METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXERCISE MONITORING COMBINING EXERCISE MONITORING AND VISUAL DATA WITH WIRELESS INTERNET CONNECTIVITY
First Claim
1. A wireless internet system for monitoring exercise or fitness, connected in wireless communication with a network, comprising:
- a wireless internet device including a camera, a first port and a second port, the first port for receiving an exercise parameter, wherein the exercise parameter is physiological data related to exercise or data related to the amount of exercise performed, and the second port for communicating with an internet server, at least a portion of a communication path being wireless;
a computer-readable medium within the wireless internet device, the computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon for performing a method for monitoring exercise, nutrition, or fitness, the method comprising steps of;
accepting the exercise parameter via the first port;
accepting visual data captured by the camera; and
transmitting data corresponding to the accepted exercise parameter and the visual data to the internet server via the second port,wherein the transmitting is performed wirelessly along at least a least a portion of a communication path.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide a method and apparatus for a wireless exercise monitoring system for interactively monitoring an aspect of exercise, nutrition, or fitness by connecting a wireless internet device to or with a digital camera and/or an exercise monitoring device. Exercise-related data and/or visual information from the camera is transmitted to a server using standard internet protocols and may be integrated with various operating systems for mobile wireless devices, especially those with enhanced capabilities for handing images and visual data. Responses may be calculated and transmitted back to a user, trainer, or coach.
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25 Claims
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1. A wireless internet system for monitoring exercise or fitness, connected in wireless communication with a network, comprising:
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a wireless internet device including a camera, a first port and a second port, the first port for receiving an exercise parameter, wherein the exercise parameter is physiological data related to exercise or data related to the amount of exercise performed, and the second port for communicating with an internet server, at least a portion of a communication path being wireless; a computer-readable medium within the wireless internet device, the computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon for performing a method for monitoring exercise, nutrition, or fitness, the method comprising steps of; accepting the exercise parameter via the first port; accepting visual data captured by the camera; and transmitting data corresponding to the accepted exercise parameter and the visual data to the internet server via the second port, wherein the transmitting is performed wirelessly along at least a least a portion of a communication path. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of monitoring an exercise parameter using a wireless internet device, the device connected in wireless communication with a network, comprising:
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receiving an exercise parameter via a first connection from an exercise monitor; receiving visual data captured by a camera in data communication with the wireless internet device, the visual data corresponding to an exercise condition, a nutrition condition, or a fitness condition; and transmitting data corresponding to the exercise parameter and the visual data to an internet server via a second connection that is at least in part wireless. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A computer program, residing on a computer-readable medium, containing instructions for causing a server in signal communication with the internet to:
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provide a device application and user interface to a wireless internet device, wherein the device application contains instructions for causing the wireless internet device to receive an exercise parameter from a generic input/output port; receive a signal corresponding to an exercise parameter and a visual image from the wireless internet device, the exercise parameter and visual image corresponding to an exercise condition, a nutrition condition, or a fitness condition; calculate a response based at least in part on the received signal; and communicate the response to the wireless internet device.
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17. A system for monitoring exercise, comprising:
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a wireless internet device in signal communication with a digital camera, the wireless internet device running an application, the application functioning to accept inputs from the digital camera and from a port for connection to an exercise monitor, the wireless internet device further including a communications port including a wireless link to a network; and a server application connected to a network and in communication with the wireless internet device, the server application for reviewing exercise as indicated by the wireless internet device via the camera and a signal from the port for connection to an exercise monitor. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system for monitoring exercise, comprising:
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a wireless internet device in signal communication with a digital camera, the wireless internet device running an application, the application functioning to accept inputs from the digital camera and from a communications port, the communications port including a wireless link to a network, the wireless internet device further coupled to an exercise monitor; and a server application connected to a network and in communication with the wireless internet device, the server application for reviewing exercise as indicated by the wireless internet device via the camera and a signal from the exercise monitor.
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