Method of Developing and Creating a Personalized Exercise Regime in a Digital Medium

• US 20080103023A1
• Filed: 10/26/2007
• Published: 05/01/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Brian James Hoffer, Sonu E.D. Chung
• Original Assignee: Brian James Hoffer, Sonu E.D. Chung
• Inventors: Chung, Sonu Ed, Hoffer, Brian James
• Application Number:
  US11/925,473
• Publication Number:
  US 20080103023A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 482/3
• 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: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence

Abstract

The present invention is a method for selecting and modifying particular exercise videos from a stored database into a customized digital-format exercise regime viewable by an individual.

Claims

1. A method of creating a personalized exercise regime for an individual;

the method comprised of the steps of;

assessing an individual'"'"'s physicality for body parts in need of improvement, therapy, or a combination thereof;

reviewing a database via one or more computers, the database being comprised of stored videos of physical exercise such that each stored video presents a proper and substantially safe technique of performing a particular physical exercise;

selecting one or more videos from the database, wherein the selected one or more videos are associated with the individual'"'"'s body parts in need of improvement, therapy, or a combination thereof;

customizing one or more parameters of the selected one or more videos based upon the individual'"'"'s need of improvement, therapy, or both;

saving the selected and customized one or more videos in a digital format;

providing the saved one or more videos to the individual as an exercise regime; and

prescribing that the individual view and perform the exercise regime as presented in the saved one or more videos.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the parameters are selected from a group consisting of exercise repetitions, exercise holding duration, daily exercise sets, speed of performing a particular exercise, amount of weight to be used by the individual, background music, audio exercise instruction, textual exercise instruction, audio instructional language, textual exercise instructional language, exercise equipment to be used, noted additional cautions to be taken while performing the exercise, days of the week to perform the exercise, and a combination thereof.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein a trainer may record his/her voice to give instruction in conjunction with the particular exercise.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein a trainer may include his/her own recorded video to play for one or more particular exercises.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the one or more videos may be presented with multiple viewing angles.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the one or more videos may be present with at least three viewing angles.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the one or more videos includes actual filmed digital footage, animated illustrations, or a combination thereof.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the saved one or more videos further comprises information regarding the individual, information regarding the therapist, date of creation, or a combination thereof.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the stored videos of physical exercise may have various versions showing exercises performed by a variety of persons of different races, ages, or body types.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the stored videos in the database are categorized based upon calories exerted in the particular exercise, equipment used in the respective exercise, function of the respective exercise, muscle groups trained in the respective exercise, joints utilized in the respective exercise, body position to perform the respective exercise, or a combination thereof.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein instruction is provided to the individual prior to starting an exercise regime to identify the equipment necessary to perform the exercise regime.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein the digital format may be selected from the group consisting of DVD, personal video player videos, and Internet steaming and downloadable videos, and a combination thereof.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein if the digital format is downloaded to a personal video player, the personal video player may automatically communicate with the trainer via the Internet to identify whether or not a particular exercise regime has been viewed by the individual.

14. The method according to claim 1, wherein an individual may view the saved one or more videos at any desired speed.

15. The method according to claim 1, wherein an individual may compare and/or contrast his/her own physical history of performance and/or physical abilities with the known physical performance and/or physical abilities of celebrities, professionals, a healthy individual of similar age and gender, or a combination thereof.

16. The method according to claim 1, wherein reports may be provided to the individual identifying the muscle groups and joints exercised, calories exerted, and a combination thereof.

17. The method according to claim 1, wherein single exercises may be combined together as a substantially cohesive movement for an individual to review and mimic.

18. The method according to claim 1, further comprising providing the individual with digital document format still-frame images of particular positions or movements of the customized one or more videos.