage information for the fitness equipment units.
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18 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a first fitness equipment unit at a fitness facility; a first processor in the first fitness equipment unit; a first non-transitory computer-readable medium within the first fitness equipment unit, the first non-transitory computer-readable medium containing program logic to direct the first processor to; gather first usage information regarding usage of first fitness equipment unit; and transmit the gathered first usage information to a remote control server associated with the fitness facility; a second fitness equipment unit at the fitness facility; a second processor in the second fitness equipment unit; and a second non-transitory computer-readable medium within the second fitness equipment unit, the second non-transitory computer-readable medium containing program logic to direct the second processor to; gather second usage information regarding usage of second fitness community; and transmit the gathered usage information to the remote control server associated with the fitness facility, the first usage information and the second usage information being useable for preparation of a usage report for transmission to a requester. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system comprising:
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a first non-transitory computer-readable medium containing program logic to direct a processor to; gather first usage information regarding usage of a first fitness equipment unit at a fitness facility; and transmit the first gathered usage information to a remote control server associated with the fitness facility; and a second non-transitory computer-readable medium containing program logic to direct a processor to; gather second usage information regarding usage of a second fitness equipment unit at the fitness facility; and transmit the second gathered usage information to the remote control server associated with the fitness facility, the first gathered usage information and the second gathered usage information being useable for preparation of a usage report for transmission to a requester. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus comprising:
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a control server associated with a fitness facility, the control server comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium containing program logic to directly processor to; gather first usage information regarding usage of a first fitness equipment unit at the fitness facility; and transmit the first gathered usage information to a simulated data storage unit; and gather second usage information regarding usage of a second fitness equipment unit at the fitness facility; and transmit the second gathered usage information to the accumulated data storage unit, the first gathered usage information and the second gathered usage information being useable for preparation of a usage report for transmission to a requester. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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