System and method for providing a coach with live training data of an athlete as the athlete is performing a training workout

• US 10,792,537 B2
• Filed: 04/09/2020
• Issued: 10/06/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Finish Time Holdings, LLC
• Original Assignee: Finish Time Holdings, LLC
• Inventors: Martin, Todd
• Primary Examiner(s): Laneau, Ronald
• Application Number:
  US16/844,692
• Publication Number:
  US 20200230465A1
• Time in Patent Office: 180 Days
• Field of Search: None
• 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 71/0616 Means for conducting or scheduling competition, league, tournaments or rankings
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality

Abstract

An athlete tracking system and method for tracking an athlete during training sessions. The system includes a mobile tracking device wearable around a portion of the athlete'"'"'s head, and a training log server for maintaining an athlete profile that includes a training record updatable by the athlete and a training plan supplied by a coach.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a training log server configured to maintain a plurality of athlete profiles in a database, each athlete profile including a training record having a plurality of fields that store information about a training, the training log server configured to be synchronized with a device worn by an athlete so that data from the device worn by the athlete is entered into and stored in the training record during the athlete'"'"'s training; and

a processor configured to generate a graphic user interface that associates a workout created by a coach with at least one of the athlete profiles, the processor configured to determine whether the coach is authorized by the athlete to associate the workout with the athlete profile by querying the training log server for the presence of a grant by the athlete for the coach to access the athlete profile and associate the workout with the athlete profile, the processor further configured to provide the coach with access to the training record during the athlete'"'"'s training.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a training plan database having a plurality of training plans stored therein, each training plan including a plurality of workouts, the processor configured to permit the coach to associate one of the training plans stored in the training plan database with at least one of the athlete profiles for which the coach is authorized to access.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to send a message to the athlete once the workout has been associated with the athlete profile by the authorized coach.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is programmed to send a message to the authorized coach with information about the training completed by the athlete.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein a dashboard is configured to use the data provided by the device worn by the athlete to display information about the athlete'"'"'s performance and provide the coach with data on progress of the athlete.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein a dashboard is configured to receive a live data feed from the device worn by the athlete during the training.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein a dashboard is configured to receive a live data feed from the device worn by the athlete.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the device is a mobile training computer with a Global Positioning System (GPS) and a transceiver.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising the device, wherein the data is wirelessly communicated from the device to the training log server.

10. The system of claim 1, further comprising a graphical user interface configured to provide the athlete with a login.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the device provides feedback from the coach to the athlete and the coach is a person.

12. A system comprising:

a training log server configured to maintain a plurality athlete profiles, each athlete profile including a training record having a plurality of fields that each correspond to an aspect of an exercise in which the athlete participated, one of the fields storing distance information, another of the fields storing time information, the training log server configured to synchronize with a device worn by the athlete so that data from the device worn by the athlete is entered into a training record during the athlete'"'"'s exercise; and

a processor programmed to receive the data and update the training record with the data, the data including both the distance and time information, the processor further configured to present the athlete with an option to grant access to the training record to a coach so that the coach may access the training record, the processor further configured to provide the coach with access to the training record during the exercise, the processor further configured to receive a training plan and associate the training plan with the athlete profile so that the athlete may view the training plan.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the processor is programmed to send a message to the athlete once the training plan has been associated with the athlete profile.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the processor is programmed to send a message to the coach once the athlete'"'"'s training record has been updated.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the coach is a person.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the processor is programmed to permit the athlete to selectively restrict access by the coach to a portion of the athlete profile.

17. The system of claim 12, wherein the system is configured to use the data provided by the device worn by the athlete to monitor the athlete'"'"'s performance during the exercise and provide the coach with data on progress of the athlete during the exercise.

18. The system of claim 12, wherein the exercise is a workout, training, training workout or a competition.

19. The system of claim 12, wherein the processor is programmed to generate a calendar incorporating at least a portion of the training plan.

20. The system of claim 12, wherein the device is a wearable GPS-enabled tracking device, the GPS tracking device configured to communicate training data to the training log server during the athlete'"'"'s exercise to update the training log server.

21. A training gateway comprising:

a training log server configured to maintain a plurality athlete profiles, each athlete profile including a training record having a plurality of fields that each correspond to an aspect of a workout in which an athlete participated, one of the fields corresponding to a distance aspect of the workout, another of the fields corresponding to a time aspect of the workout, the training log server being synced to a tracking device worn around a portion of the athlete so that data from the tracking device worn by the athlete is entered into the training record during the athlete'"'"'s training workout;

a training plan database configured to store a plurality of workouts; and

a processor configured to permit a coach preselected by the athlete to associate a new workout from the training plan database with one of the athlete profiles once it is determined that a workout associated with the athlete profile has been completed, the processor being configured to provide the preselected coach with access to the training record of the athlete profile during the athlete'"'"'s training workout.

22. The training gateway of claim 21, wherein a workout is associated with an athlete profile based on goals of the athlete.

23. The training gateway of claim 21, wherein a workout is associated with an athlete profile based on demographics of the athlete.

24. The training gateway of claim 21, wherein the processor is configured to associate the workout with the athlete profiles of a group of athletes.

25. The training gateway of claim 21, wherein the processor is configured to associate the workout with the athlete profiles of a group of athletes who are geographically dispersed.

26. The training gateway of claim 21, wherein the training log server is configured to track an athlete'"'"'s best performance data for a training activity.

27. The training gateway of claim 21, wherein the coach is a person.

28. The training gateway of claim 21, wherein the training log server is configured to receive training data communicated from the tracking device via at least a Bluetooth connection.

29. The training gateway of claim 21, wherein the training log server is configured to receive training data communicated from the tracking device via at least a local Wi-Fi network connection.

30. The training gateway of claim 21, wherein the training log server is configured to receive training data communicated from the tracking device via at least a mobile communications device.