Wireless device, program products and methods of using a wireless device to deliver services

• US 7,480,512 B2
• Filed: 06/29/2005
• Issued: 01/20/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adidas AG
• Original Assignee: Bones In Motion, Inc.
• Inventors: Graham, Andrew J., Lee, Alan R., Werner, Jon H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Le; Nhan T
• Application Number:
  US11/169,863
• Publication Number:
  US 20050250458A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,301 Days
• Field of Search: 455/2, 455/3, 455/414.1, 455/422.1, 455/436, 455/440, 455/456.1, 455/456.3, 455/3.03, 34235701-35709, 342/357.1, 342357- 47, 701/207, 701213-216
• US Class Current: 455/456.3
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/00 Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups G01C1/00 - G01C19/00 measuring distance traversed on the ground by a vehicle G01C22/00; control of position, course, altitude or attitude of vehicles G05D1/00; traffic control systems for road vehicles involving transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/165 combined with non-inertial navigation instruments
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/19 Sporting applications
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/42 Determining position
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/47 the supplementary measurement being an inertial measurement, e.g. tightly coupled inertial
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/217 Database tuning G06F16/2282 takes precedence; database performance monitoring G06F11/3409
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2365 Ensuring data consistency and integrity
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/12 Hotels or restaurants
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/18 Status alarms G08B21/02 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0092 Nutrition
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/06 with both visual and audible presentation of the material to be studied
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/273 Adaptation for carrying or wearing by persons or animals
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3827 Portable transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/385 Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/205 : Transfer to or from user equipment or user record carrier

Abstract

A user interface is presented through which a training plan is established. The training plan includes a plurality of workouts each describing a human physical activity. The training plan is stored within data storage for selection by any of a plurality of users. In response to a user among said plurality of users selecting said training plan, data describing at least one workout in said training plan is electronically transmitted to a client device associated with the user.

Claims

1. A method of data processing, comprising:

storing a training plan in data storage, wherein the training plan includes a plurality of workouts each describing a prospective human physical activity to be performed, and wherein said training plan includes a distance-based performance goal for at least one of said workouts;

permitting selection of the training plan in the data storage by any of a plurality of users;

in response to a user among said plurality of users selecting said training plan, electronically transmitting data describing at least one workout in said training plan that is to be performed to a client device associated with the user; and

automatically customizing at least one prospective workout of the training plan in response to one or more inputs indicating actual measured performance of the user in the human physical activity.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said client device is a wireless client device and said electronically transmitting comprises electronically transmitting said data over-the-air to the wireless client device.

3. The method of claim 1, and further comprising:

in response to said user selecting said training plan, storing said training plan in a personal training journal of said user, wherein the personal training journal of the user is remote from said client device.

4. The method of claim 3, and further comprising:

providing a user interface through which a user can enter payment information;

wherein said step of said storing said training plan in a personal training journal is performed in response to entry of said payment information.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the step of storing said training plan in a personal training journal of said user comprises storing at least one workout of the training plan in the personal training journal in association with a calendar date on which the workout is to be performed.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein automatically customizing comprises automatically customizing the at least one workout in the training plan within the personal training journal of the user.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said electronically transmitting comprises automatically downloading to said client device one or more workouts in the training plan at each of a plurality of different times in accordance with a schedule specified by said training plan.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said training plan includes a time-based performance goal for at least one of said workouts.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said method further comprises:

providing a user interface that comprises a wizard interface; and

automatically generating said training plan in a markup language format in response to user inputs received via said wizard interface.

10. The method of claim 1, and further comprising automatically customizing at least one workout in the training plan in response to one or more inputs indicating failure to perform a workout in the training plan.

