Method for associating a device to at least one gymnastic machine and system implementing the method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2026067657-A1
Application number	US-202519318476-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 4, 2025
Priority date	Sep 5, 2024
Publication date	Mar 5, 2026
Grant date	—

Abstract

A system for associating a user device to at least one gymnastic machine including at least one gymnastic machine and a cloud, operatively connected to each other, where the data relating to said user are stored, and the at least one gymnastic machine is provided with an association module, configured to create an automatic association subsequent to the first association between the device and the at least one gymnastic machine by the data stored in the cloud.

First claim

1 . A system for associating a device to at least one gymnastic machine, comprising:
at least one gymnastic machine; and a cloud that stores data related to the user, wherein the gymnastic machine and the cloud are operatively connected to each other, and said at least one gymnastic machine is provided with an association module configured to create an automatic association subsequent to a first association between said device and said at least one gymnastic machine by the data stored in said cloud.

2 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein said device is a headphone or earphone.

3 . The system according to claim 1 ,
further comprising a plurality of gymnastic machines; wherein said automatic association subsequent to the first association occurs between said device and a subsequent gymnastic machine of said plurality of gymnastic machines, different from the first gymnastic machine.

4 . The system according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one interface provided with said association module configured to create an automatic association subsequent to the first association between said device and said at least one interface by the data stored in said cloud.

5 . An operating method of a system comprising at least one gymnastic machine and a cloud, operatively connected to each other, where the data relating to said user are stored in the cloud, at least one user device to be associated with said at least one gymnastic machine, the operating method comprising steps of:
A. performing a user login on said at least one gymnastic machine; B. verifying that it is a first user login on said gymnastic machine, and when it is the first user login on said gymnastic machine, generating a unique user address and related configuration files, and connecting said at least one device to said gymnastic machine; and when it is not the first user login on said gymnastic machine, downloading a unique user address and related configuration files from said cloud and automatically connecting said at least one device to said gymnastic machine.

6 . The method according to claim 5 , characterized in that said subsequent login occurs once again on said gymnastic machine or on a further gymnastic machine.

7 . The method according to claim 5 , further comprising steps of:
C. deactivating a Bluetooth™ module of said gymnastic machine; D. replacing the unique address of the gymnastic machine and the related configuration files of said gymnastic machine with the unique user address and with the related configuration files of the user; E. reactivating the Bluetooth™ module of said gymnastic machine, having the user unique address as machine unique address; F. verifying whether the user profile is associated with at least one device; G. when the verification of step F. is successful, performing an automatic connection between said at least one device and said at least one gymnastic machine; H. deactivating the Bluetooth™ module of said at least one gymnastic machine; and I. restoring the machine unique address and the related configuration files of said at least one gymnastic machine and reactivating the Bluetooth TM module of said at least one gymnastic machine.

8 . Method according to claim 5 , wherein steps C., D., E., F., H. and I. are performed by an association module comprised in at least one gymnastic machine.

9 . The method according to claim 5 , further comprising step J.: the machine unique address and the related configuration files of said at least one gymnastic machine are temporarily stored in the memory of said at least one gymnastic machine.

10 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein, at the end of use of said at least one gymnastic machine, sensitive and personal data of the user, the user unique address, and the related user configuration files are stored on a user personal login area to said cloud for a subsequent use.

Assignees

• Technogym Spa

Inventors

• Sartoni Gianni

Classifications

• H04L67/306

  User profiles · CPC title

• H04W76/10

  Connection setup · CPC title

• H04L67/34

  involving the movement of software or configuration parameters  (network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416) · CPC title

• H04L67/303

  Terminal profiles · CPC title

• H04L67/12

  specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks · CPC title