Program Products, Methods, and Systems for Providing Location-Aware Fitness Monitoring Services

• US 20100088023A1
• Filed: 09/29/2009
• Published: 04/08/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adidas AG
• Original Assignee: Adidas AG
• Inventors: WERNER, Jon H.
• Granted Patent: US 9,409,052 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/206
• 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 2071/0641 with a marker advancing in function of the exercise
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0691 Maps, e.g. yardage maps or electronic maps
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/12 Absolute positions, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/14 Geo-tagging, e.g. for correlating route or track location data with specific information related to that specific location
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0021 Tracking a path or terminating locations
• 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: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3676 Overview of the route on the road map
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/19 Sporting applications
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/02 with visual presentation of the material to be studied, e.g. using film strip
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/04 with audible presentation of the material to be studied sound recording or reproducing G11B

Abstract

Program products, methods, and systems for providing location-aware fitness monitoring services are disclosed. In an embodiment of the present invention, a method of displaying a route traversed by an athlete equipped with a location-aware portable fitness monitoring device includes the steps of (a) receiving data describing a plurality of satellite navigational system waypoints that are acquired as the athlete engages in a fitness activity, (b) identifying a map area based on a location indicated by the data describing the plurality of satellite navigational system waypoints, (c) determining the route traversed by the athlete based on the data describing the plurality of satellite navigational system waypoints and based on the location of one or more known paths associated with the map area, and (d) displaying the route traversed by the athlete on top of the map area.

Claims

1. A method of displaying a route traversed by an athlete equipped with a location-aware portable fitness monitoring device, comprising:

(a) receiving data describing a plurality of satellite navigational system waypoints that are acquired as the athlete engages in a fitness activity;

(b) identifying a map area based on a location indicated by the data describing the plurality of satellite navigational system waypoints;

(c) determining the route traversed by the athlete based on the data describing the plurality of satellite navigational system waypoints and based on the location of one or more known paths associated with the map area; and

(d) displaying the route traversed by the athlete on top of the map area.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein steps (a) and (d) are executed using at least one processor.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein step (c) further comprises determining the route traversed by the athlete by comparing the locations indicated by the data describing the plurality of satellite navigational system waypoints to the locations of points along the one or more known paths associated with the map area.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein at least one of the one or more known paths is a paved path.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the fitness activity is running.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the portable fitness monitoring device is a mobile device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the mobile device is a mobile telephone.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein step (d) further comprises displaying the route traversed by the athlete on the portable fitness monitoring device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein step (d) further comprises displaying the route traversed by the athlete on a remote computer.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein step (c) is executed by a processor on the remote computer.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the satellite navigational system is GPS.

12. A method of displaying a route traversed by an athlete equipped with a location-aware portable fitness monitoring device, comprising:

(a) receiving data describing a plurality of satellite navigational system waypoints that are acquired as the athlete engages in a fitness activity;

(b) identifying a map area based on a location indicated by the data describing the plurality of satellite navigational system waypoints;

(c) determining the route traversed by the athlete based on the data describing the plurality of satellite navigational system waypoints and based on the location of one or more known routes previously traversed by a person equipped with a location-aware portable fitness monitoring device; and

(d) displaying the route traversed by the athlete on top of the map area.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein steps (a) and (d) are executed using at least one processor.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein at least one of the one or more known routes was previously traversed by the athlete.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein at least one of the one or more known routes was not previously traversed by the athlete.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein step (c) further comprises determining the route traversed by the athlete by comparing the locations indicated by the data describing the plurality of satellite navigational system waypoints to the locations of points along the one or more known routes previously traversed.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the fitness activity is running.

18. The method of claim 12, wherein the portable fitness monitoring device is a mobile device.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the mobile device is a mobile telephone.

20. The method of claim 12, wherein step (d) further comprises displaying the route traversed by the athlete on the portable fitness monitoring device.

21. The method of claim 12, wherein step (d) further comprises displaying the route traversed by the athlete on a remote computer.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein step (c) is executed by a processor on the remote computer.

23. The method of claim 12, wherein the satellite navigational system is GPS.

24. A method of displaying a route traversed by an athlete equipped with a location-aware portable fitness monitoring device, comprising:

(a) receiving data describing a plurality of satellite navigational system waypoints that are acquired as the athlete engages in a fitness activity;

(b) identifying a map area based on a location indicated by the data describing the plurality of satellite navigational system waypoints;

(c) determining the route traversed by the athlete based on the data describing the plurality of satellite navigational system waypoints by

(i) comparing the locations indicated by the data describing the plurality of satellite navigational system waypoints to the locations of points along the one or more known paths associated with the map area and

(ii) comparing the locations indicated by the data describing the plurality of satellite navigational system waypoints to the locations of points along the one or more known routes previously traversed; and

(d) displaying the route traversed by the athlete on top of the map area.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein step (c)(2) is performed after step (c)(1).

26. The method of claim 25, wherein step (c)(2) is performed in response to a determination at step (c)(1) that a known path does not correspond to the locations indicated by the data describing the plurality of satellite navigational system waypoints.