11. A server computer system, comprising:

processing hardware; and

data storage coupled to the processing hardware and including;

a training plan database for storing one or more training plans, wherein a training plan among the one or more training plans includes a plurality of workouts each describing a prospective human physical activity to be performed, wherein said training plan includes a distance-based performance goal for at least one of said workouts; and

a training plan module processed by said processing hardware, wherein said training plan module permits selection of the training plan in the training plan database by any of a plurality of users and, responsive to a user among said plurality of users selecting said training plan, electronically transmits data describing at least one workout in said training plan that is to be performed to a client device associated with the user, and wherein the training plan module automatically customizes at least one prospective workout of the training plan in response to one or more inputs indicating actual measured performance of the user in the human physical activity.

12. The server computer system of claim 11, wherein said client device is a wireless client device and said training plan module electronically transmits said data over-the-air to the wireless client device.

13. The server computer system of claim 11, said data storage further comprising a personal training journal of said user, wherein said training plan module stores said training plan in said personal training journal of said user in response to said user selecting said training plan.

14. The server computer system of claim 13, wherein said training journal module provides a user interface through which a user can enter payment information, and wherein said training journal module stores said training plan in said personal training journal in response to entry of said payment information.

15. The server computer system of claim 13, wherein the training plan module stores at least one workout of the training plan in the personal training journal in association with a calendar date on which the workout is to be performed.

16. The server computer system of claim 13, wherein the training plan module automatically customizes the training plan within the personal training journal of the user.

17. The server computer system of claim 11, wherein said training plan module automatically downloads to said client device one or more workouts within said training plan at each of a plurality of different times in accordance with a schedule specified by said training plan.

18. The server computer system of claim 11, wherein said training plan includes a time-based performance goal for at least one of said workouts.

19. The server computer system of claim 11, wherein:

said training plan module has a user interface that is a wizard interface; and

said training plan module automatically generates said training plan in a markup language format in response to user inputs received via said wizard interface.

20. The server computer system of claim 11, wherein the training plan module automatically customizes at least one workout in the training plan in response to one or more inputs indicating failure to perform a workout in the training plan.

21. A program product, comprising:

a tangible computer-readable storage medium encoded with program code executable by a data processing system, wherein the program code includes;

a training plan module that permits selection by any of a plurality of users of a training plan from among one or more training plans in a training plan database, wherein the training plan includes a plurality of workouts each describing a prospective human physical activity to be performed and said training plan includes a distance-based performance goal for at least one of said workouts, and wherein the training plan module, responsive to a user among said plurality of users selecting said training plan, electronically transmits data describing at least one workout in said training plan that is to be performed to a client device associated with the user, and wherein the training plan module automatically customizes at least one prospective workout of the training plan in response to one or more inputs indicating actual measured performance of the user in the human physical activity.

22. The program product of claim 21, wherein said client device is a wireless client device and said training plan module electronically transmits said data over-the-air to the wireless client device.

23. The program product of claim 21, wherein said training plan module, responsive to said user selecting said training plan, stores said training plan in a personal training journal of said user, wherein the personal training journal of the user is remote from said client device.

24. The program product of claim 23, wherein:

said training plan module provides a user interface through which a user can enter payment information;

said training plan module stores said training plan in the personal training journal of the user in response to entry of said payment information.

25. The program product of claim 23, wherein the training plan module stores at least one workout of the training plan in the personal training journal in association with a calendar date on which the workout is to be performed.

26. The program product of claim 23, wherein said training plan module automatically customizes the training plan within the personal training journal of the user.

27. The program product of claim 21, wherein said training plan module automatically downloads to said client device one or more workouts in the training plan at each of a plurality of different times in accordance with a schedule specified by said training plan.

28. The program product of claim 21, wherein said training plan includes a time-based performance goal for at least one of said workouts.

29. The program product of claim 21, wherein:

said training plan module provides a user interface that is a wizard interface; and

said training plan module automatically generates said training plan in a markup language format in response to user inputs received via said wizard interface.

30. The program product of claim 21, wherein the training plan module automatically customizes at least one workout in the training plan in response to one or more inputs indicating failure to perform a workout in the training plan.