Method, apparatus, and data processor program product capable of enabling management of athleticism development program data

• US 8,078,478 B2
• Filed: 09/24/2009
• Issued: 12/13/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nike, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Nike, Inc.
• Inventors: Fleming, John C., Mixon, Thomas D.
• Primary Examiner(s): BROOKS, MATTHEW L
• Application Number:
  US12/566,444
• Publication Number:
  US 20100017402A1
• Time in Patent Office: 810 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 705/1.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/20 Education
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising

Abstract

Various aspects of one or more methods, apparatuses and data processor program products capable of enabling management of data associated with an athleticism development program are disclosed herein. These various aspects include maintaining a database including subscriber performance data for a plurality of athleticism development program subscribers and facilitating preparation of a subscriber performance report for a specified one of the plurality of athleticism development program subscribers. The subscriber performance data is capable of enabling an attained standardized athleticism level to be determined for each one of the athleticism development program subscribers. The implementation of standardized athleticism levels is advantageous as it supports a measurable plan of progress for motivating a subscriber and trainer to meet their individual and mutual goals.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for managing athleticism development program data, comprising:

receiving subscriber-performance data for a plurality of athleticism-development-program subscribers, wherein the subscriber-performance data for each of the plurality of athleticism-development-program subscribers comprises (1) a plurality of athleticism-performance-evaluation-quantitative results (“

athleticism results”

) and (2) a plurality of training-set-performance-evaluation-component-quantitative results (“

training-set results”

) corresponding to a plurality of training-set-performance-evaluation components;

storing the subscriber-performance data in a database;

updating a baseline athleticism-performance-evaluation score with at least a portion of the received subscriber-performance data for the plurality of athleticism-development-program subscribers resulting in an augmented baseline score;

determining, with a processor and memory, an athleticism-performance-evaluation-achieved score based on a subscriber-specific athleticism result of the plurality of athleticism results for each of the plurality of athleticism-development-program subscribers, wherein determining the athleticism-performance-evaluation-achieved score comprises comparing each of the subscriber-specific athleticism results with the augmented baseline score;

determining, with the processor and memory, a training-set-performance-evaluation-component-achieved score based on a corresponding subscriber-specific training-set result from the plurality of training set results for each of the plurality of athleticism-development-program subscribers, wherein determining the training-set-performance-evaluation-component-achieved score comprises converting each of the subscriber-specific training-set results to a corresponding training-set-performance-evaluation-component-achieved score; and

facilitating preparation of a subscriber-performance report for a specified one of the plurality of athleticism-development-program subscribers.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the subscriber-specific athleticism result is an achieved time.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the baseline athleticism-performance-evaluation score is an athleticism-performance-evaluation-achieved score of a selected population of the plurality of athleticism-development-program subscribers.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein facilitating preparation of the subscriber-performance report is initiated in response to receiving a request for preparing the subscriber-performance report.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of determining a ranking of a present athleticism-performance-evaluation-achieved score relative to a population of the plurality of athleticism-development-program subscribers.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of preparing a training-set-performance-evaluation-component comparison between a present training-set-performance evaluation and a reference training-set-performance evaluation.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of maintaining a plurality of athleticism-level-standards tables from which the baseline athleticism-performance-evaluation score is determined.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein maintaining the plurality of athleticism-level-standards tables comprises populating each one of the plurality of athleticism-level-standards tables with the subscriber-performance data wherein each one of the athleticism-level-standards tables is derived exclusively from a corresponding portion of the subscriber-performance data.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein maintaining each of the plurality of athleticism-level-standards tables comprises determining a minimum entry score for a plurality of standardized-athleticism levels.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein determining the minimum entry score comprises converting a reference number of repetitions to the minimum entry score, further wherein converting the reference number of repetitions to the minimum entry score comprises applying a scoring factor to the reference number of repetitions.

