Monitoring and tracking athletic activity

• US 10,625,117 B2
• Filed: 05/31/2017
• Issued: 04/21/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nike, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Nike, Inc.
• Inventors: Hoffman, Michael T., Crankson, Kwamina, Nims, Jason
• Primary Examiner(s): Phantana-angkool, David
• Application Number:
  US15/610,106
• Publication Number:
  US 20170259119A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,056 Days
• Field of Search: 715772
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0025 Tracking the path or location of one or more users, e.g. players of a game
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0068 Comparison to target or threshold, previous performance or not real time comparison to other individuals
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0625 Emitting sound, noise or music
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0647 Visualisation of executed movements
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/065 Visualisation of specific exercise parameters
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0661 arranged on the user
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0663 worn on the wrist, e.g. wrist bands
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 22/0056 the pivoting movement being in a vertical plane, e.g. steppers with a horizontal axis platforms for rocking motion about a horizontal axis A63B22/16
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 22/0076 Rowing machines for conditioning the cardio-vascular system seats moving during exercise A63B22/0087; training appliances for rowing or sculling on boats A63B69/06
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 22/02 with movable endless bands , e.g. treadmills other training appliances for running on the spot A63B69/0028
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 22/0605 performing a circular movement, e.g. ergometers
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 22/0664 performing an elliptic movement
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/12 Absolute positions, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/13 Relative positions
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/17 Counting, e.g. counting periodical movements, revolutions or cycles, or including further data processing to determine distances or speed
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/20 Distances or displacements
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/30 Speed
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/34 Angular speed
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/40 Acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/51 Force
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/56 : Pressure
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/803 : Motion sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/836 : Sensors arranged on the body 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 2230/00 : Measuring physiological parameters of the user
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/04 : heartbeat characteristics, e.g. ECG, blood pressure modulations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/207 : P-O2, i.e. partial O2 value
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/75 : calorie expenditure
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0062 : Monitoring athletic performances, e.g. for determining the work of a user on an exercise apparatus, the completed jogging or cycling distance
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0075 : Means for generating exercise programs or schemes, e.g. computerized virtual trainer, e.g. using expert databases
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0084 : Exercising apparatus with means for competitions, e.g. virtual races
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/0028 : for running, jogging or speed-walking movable endless bands A63B22/02
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0622 : Visual, audio or audio-visual systems for entertaining, instructing or motivating the user
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0697 : Reservation devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 : with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 : Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1632 : External expansion units, e.g. docking stations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1698 : the I/O peripheral being a sending/receiving arrangement to establish a cordless communication link, e.g. radio or infrared link, integrated cellular phone details of antennas disposed inside a computer H01Q1/2266
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 : Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 : relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising

Abstract

Tracking and monitoring athletic activity offers individuals with additional motivation to continue such behavior. An individual may track his or her athletic activity by completing goals. These goals may be represented by real-world objects such as food items, landmarks, buildings, statues, other physical structures, toys and the like. Each object may correspond to an athletic activity goal and require an amount of athletic activity to complete the goal. For example, a donut goal object may correspond to an athletic activity goal of burning 350 calories. The user may progress from goal object to goal object. Goal objects may increase in difficulty (e.g., amount of athletic activity required) and might only be available for selection upon completing an immediately previous goal object, a number of goal objects, an amount of athletic activity and the like.

Claims

1. An apparatus for athletic activity tracking and monitoring, comprising:

a display device;

a processor; and

memory operatively coupled to the processor and storing computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause the apparatus to;

receive, from a computing device, data indicating an amount of athletic activity performed by a user;

determine a first activity type, from a plurality of available activity types, corresponding to the received data;

selectively determine a first athletic activity tracking and monitoring network site, from a plurality of athletic activity tracking and monitoring network sites associated with the plurality of available activity types, to transmit the received data based on the determined first activity type; and

