Method, Apparatus, and Data Processor Program Product Capable of Enabling Management of Athleticism Development Program Data

• US 20100017402A1
• Filed: 09/24/2009
• Published: 01/21/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nike, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Nike, Inc.
• Inventors: Fleming, John C., Mixon, Thomas D.
• Granted Patent: US 8,078,478 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: N/A
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/20 Education
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising

Abstract

Various aspects of one or more methods, apparatuses and data processor program products capable of enabling management of data associated with an athleticism development program are disclosed herein. These various aspects include maintaining a database including subscriber performance data for a plurality of athleticism development program subscribers and facilitating preparation of a subscriber performance report for a specified one of the plurality of athleticism development program subscribers. The subscriber performance data is capable of enabling an attained standardized athleticism level to be determined for each one of the athleticism development program subscribers. The implementation of standardized athleticism levels is advantageous as it supports a measurable plan of progress for motivating a subscriber and trainer to meet their individual and mutual goals.

Claims

1. A method for managing athleticism development program data, comprising:

receiving subscriber performance data for a plurality of athleticism development program subscribers, wherein the subscriber performance data for each of the plurality of athleticism development program subscribers comprises a plurality of athleticism performance evaluation quantitative results and a plurality of training set performance evaluation component quantitative results corresponding to a plurality of training set performance evaluation components;

storing the subscriber performance data in a database;

determining an athleticism performance evaluation achieved score based on a subscriber-specific athleticism performance evaluation quantitative result for each of the plurality of athleticism development program subscribers, wherein determining the athleticism performance evaluation achieved score comprises comparing the subscriber-specific athleticism performance evaluation quantitative result with a baseline athleticism performance evaluation score;

determining a training set performance evaluation component achieved score based on a corresponding subscriber-specific training set performance evaluation component quantitative result for each of the plurality of athleticism development program subscribers, wherein determining the training set performance evaluation component achieved score comprises converting the subscriber-specific training set performance evaluation component quantitative result to a corresponding training set performance evaluation component achieved score; and

facilitating preparation of a subscriber performance report for a specified one of the plurality of athleticism development program subscribers.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the subscriber-specific athleticism performance evaluation quantitative result is an achieved time.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the baseline athleticism performance evaluation score is an athleticism performance evaluation achieved score of a selected population of the plurality of athleticism development program subscribers.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein facilitating preparation of the subscriber performance report is initiated in response to receiving a request for preparing the subscriber performance report.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of determining a ranking of a present athleticism performance evaluation achieved score relative to a population of the plurality of athleticism development program subscribers.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of preparing a training set performance evaluation component comparison between a present training set performance evaluation and a reference training set performance evaluation.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of maintaining a plurality of athleticism level standards tables in the database.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein maintaining the plurality of athleticism level standards tables comprises populating each one of the plurality of athleticism level standards tables with the subscriber performance data wherein each one of the athleticism level standards tables is derived exclusively from a corresponding portion of the subscriber performance data.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein maintaining each of the plurality of athleticism level standards tables comprises determining a minimum entry score for a plurality of standardized athleticism levels.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein determining the minimum entry score comprises converting a reference number of repetitions to the minimum entry score, further wherein converting the reference number of repetitions to the minimum entry score comprises applying a scoring factor to the reference number of repetitions.

11. A data processor program product, comprising:

a data processor program processable by a data processor;

an apparatus from which the data processor program is accessible by the data processor; and

the data processor program being capable of enabling the data processor to facilitate;

receiving subscriber performance data for a plurality of athleticism development program subscribers, wherein the subscriber performance data for each of the plurality of athleticism development program subscribers comprises a plurality of athleticism performance evaluation quantitative results and a plurality of training set performance evaluation component quantitative results corresponding to a plurality of training set performance evaluation components;

storing the subscriber performance data in a database;

determining an athleticism performance evaluation achieved score based on a subscriber-specific athleticism performance evaluation quantitative result for each of the plurality of athleticism development program subscribers, wherein determining the athleticism performance evaluation achieved score comprises comparing the subscriber-specific athleticism performance evaluation quantitative result with a baseline athleticism performance evaluation score;

determining a training set performance evaluation component achieved score based on a corresponding subscriber-specific training set performance evaluation component quantitative result for each of the plurality of athleticism development program subscribers, wherein determining the training set performance evaluation component achieved score comprises converting the subscriber-specific training set performance evaluation component quantitative result to a corresponding training set performance evaluation component achieved score; and

preparing a subscriber performance report for a specified one of the plurality of athleticism development program subscribers.

12. The data processor program product of claim 11, wherein the subscriber-specific training set performance evaluation component quantitative result is an achieved physiological parameter.

13. The data processor program product of claim 11, wherein the baseline athleticism performance evaluation score is an athleticism performance evaluation achieved score of a selected population of the plurality of athleticism development program subscribers.

14. The data processor program product of claim 11, wherein facilitating preparation of the subscriber performance report is initiated in response to receiving a request for preparing the subscriber performance report.

15. The data processor program product of claim 11, wherein the data processor program is further capable of enabling the data processor to facilitate determining a ranking of a present athleticism performance evaluation achieved score relative to a population of the plurality of athleticism development program subscribers.

16. The data processor program product of claim 11, wherein the data processor program is further capable of enabling the data processor to facilitate preparing a training set performance evaluation component comparison between a present training set performance evaluation and reference training set performance evaluation.

17. The data processor program product of claim 11, wherein the data processor program is further capable of enabling the data processor to facilitate determining a ranking of a present training set performance evaluation achieved score relative to a population of the plurality of athleticism development program subscribers.

18. The data processor program product of claim 11, wherein the data processor program is further capable of enabling the data processor to facilitate maintaining a plurality of athleticism level standards tables in the database.

19. A system for facilitating management of athleticism development program data, the system comprising:

a data processor;

memory connected to the data processor; and

a data processor program,

wherein the data processor program is capable of enabling the data processor to facilitate;

receiving subscriber performance data for a plurality of athleticism development program subscribers, wherein the subscriber performance data for each of the plurality of athleticism development program subscribers comprises a plurality of athleticism performance evaluation quantitative results and a plurality of training set performance evaluation component quantitative results corresponding to a plurality of training set performance evaluation components;

storing the subscriber performance data in a database;

determining an athleticism performance evaluation achieved score based on a subscriber-specific athleticism performance evaluation quantitative result for each of the plurality of athleticism development program subscribers, wherein determining the athleticism performance evaluation achieved score comprises comparing the subscriber-specific athleticism performance evaluation quantitative result with a baseline athleticism performance evaluation score;

determining a training set performance evaluation component achieved score based on a corresponding subscriber-specific training set performance evaluation component quantitative result for each of the plurality of athleticism development program subscribers, wherein determining the training set performance evaluation component achieved score comprises converting the subscriber-specific training set performance evaluation component quantitative result to a corresponding training set performance evaluation component achieved score; and

facilitating preparation of a subscriber performance report for a specified one of the plurality of athleticism development program subscribers.