Footwear products including data transmission capabilities
First Claim
1. A data transfer system, comprising:
- an article of footwear;
a data transmission system engaged with the article of footwear, wherein the data transmission system transmits data from the article of footwear;
a remote system in communication with the data transmission system for receiving the data from the data transmission system, wherein the data transmitted includes at least one member selected from the group of;
user identification data, footwear product identification data, physical data associated with use of the article of footwear, and physiological data associated with use of the article of footwear, and wherein the remote system includes a second data transmission system that transmits data to a wearer of the article of footwear; and
a portable display device, wherein the second data transmission system transmits data to the portable display device, and wherein the data transmitted to the portable display device includes information regarding approaching characteristics or features along the wearer'"'"'s route.
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Abstract
Footwear systems include an article of footwear and a data transmission system engaged with the article of footwear. The transmission system transmits data to a remote system, such as a display system, another data transmission system, a processing system, etc. Such footwear systems further may include activation systems for activating the transmission and/or display systems. The transmitted data may be used for various purposes, such as: (a) identifying a user of the article of footwear; (b) activating targeted advertising or product information; (c) confirming the user'"'"'s presence at a specific location and/or at a specific time; (d) determining start, finish, and/or intermediate split times for specific user; (e) confirming athletic equipment usage; (f) providing data for a game or reward program; (g) registering the user for an event or competition; or the like.
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21 Claims
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1. A data transfer system, comprising:
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an article of footwear; a data transmission system engaged with the article of footwear, wherein the data transmission system transmits data from the article of footwear; a remote system in communication with the data transmission system for receiving the data from the data transmission system, wherein the data transmitted includes at least one member selected from the group of;
user identification data, footwear product identification data, physical data associated with use of the article of footwear, and physiological data associated with use of the article of footwear, and wherein the remote system includes a second data transmission system that transmits data to a wearer of the article of footwear; anda portable display device, wherein the second data transmission system transmits data to the portable display device, and wherein the data transmitted to the portable display device includes information regarding approaching characteristics or features along the wearer'"'"'s route. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A data transfer system, comprising:
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an article of footwear; a data transmission system engaged with the article of footwear, wherein the data transmission system transmits data from the article of footwear; and a remote system in communication with the data transmission system for receiving the data from the data transmission system, wherein the data transmitted includes data indicating athletic performance information associated with the article of footwear, wherein the remote system includes a display device for displaying information based at least in part on data transmitted by the data transmission system, and wherein the information displayed by the display device includes advertising or product information relating to a new product, wherein the new product information selected for display is determined, at least in part, based on the data indicating the athletic performance information associated with the article of footwear. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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