Athletic Team Integrated Communication, Notification, and Scheduling System

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016012294-A1
Application number	US-201514796425-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 10, 2015
Priority date	Jul 10, 2014
Publication date	Jan 14, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

An apparatus that displays an athletic activity notification user interface having a first display level that stacks athletic activity notifications along a first axis, and a second display level that positions athletic activity notifications along a second axis, perpendicular to the first axis, and whereby navigating through the user interface transitions athletic activity notifications from the second display leveled first display level.

First claim

We claim:

1 . An apparatus comprising:
a processor; a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to at least:
generate a user interface for display on a display device, the user interface comprising:
a UI display surface having a length extending between a first end and a second end along a first axis, and a width along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, the width of the UI display surface configured to be equal to a width of the display device along the second axis;
a first display level positioned between the first end and a transition point, and having a first plurality of display positions stacked along the first axis;
a second display level positioned between the transition point and the second end, and having a second plurality of display positions aligned along the second axis,

receive athletic activity notifications from at least two users in chronological order, and in response,
populating the first plurality of display positions with the athletic activity notifications received from the at least two users in chronological order, with a most recently-received athletic activity notification positioned at the first end, and
determining that the first plurality of display positions are all populated, and in response, individually populating the second plurality of display positions with athletic activity notifications received from the at least two users in a chronological order; receive a user input through the user interface in a direction along the first axis towards the second end, and in response, display older athletic activity notifications by transitioning one or more athletic activity notifications from the second display level to the first display level and removing one or more newer athletic activity notifications from the user interface.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the user interface further comprises a locked display element that does not change position when navigating through the user interface along the first axis, wherein the locked display element is configured to display a status of an athletic activity associated with, and common to, the at least two users.

3 . The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the status comprises a location and time of the athletic activity.

4 . The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the locked display element is located at the second end of the user interface.

5 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second plurality of display positions are populated in chronological order, wherein a most recent notification within the second plurality of display positions is displayed within a leftmost display position.

6 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first plurality of display positions extend across an entirety of the width of the user interface.

7 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein an athletic activity notification, from the athletic activity notifications, comprises an invitation to participate in an athletic activity.

8 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the non-transitory computer-readable medium further comprises computer-executable instructions that when executed by the processor are further configured to cause the processor to at least:
receive a user input through the user interface, in a direction along the first axis in a direction towards the second end causing the user interface to display a message input interface above the most recently-received athletic activity notification.

9 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein an athletic activity notification, when transitioned from the first display level to the second display level, is truncated.

10 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a background of a display position is changed to correspond to a user, from the at least two users, from which an athletic activity notification is received.

11 . A computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to at least:
transmit an electronic invitation to a plurality of users, the invitation comprising an invite to participate in a scheduled athletic activity; and in response, generate a user interface configured to be both viewable and interacted with by each of the plurality of users, the user interface comprising:
a UI display surface having a length extending between a first end and a second end along a first axis of a horizontal plane, and a width along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, the width of the UI configured to be equal to a width of a display device along the second axis;
a first display level positioned between the first end and a transition point, and having a first plurality of display positions stacked along the first axis;
a second display level positioned between the transition point and the second end, and having a second plurality of display positions aligned along the second axis; and
a locked display element, located at the second end of the first axis, configured to be statically positioned when navigating through the user interface along the first axis, wherein the locked display element is configured to display a status of the athletic activity associated with the invitations;
receive an acceptance from a from at least a first user and a second user of the plurality of users in chronological order, and in response,
populating the first plurality of display positions with acceptances received from the first and second users in chronological order, with a most recently-received acceptance positioned at the first end, and
receive at least one message from at least one of the first user, the second user, or a third user of the plurality of users that is not an acceptance of the invite, and in response,
determining that the first plurality of display positions are all populated, and in response, individually populating the second plurality of display positions with the at least one message in a chronological order;
receive a user input through the user interface in a direction along the first axis towards the second end, and in response, display older athletic activity notifications by transitioning one or more athletic activity notifications from the second display level to the first display level and removing one or more newer athletic activity notifications from the user interface.

12 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein an athletic activity notification received from a user, of the at least two users, comprises a preference of a position on a sports team for the athletic activity, and in response, update the user interface to show the user who transmitted the preference of the position, at the preferred position.

13 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the athletic activity comprises a soccer game.

14 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the locked display element is further configured to provide updated performance data of at least one of the first or the second user during the athletic activity.

15 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the second plurality of display positions are populated in chronological order, with a most recent notification displayed within a leftmost display position from the second plurality of display positions.

16 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the first plurality of display positions extend across an entire width of the user interface.

17 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein t

Assignees

• Nike Inc

Inventors

• Bouck John

Classifications

• G06Q10/40 Primary

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  Physics · mapped topic

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