display, on the display device and via the first athletic activity tracking and monitoring network site, an activity monitoring interface based on the determined first activity type, wherein the interface includes a message to encourage the user to progress further toward one or more of a plurality of athletic activity goals.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the message is displayed on a map on the display device.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the computer readable instructions, when executed, further cause the apparatus to:

receive a user selection of a first virtual object corresponding to a first athletic activity goal; and

modify a visual appearance of the first virtual object in accordance with a progress made by the user in completing the first athletic activity goal.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the first athletic activity goal includes an athletic activity challenge between the user and another user.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the computer readable instructions, when executed, further cause the apparatus to:

selectively determine an athletic activity tracking and monitoring site to store the received data based on the identified activity type.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the computer readable instructions, when executed, further causes the apparatus to:

receive a first user input selection indicating a theme for an athletic workout plan.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the computer readable instructions, when executed, further cause the apparatus to:

receive a second user input selection indicating one or more parameters of the athletic workout plan; and

in response to receiving the first user input selection, generate one or more athletic activity goals to be completed in the athletic workout plan based on the one or more parameters.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the computer readable instructions, when executed, further cause the apparatus to:

assign the one or more goals to one or more goal categories;

define an order in which the one or more athletic activity goals are to be completed; and

define an order in which the one or more goal categories are to be completed.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein defining the order in which the one or more goal categories are to be completed comprises specifying that one or more athletic activity goals for a first goal category are required to be completed before permitting a user to engage in one or more athletic activity goals of a second goal category.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein defining the order in which the one or more goal categories are to be completed further comprises locking the second goal category from user selection prior to completion of the first goal category.

11. One or more non-transitory computer readable media storing computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause an apparatus to:

receive, from a computing device, data indicating an amount of athletic activity performed by a user;

determine, by a processor, a first activity type, form a plurality of available activity types, corresponding to the received data;

selectively determine a first athletic activity tracking and monitoring network site, from a plurality of athletic activity tracking and monitoring network sites with the plurality of available activity types, to transmit the received data based on the determined first activity type; and

display, on a display device and via the first athletic activity tracking and monitoring network site, an activity monitoring interface based on the identified activity type, wherein the interface includes a message to encourage the user to progress further toward one or more of a plurality of athletic activity goals.

12. The one or more computer readable media of claim 11, wherein the message is displayed on a map on the display device.

13. The one or more computer readable media of claim 11, wherein the computer readable instructions, when executed, further cause the apparatus to:

receive a user selection of a first virtual object corresponding to a first athletic activity goal; and

modify a visual appearance of the first virtual object in accordance with a progress made by the user in completing the first athletic activity goal.

14. The one or more computer readable media of claim 13, wherein the first athletic activity goal includes an athletic activity challenge between the user and another user.

15. The one or more computer readable media of claim 11, wherein the computer readable instructions, when executed, further cause the apparatus to:

selectively determine an athletic activity tracking and monitoring site to store the received data based on the identified activity type.

16. The one or more computer readable media of claim 11, wherein the computer readable instructions, when executed, further causes the apparatus to:

receive a first user input selection indicating a theme for an athletic workout plan.

17. The one or more computer readable media of claim 16, wherein the computer readable instructions, when executed, further cause the apparatus to:

receive a second user input selection indicating one or more parameters of the athletic workout plan; and

in response to receiving the first user input selection, generate one or more athletic activity goals to be completed in the athletic workout plan based on the one or more parameters.

18. The one or more computer readable media of claim 17, wherein the computer readable instructions, when executed, further cause the apparatus to:

assign the one or more goals to one or more goal categories;

define an order in which the one or more athletic activity goals are to be completed; and

define an order in which the one or more goal categories are to be completed.

19. The one or more computer readable media of claim 18, wherein defining the order in which the one or more goal categories are to be completed comprises specifying that one or more athletic activity goals for a first goal category are required to be completed before permitting a user to engage in one or more athletic activity goals of a second goal category.

20. The one or more computer readable media of claim 19, wherein defining the order in which the one or more goal categories are to be completed further comprises locking the second goal category from user selection prior to completion of the first goal category.