Granted Patent B2

US 12,268,948 · App. 17/894,928 · Granted Apr 8, 2025

Inventors: Steven Michael Rodden (Sherwood, OR); Cyrus Evanado (Happy Valley, OR); Steve Black (Portland, OR); James Taylor (Portland, OR); Robert Nicholas Haselmann (Eden Prairie, MN)

Assignee: Johnson Health Tech Retail, Inc.

A63B71/0622A63B22/025A63B24/0062A63B24/0087A63B71/0619A63B2071/065A63B2071/0675

Abstract

Claims (58)

1. A system comprising:

an exercise machine having a lock mode and an unlock mode associated with a screen lock function; and

a computing device coupled to the exercise machine, the computing device comprising a display, memory, and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the memory stores instructions that when executed by the processor causes the computing device to perform operations comprising:

detecting a user interaction with the computing device or the exercise machine while the exercise machine is in the lock mode;

rendering a screen lock interface on the display in response to the user interaction;

receiving an input code from the screen lock interface;

determining that the input code matches a goal code;

adjusting the exercise machine from the lock mode to the unlock mode in response to determining that the input code matches the goal code;

detecting a user identifier from the user interaction;

determining that a screen lock function for the user identifier is not enabled;

presenting a screen lock authorization interface on the display of the computing device;

receiving a screen lock preference from the screen lock authorization interface;

disabling the screen lock function based on the screen lock preference; and

updating the screen lock preference for a set of user identifiers associated with the exercise machine to disable the screen lock function.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the exercise machine comprises a movable element actuated by a motor, and wherein the motor is in a disabled state when the exercise machine is in the lock mode.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the movable element comprises a treadmill belt.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computing device is a console attached to the exercise machine.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations comprise presenting the goal code on the display in response to the user interaction.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations comprise presenting the goal code on the display concurrently with rendering the screen lock interface on the display.

7. A method of operating an exercise machine, the method comprising:

detecting a user interaction with an exercise machine or a computing device coupled to the exercise machine while the exercise machine is in a lock mode associated with a screen lock function;

presenting a screen lock interface on a display of the computing device;

receiving an input code from the screen lock interface;

determining that the input code matches a goal code;

adjusting the exercise machine from the lock mode to an unlock mode in response to determining that the input code matches the goal code;

detecting a user identifier from the user interaction;

determining that a screen lock function for the user identifier is not enabled;

presenting a screen lock authorization interface on the display of the computing device;

receiving a screen lock preference from the screen lock authorization interface;

disabling the screen lock function based on the screen lock preference; and

updating the screen lock preference for a set of user identifiers associated with the exercise machine to disable the screen lock function.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein detecting the user interaction comprises detecting a touch interaction with the display of the computing device.

9. The method of claim 7 , further comprising presenting the goal code on the display.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein presenting the goal code is simultaneous with presenting the screen lock interface.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein presenting the goal code on the display comprises randomly generating the goal code.

12. The method of claim 9 , further comprising generating the goal code and presenting the goal code on the display while the goal code is generated.

13. The method of claim 7 , further comprising receiving a request for the goal code from the screen lock interface and presenting the goal code on the display.

14. The method of claim 7 , wherein adjusting the exercise machine to the unlock mode comprises adjusting a motor of the exercise machine from a disabled state to an enabled state.

15. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

storing the screen lock preference in association with the user identifier.

16. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

requesting a machine configuration data of the exercise machine from a server; and

updating the machine configuration data to disable the screen lock function for the exercise machine.

17. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

detecting that the exercise machine is idle for a select time period; and

adjusting the exercise machine from the unlock mode to the lock mode.

18. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising computer-executable instructions that when executed cause a computing system to perform operations comprising:

detecting a user interaction with an exercise machine or a computing device coupled to the exercise machine while the exercise machine is in a lock mode associated with a screen lock function;

presenting a screen lock interface on a display of the computing device, the screen lock interface comprising a goal code;

receiving an input code from the screen lock interface;

determining that the input code matches the goal code;

adjusting the exercise machine from the lock mode to an unlock mode in response to determining that the input code matches the goal code;

detecting a user identifier from the user interaction;

determining that a screen lock function for the user identifier is not enabled;

presenting a screen lock authorization interface on the display of the computing device;

receiving a screen lock preference from the screen lock authorization interface;

disabling the screen lock function based on the screen lock preference; and

updating the screen lock preference for a set of user identifiers associated with the exercise machine to disable the screen lock function.

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