SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND USING CUSTOMIZED ATHLETIC WORKOUTS

• US 20130261776A1
• Filed: 03/28/2013
• Published: 10/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
• Original Assignee: Pioneer Advanced Solutions, Inc. (Pioneer Corporation)
• Inventors: Cardoso, Augusto C. Jr., Cole, Robert Curtis, Chernetsky, Victor, Dunmire, Jerry, Morel, Charles Paul, Phan, Dan
• Granted Patent: US 9,079,059 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/91
• 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: G01S 19/19 Sporting applications
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising

Abstract

A method for generating and using a workout file, comprising recording workout data and notes while performing an athletic workout, attaching trigger conditions to the notes, and exporting the workout data, the notes, and the attached trigger conditions as the workout file, where the exported workout file is configured to be used by a subsequent user to repeat the athletic workout in a manner that plays the notes when the subsequent user performs the trigger conditions.

Claims

1. A method for generating a workout file, the method comprising:

performing an athletic workout;

recording workout data while performing the athletic workout, the recorded workout data being selected from the group consisting of route information of the athletic workout, biometric parameters, environment information during the athletic workout, and combinations thereof;

recording notes while performing the athletic workout, the recorded notes being linked to the recorded workout data;

storing the recorded workout data and the recorded notes on a computer readable medium;

attaching trigger conditions to the stored notes; and

exporting the stored workout data, the stored notes, and the attached trigger conditions as the workout file, wherein the exported workout file is configured to be used by a subsequent user to repeat the athletic workout in a manner that plays the notes when the subsequent user performs the trigger conditions.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein recording the notes while performing the workout comprises recording audio notes.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the route data comprises time-stamped GPS coordinate waypoints defining a route for the athletic workout.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the attached trigger conditions comprises a biometric parameter trigger condition.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein two or more of the attached trigger conditions are attached to one of the recorded notes.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein recording the workout data comprises recording the workout data with a wearable electronic device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein recording the notes comprises recording the notes with an audio input component of the wearable electronic device.

8. The method of claim 6, and further comprising transferring the recorded workout data from the wearable electronic device to a computer-based system, wherein the computer readable medium is a component of the computer-based system, and wherein attaching the trigger conditions to the stored notes and exporting the stored workout data are performed with the computer-based system.

9. A method for generating a workout file, the method comprising:

performing an athletic workout along a route;

recording GPS coordinate waypoints along the route while performing the athletic workout with a GPS receiver;

recording notes while performing the athletic workout along the route, wherein the notes are linked to the recorded GPS coordinate waypoints corresponding to when the notes are recorded;

attaching trigger conditions to the recorded notes, wherein at least a portion of the attached trigger conditions are based on GPS coordinate waypoints; and

exporting the GPS coordinate waypoints, the recorded notes, and the attached trigger conditions as the workout file.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein performing the athletic workout along the route, recording the GPS coordinate waypoints along the route, and recording the notes are each performed by a first person, and wherein the method further comprises recording biometric parameters of the first person while performing the athletic workout, wherein the recorded notes are also time-stamp linked to the biometric parameters of the first person corresponding to when the notes are recorded.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein at a second portion of the attached trigger conditions are based on biometric parameters.

12. The method of claim 9, and further comprising recording environment data while performing the athletic workout, wherein the recorded notes are also time-stamp linked to the environment data corresponding to when the notes are recorded.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein at a second portion of the attached trigger conditions are based on environment information.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein recording the GPS coordinate waypoints and recording the notes are each performed with a wearable electronic device, and wherein attaching the trigger conditions and exporting the GPS coordinate waypoints, the recorded notes, and the attached trigger conditions are each performed with a computer-based system.

15. A workout device assembly comprising:

one or more sensors configured to read workout data while a first person performs an athletic workout, the workout data being selected from the group consisting of route information of the athletic workout, biometric parameters of the first person, environment information during the athletic workout, and combinations thereof;

one or more note inputs configured to receive notes from the first person while the first person performs the athletic workout;

a first device transportable by the first person and configured to record the workout data from the one or more first sensors and the notes from the one or more note inputs, and to transmit the recorded workout data and the recorded notes; and

a computer readable medium retaining programmable instructions that, when executed with a computer processor, enable trigger conditions to be attached the recorded notes, and exportation of the recorded workout data, the recorded notes, and the attached trigger conditions as a workout file.

16. The workout device assembly of claim 15, wherein the one or more sensors comprise a GPS receiver.

17. The workout device assembly of claim 15, wherein the first device comprises a portable electronic device that is wearable by the first person.

18. The workout device assembly of claim 17, and further comprising a computer-based system, wherein the computer readable medium and the computer processor are components of the computer-based system.

19. The workout device assembly of claim 15, wherein the one or more note inputs comprise an audio input.

20. The workout device assembly of claim 15, and further comprising a second device transportable by a second person, and configured to operably receive and execute the workout file, the second device being configured to receive workout data from the second person, and to play the recorded notes of the workout file when received workout data from the second person reaches at least one of the attached trigger conditions of the workout file.