Electronically triggered personal athletic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10549156-B2
Application number	US-201916249310-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 16, 2019
Priority date	Mar 30, 2007
Publication date	Feb 4, 2020
Grant date	Feb 4, 2020

Abstract

An athletic device is worn by a participant during an athletic event (e.g., a race). In one example, a race course is provided with a plurality of mats or signal devices along the race course. The mats may have antennas and generate a magnetic field. The device may include a chip system having an RFID tag and a display. As the participant progress along the course, the tag is triggered at each mat and race data may be displayed on the device. Data relating to a location of the participant may also be provided to the participant during the athletic event.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
storing, by a memory coupled to a transceiver, personal information of a user;
receiving, by the transceiver connected to an article worn by the user, a wireless signal corresponding to a location within a retail establishment;
identifying, based on the wireless signal corresponding to the location, the user as a selected user;
displaying, by a display coupled to the transceiver, the user as the selected user.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selected user is a winner of a prize.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the prize is merchandise of the retail establishment.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the article worn by the user is a wrist-borne device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the article worn by the user is an article of apparel.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the article worn by the user is an article of footwear.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
providing a motivational message to the user.

8. A user device worn by an athlete during a timed event, the device comprising:
an attachment member to be connected to a user;
a transceiver coupled to the attachment member, the transceiver to receive a wireless signal corresponding to a location within a retail establishment;
a memory, coupled to the transceiver, to store personal information of the user; and
a display coupled to the attachment member, the display configured to display information related to the user being a selected user.

9. The user device of claim 8 , the transceiver further comprising an RFID transceiver.

10. The user device of claim 8 , wherein the wireless signal is associated with a mat within the retail establishment.

11. The user device of claim 8 , wherein the selected user is a winner of a prize.

12. The user device of claim 11 , wherein the prize is merchandise of the retail establishment.

13. The user device of claim 8 , wherein the attachment member is a wrist-borne device.

14. The user device of claim 8 , wherein the attachment member is configured to be attached to an article of apparel of the user.

15. The user device of claim 8 , wherein the display is further configured to display a motivational message.

16. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed, cause a computing device to:
store, by a memory coupled to a transceiver, personal information of a user;
receive, by the transceiver connected to an article worn by the user, a wireless signal corresponding to a location within a retail establishment;
identify, based on the wireless signal corresponding to the location, the user as a selected user; and
display, by a display coupled to the transceiver, the user as the selected user.

17. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 16 , wherein the selected user is a winner of merchandise of the retail establishment.

18. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 16 , wherein the article worn by the user is a wrist-borne device.

19. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 16 , wherein the article worn by the user is an article of apparel.

20. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 16 , wherein the article worn by the user is an article of footwear.

Assignees

• Nike Inc

Inventors

• Boyd Edward L
• Case Jr Charles W

Classifications

• A63B2024/0025

  Tracking the path or location of one or more users, e.g. players of a game · CPC title

• A63B24/0021

  Tracking a path or terminating locations · CPC title

• G07C1/24

  Race time-recorders · CPC title

• A63B71/06

  Indicating or scoring devices for games or players {, or for other sports activities} · CPC title

• A63B24/0059

  Exercising apparatus with reward systems · CPC title