11. A data processor program product, comprising:

a data processor program processable by a data processor;

an apparatus from which the data processor program is accessible by the data processor; and

the data processor program being capable of enabling the data processor to facilitate;

receiving subscriber-performance data for a plurality of athleticism-development-program subscribers, wherein the subscriber-performance data for each of the plurality of athleticism-development-program subscribers comprises (1) a plurality of athleticism-performance-evaluation-quantitative results (“

athleticism results”

) and (2) a plurality of training-set-performance-evaluation component-quantitative results (“

training-set results”

) corresponding to a plurality of training-set-performance-evaluation components;

storing the subscriber performance data in a database;

updating a baseline athleticism-performance-evaluation score with at least a portion of the received subscriber-performance data for the plurality of athleticism-development-program subscribers resulting in an augmented baseline score;

determining an athleticism-performance-evaluation-achieved score based on a subscriber-specific athleticism result from the plurality of athleticism results for each of the plurality of athleticism-development-program subscribers, wherein determining the athleticism-performance-evaluation-achieved score comprises comparing the subscriber-specific athleticism results with the augmented baseline score;

determining a training-set-performance-evaluation-component-achieved score based on a corresponding subscriber-specific training-set result from the plurality of training-set results for each of the plurality of athleticism development program subscribers, wherein determining the training-set-performance-evaluation component-achieved score comprises converting the subscriber-specific training-set result to a corresponding training-set-performance-evaluation-component-achieved score; and

preparing a subscriber-performance report for a specified one of the plurality of athleticism-development-program subscribers.

12. The data processor program product of claim 11, wherein the subscriber-specific training-set result is an achieved physiological parameter.

13. The data processor program product of claim 11, wherein the baseline-athleticism-performance-evaluation score is an athleticism-performance-evaluation-achieved score of a selected population of the plurality of athleticism-development-program subscribers.

14. The data processor program product of claim 11, wherein facilitating preparation of the subscriber-performance report is initiated in response to receiving a request for preparing the subscriber-performance report.

15. The data processor program product of claim 11, wherein the data processor program is further capable of enabling the data processor to facilitate determining a ranking of a present athleticism-performance-evaluation-achieved score relative to a population of the plurality of athleticism-development-program subscribers.

16. The data processor program product of claim 11, wherein the data processor program is further capable of enabling the data processor to facilitate preparing a training-set-performance-evaluation-component comparison between a present training-set-performance evaluation and reference training-set-performance evaluation.

17. The data processor program product of claim 11, wherein the data processor program is further capable of enabling the data processor to facilitate determining a ranking of a present training-set-performance-evaluation-achieved score relative to a population of the plurality of athleticism-development-program subscribers.

18. The data processor program product of claim 11, wherein the data processor program is further capable of enabling the data processor to facilitate maintaining a plurality of athleticism-level-standards tables in the database.

19. A system for facilitating management of athleticism development program data, the system comprising:

a data processor;

memory connected to the data processor; and

a data processor program,

wherein the data processor program is capable of enabling the data processor to facilitate;

receiving subscriber-performance data for a plurality of athleticism-development-program subscribers, wherein the subscriber-performance data for each of the plurality of athleticism-development-program subscribers comprises (1) a plurality of athleticism-performance-evaluation-quantitative results (“

athleticism results”

) and (2) a plurality of training-set-performance-evaluation component-quantitative results (“

training-set results”

) corresponding to a plurality of training-set-performance-evaluation components;

storing the subscriber-performance data in a database;

updating a baseline athleticism-performance-evaluation score with at least a portion of the received subscriber-performance data for the plurality of athleticism-development-program subscribers resulting in an augmented baseline score;

determining an athleticism-performance-evaluation-achieved-score based on a subscriber-specific athleticism result from the plurality of athleticism results for each of the plurality of athleticism-development-program subscribers, wherein determining the athleticism-performance-evaluation-achieved score comprises comparing the subscriber-specific athleticism result with the augmented baseline;

determining a training-set-performance-evaluation-component-achieved score based on a corresponding subscriber-specific training-set result from the plurality of training-set results for each of the plurality of athleticism-development-program subscribers, wherein determining the training-set-performance-evaluation-component-achieved score comprises converting the subscriber-specific training-set result to a corresponding training-set-performance-evaluation-component-achieved; and

facilitating preparation of a subscriber-performance report for a specified one of the plurality of athleticism-development-program subscribers.