System, performance monitor, server, and computer program

• US 20060161656A1
• Filed: 01/18/2006
• Published: 07/20/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Polar Electro Oy
• Original Assignee: Polar Electro Oy
• Inventors: Sorvisto, Mika
• Application Number:
  US11/334,771
• Publication Number:
  US 20060161656A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/40 Acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/72 Temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/74 Atmospheric pressure
• 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 2230/01 User's weight
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/06 heartbeat rate only
• 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: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

The invention relates to a system, performance monitor, server and computer product. The system comprises at least one user-specific performance monitor for registering training information, where the performance monitor communicates training information using a two-way wireless data transmission connection and is associated with a performance monitor-specific identifier. The system further comprises at least one server for managing the performance monitor, where the server communicates training information with the user-specific performance monitor using a two-way wireless data transmission connection and performance monitor-specific identifiers. The server is in a first stand-by mode for a pre-determined time window of the server for establishing the two-way wireless data transmission connection, and the performance monitor is in a second stand-by mode for a pre-determined time window of the performance monitor for establishing the two-way wireless data transmission connection, where the predetermined time window temporally overlaps with the predetermined time window of the server.

Claims

1. A system for processing training information on a user group of performance monitors, comprising:

at least one user-specific performance monitor for registering training information, the at least one performance monitor comprising a performance monitor communication unit, which is configured to communicate training information using a two-way wireless data transmission connection, and at least one performance monitor-specific identifier being associated with the at least one user-specific performance monitor; and

at least one server for managing the performance monitor, the at least one server comprising a server communication unit, which is configured to communicate training information with at least one user-specific performance monitor using a two-way wireless data transmission connection and performance monitor-specific identifiers, the server communication unit being configured to be in a first stand-by mode for a predetermined time window of the server for establishing the two-way wireless data transmission connection; and

the performance monitor communication unit being configured to be in a second stand-by mode for a pre-determined time window of the performance monitor for establishing the two-way wireless data transmission connection, the predetermined time window of the performance monitor temporally overlapping at least partly with the predetermined time window of the server.

2. A system according to claim 1, wherein the first stand-by mode and the second stand-by mode form a combination comprising at least one of the following:

the second stand-by mode is a reception mode and the first stand-by mode is a transmission mode;

the second stand-by mode is a transmission mode and the first stand-by state is a reception mode.

3. A system according to claim 1, wherein the server is configured to acknowledge that the performance monitor that has established the two-way data transmission connection has been returned.

4. A system according to claim 1, wherein at least one user-specific performance monitor is configured to inform its user if the quality of the two-way data transmission connection is below a predetermined level before a predetermined time window has expired.

5. A system according to claim 1, wherein the performance monitor communication unit and the server communication unit are configured to communicate training information with each other automatically according to predetermined timing after the data transmission connection has been established.

6. A system according to claim 1, wherein the server is configured to set time limits for a predetermined performance monitor time window in at least one performance monitor.

7. A user-specific performance monitor for registering training information on a user group, the user-specific performance monitor belonging to a group of performance monitors and comprising a performance monitor communication unit, which is configured to communicate training information with a server managing the group of performance monitors using a two-way wireless data transmission connection, and a performance monitor-specific identifier being associated with the user-specific performance monitor to distinguish the user-specific performance monitor from the other performance monitors, the performance monitor communication unit being configured to be in a second stand-by mode for a predetermined time window of the performance monitor for establishing the two-way wireless data transmission connection, the predetermined time window of the performance monitor temporally overlapping at least partly with a predetermined time window of the server, the predetermined time window of the server being the time the server is in a first stand-by mode for establishing the two-way data transmission connection.

8. A user-specific performance monitor according to claim 7, wherein the second stand-by mode is at least one of the following:

a reception mode, whereby the first stand-by mode is a transmission mode;

a transmission mode, whereby the first stand-by mode is a reception mode.

9. A user-specific performance monitor according to claim 7, wherein the user-specific performance monitor is configured to inform its user if the quality of the two-way data transmission connection is below a predetermined level after a predetermined time window has expired.

