IP Library Granted Patent US 8,554,512
Granted Patent B2
US 8,554,512 · App. 11/762,675 · Granted Oct 8, 2013

Athletic performance data system and method

Inventors: Matt Sayre (Portland, OR); Ken Black (Portland, OR)
Assignee: Nike, Inc.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,554,512
App. No.
11/762,675
Granted
Oct 8, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An athletic performance data system has an athletic field data collection system for obtaining athletic performance data and athlete identifying information for plural athletes at an athletic performance event. An athletic data host server receives the athletic performance test data and athlete identifying information from the athletic field data collection system, and the athletic performance data and athlete identifying information are posted to an athletic performance web site in a separate, personalized page for each of the plural athletes.

Claims (22)

1. An athletic performance data system, comprising:

an athletic field data collection system for generating athletic performance test data and obtaining athlete identifying information for a plurality of athletes at an athletic performance event;

an athletic data host server configured to receive the athletic performance test data and the athlete identifying information from the athletic field data collection system and in response, automatically generate a personalized athletic performance web site for each of the plurality of athletes, the web site comprising:

an identifying section configured to display at least a portion of the identifying information uploaded from the athletic field data collection system; and

a performance test result section configured to display performance test data uploaded from the athletic field data collection system.

2. The system of claim 1 in which the athletic field data collection system includes one or more handheld computers for recording athletic performance test results and a data collection server in local wireless communication with the one or more handheld computers for collecting and correlating the athletic performance test results.

3. The system of claim 1 in which the athletic field data collection system includes a data collection server that receives the athletic performance data and athlete identifying information for the plural athletes and the data collection server communicates with the athletic data host server over a communication channel that includes remote wireless communication.

4. The system of claim 1 in which the personalized athletic performance web site for each of the plurality of athletes is generated automatically according to a common template.

5. The system of claim 4 in which the personalized athletic performance web site for each athlete is configured to be modifiable by the athlete.

6. The system of claim 1 in which the athletic performance web site comprises a plurality of personalized web pages and configured to provide access to the personalized web pages according to selected information fields included in the personalized web pages.

7. A method of generating a personalized athletic performance web site, comprising:

generating athletic performance test data and obtaining athlete identifying information for a plurality of athletes at an athletic performance event at an athletic field data collection system; and

receiving the athletic performance test data and the athlete identifying information from the athletic field data collection system at an athletic data host server, and in response, automatically generating a personalized athletic performance web site for each of the plurality of athletes, the web site comprising:

an identifying section configured to display at least a portion of the identifying information uploaded from the athletic field data collection system; and

a performance test result section configured to display performance test data uploaded from the athletic field data collection system.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

recording the athletic performance test data at one or more handheld computers of the athletic field data collection system; and wherein the reception of the athletic performance test data at the data collection system is received at a data collection server via a local wireless communication with the one or more handheld computers for collecting and correlating the athletic performance test results.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the reception of the athletic performance test data and the athlete identifying information is at a data collection server of the data collection system; and wherein the data collection server communicates with the athletic data host server over a communication channel that includes remote wireless communication.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein generating the personalized athletic performance web site for each of the plurality of athletes comprises: automatically generating the athletic performance web site according to a common template.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the generated personalized athletic performance web site for each athlete is configured to be modifiable by the athlete.

12. The method of claim 7 , wherein the athletic performance web site comprises a plurality of personalized web pages, the method further comprising:

providing access to the personalized web pages according to selected information fields included in the personalized web pages.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2009
From: SPARQ, INC.
To: NIKE, INC.
Reel/Frame 022287/0945 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 7, 2009
From: SAYRE, MATT; BLACK, KEN
To: SPARQ, INC.
Reel/Frame 022068/0099 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 60813128 · Jun 13, 2006
Related Publication 20080015819A1 · Jan 17, 2008