Granted Patent B2

US 12,440,729 · App. 18/679,279 · Granted Oct 14, 2025

Inventors: Michael Philip Hand (San Francisco, CA); Scott Matthew White (San Francisco, CA)

Assignee: Tonal Systems, Inc.

A63B24/0087A63B24/0062

Abstract

Claims (37)

1. A system, comprising:

a media controller configured to present a program to a user including a stream of audiovisual content related to a workout that the user is participating in; and

one or more processors configured to:

determine a context state of the user participating in the workout based on information from a sensor, wherein the context state comprises at least one of the following: a user name, a user status, a user responsive mood, a repetitive encouragement time; a current movement, a future movement, and a number of repetitions left; and

based on the determined context state of the user, dynamically edit the stream of audiovisual content in part by presenting seamless media via an adjustment to video, including determining a responsive content with which to edit the stream of audiovisual content and a manner in which the stream of audiovisual content is edited with the responsive content,

wherein determining the responsive content comprises:

matching the context state of the user with a plurality of candidate content to curate a plurality of surviving content;

weighting the plurality of surviving content at least in part based on comparison of a surviving content tag against the context state of the user;

selecting a most weighted surviving content as the responsive content; and

updating the responsive content metadata.

2. The system recited in claim 1 , wherein the user status comprises a struggling state in an event the user is struggling with a movement.

3. The system recited in claim 1 , wherein the user responsive mood comprises a list of one or more coaching mood selections that a user responds best to based on user preference or performance metrics.

4. The system recited in claim 1 , wherein the seamless media comprises coaching media clips.

5. The system recited in claim 1 , wherein the weighting is based on applicability of candidate content to a movement type associated with the context state.

6. The system recited in claim 1 , wherein a highest weighted content is determined as the responsive content with which to edit the stream of audiovisual content.

7. The system recited in claim 1 , wherein the repetitive encouragement time comprises a time when content was last played.

8. The system recited in claim 1 , wherein presenting seamless media comprises gracefully interrupting the program.

9. The system recited in claim 1 , wherein metadata associated with the determined responsive content is updated to indicate a time at which the responsive content is played.

10. The system recited in claim 9 , wherein updating of the metadata reduces a likelihood that the responsive content is subsequently played again.

11. A method, comprising:

presenting a program to a user including a stream of audiovisual content related to a workout that the user is participating in;

determining a context state of the user participating in the workout based on information from a sensor, wherein the context state comprises at least one of the following: a user name, a user status, a user responsive mood, a repetitive encouragement time; a current movement, a future movement, and a number of repetitions left; and

based on the determined context state of the user, dynamically editing the stream of audiovisual content in part by presenting seamless media via an adjustment to video, including determining a responsive content with which to edit the stream of content and a manner in which the stream of audiovisual content is edited with the responsive content,

wherein determining the responsive content comprises:

matching the context state of the user with a plurality of candidate content to curate a plurality of surviving content;

weighting the plurality of surviving content at least in part based on comparison of a surviving content tag against the context state of the user;

selecting a most weighted surviving content as the responsive content; and

updating the responsive content metadata.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the user status comprises a struggling state in an event the user is struggling with a movement.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the user responsive mood comprises a list of one or more coaching mood selections that a user responds best to based on user preference or performance metrics.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the seamless media comprises coaching media clips.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the weighting is based on applicability of candidate content to a movement type associated with the context state.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein a highest weighted content is determined as the responsive content with which to edit the stream of audiovisual content.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the repetitive encouragement time comprises a time when content was last played.

18. The method of claim 11 , wherein presenting seamless media comprises gracefully interrupting the program.

19. The method of claim 11 , wherein metadata associated with the determined responsive content is updated to indicate a time at which the responsive content is played.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein updating of the metadata reduces a likelihood that the responsive content is subsequently played again.

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