10. A user-specific performance monitor according to claim 7, wherein the performance monitor communication unit is configured to communicate training information with the server automatically according to predetermined timing after the data transmission connection has been established.

11. A user-specific performance monitor according to claim 7, wherein the performance monitor communication unit is configured to set time limits for the predetermined performance monitor time window according to server instructions.

12. A server for managing a group of performance monitors, comprising a server communication unit configured to communicate training information with a user-specific performance monitor of the group of performance monitors using a two-way wireless data transmission connection and a performance monitor-specific identifier,

the server communication unit being configured to be in a first stand-by mode for a predetermined time window of the server for establishing the two-way data transmission connection, the predetermined time window of the server temporally overlapping at least partly with a predetermined time window of the performance monitor, the predetermined time window of the performance monitor being the time the user-specific performance monitor is in a second stand-by mode for establishing the two-way wireless data transmission connection.

13. A server according to claim 12, wherein the first stand-by mode and the second stand-by mode form a combination comprising at least one of the following:

the second stand-by mode is a reception mode and the first stand-by mode is a transmission mode;

the second stand-by mode is a transmission mode and the first stand-by mode is a reception mode.

14. A server according to claim 12, wherein the server is configured to acknowledge that the performance monitor that has established the two-way wireless data transmission connection has been returned.

15. A server according to claim 12, wherein the server is configured to communicate training information with the user-specific performance monitor automatically according to predetermined timing after the data transmission connection has been established.

16. A server according to claim 12, wherein the server is configured to set time limits for the predetermined performance monitor time window in the performance monitor.

17. A computer software product for managing a group of performance monitors, the computer software product being incorporated into a distribution medium and including encoded instructions for communicating training information between a user-specific performance monitor of the group of performance monitors and the server using a two-way wireless data transmission connection and performance monitor-specific identifiers, the computer software product further comprising instructions for keeping the performance monitor in a second stand-by mode for a predetermined time window of the performance monitor, the predetermined time window of the performance monitor temporally overlapping at least partly with a predetermined time window of the server, the predetermined time window of the server being the time the server is in a first stand-by mode for establishing the two-way wireless data transmission connection.

18. A computer software product according to claim 17, wherein the second stand-by mode is at least one of the following:

a reception mode, whereby the first stand-by mode is a transmission mode;

a transmission mode, whereby the first stand-by mode is a reception mode.

19. A computer software product according to claim 17, wherein the computer software product further comprises encoded instructions for informing its user if the quality of the two-way data transmission connection is below a predetermined level after a predetermined time window has expired.

20. A computer software product according to claim 17, wherein the computer software product further comprises encoded instructions for communicating training information with the server automatically according to predetermined timing after the data transmission connection has been established.

21. A computer software product according to claim 17, wherein the computer software product further comprises encoded instructions for setting time limits for the predetermined performance monitor time window according to server instructions.

22. A computer software product for managing a group of performance monitors, the computer software product being incorporated into a distribution medium and including encoded instructions for communicating training information between a user-specific performance monitor of the group of performance monitors and a server using a two-way wireless data transmission connection and performance monitor-specific identifiers, the computer software product further comprising instructions for keeping the performance monitor in a first stand-by mode for a predetermined time window of the server, the predetermined time window of the server temporally overlapping at least partly with a predetermined time window of the performance monitor, the predetermined time window of the performance monitor being the time the user-specific performance monitor is in a second stand-by mode for establishing the two-way wireless data transmission connection.

23. A computer software product according to claim 22, wherein the first stand-by mode and the second stand-by mode form a combination comprising at least one of the following:

the second stand-by mode is a reception mode and the first stand-by mode is a transmission mode;

the second stand-by mode is a transmission mode and the first stand-by mode is a reception mode.

24. A computer software product according to claim 22, wherein the computer software product further comprises encoded instructions for acknowledging that the performance monitor that has established the two-way wireless data transmission connection has been returned.

25. A computer software product according to claim 22, wherein the computer software product further comprises encoded instructions for communicating training information with the user-specific performance monitor automatically according to predetermined timing after the data transmission connection has been established.

26. A computer software product according to claim 22, wherein the computer software product further comprises encoded instructions for setting time limits for the predetermined performance monitor time window in the performance monitor.