Fitness facility equipment usage control system and method
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
A63B-071/00
출원번호
US-0888669
(2010-09-23)
등록번호
US-8157706
(2012-04-17)
발명자
/ 주소
Ainsworth, Mark E.
Silbernagel, Robert J.
Bell, Susan W. M.
Birrell, James S.
출원인 / 주소
Precor Incorporated
대리인 / 주소
O'Brien, Terence P.
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
6인용 특허 :
87
초록▼
A system and method control usage of exercise equipment by: using a control server remote from a first fitness equipment unit to gather usage information at a fitness facility including the first fitness equipment unit; using the control server to communicate a maximum available individual workout t
A system and method control usage of exercise equipment by: using a control server remote from a first fitness equipment unit to gather usage information at a fitness facility including the first fitness equipment unit; using the control server to communicate a maximum available individual workout time setting to the first fitness equipment unit based on the gathered usage information; and applying the maximum available individual workout time setting to the first fitness equipment unit.
대표청구항▼
1. A method of electronically controlling usage of exercise equipment, the method comprising: using a control server remote from a first fitness equipment unit to gather usage information at a fitness facility including the first fitness equipment unit;using the control server to communicate a maxim
1. A method of electronically controlling usage of exercise equipment, the method comprising: using a control server remote from a first fitness equipment unit to gather usage information at a fitness facility including the first fitness equipment unit;using the control server to communicate a maximum available individual workout time setting to the first fitness equipment unit based on the gathered usage information; andapplying the maximum available individual workout time setting to the first fitness equipment unit. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the control server is at a location remote from the fitness facility. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the control server is at the fitness facility. 4. The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying a maximum available individual workout time of the maximum available individual workout time setting for the first fitness equipment unit. 5. The method of claim 3, wherein the maximum available individual workout time is displayed at the first fitness equipment unit. 6. The method of claim 4, wherein the maximum available individual workout time is displayed on a display remote from the first fitness equipment unit at a fitness facility including the first fitness equipment unit. 7. The method of claim 6 further comprising displaying a maximum available individual workout time on the display for a second fitness equipment unit at the fitness facility, the second fitness equipment unit being a different type of fitness equipment unit than the first fitness equipment unit. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the maximum available individual workout time setting for the first fitness equipment unit varies depending upon a time of day. 9. The method of claim 1, wherein the maximum available individual workout time setting for the first fitness equipment unit varies depending upon a day of a week. 10. The method of claim 1, wherein the control server determines the maximum available individual workout time setting for the first fitness equipment unit based on the historical gathered usage information for the first fitness equipment unit. 11. The method of claim 1, wherein the control server determines the maximum available individual workout time setting based upon historical gathered usage information for the overall fitness facility. 12. The method of claim 1, wherein the control server determines the maximum available individual workout time setting based upon real time gathered usage information for the overall fitness facility. 13. The method of claim 1, wherein the control server determines the maximum available individual workout time setting based upon real-time gathered usage information regarding ongoing usage from a plurality of fitness equipment units of the same type as the first fitness equipment unit at the fitness facility. 14. The method of claim 1, wherein the control server determines the maximum available individual workout time setting based upon real-time gathered usage information from a plurality of fitness equipment units including at least one fitness equipment unit of a type different than the first fitness equipment unit at the facility. 15. The method of claim 1 further comprising: using the control server remote from a second fitness equipment unit to gather usage information at the fitness facility including the second fitness equipment unit;using the control server to communicate a second maximum available individual workout time setting different than the first maximum available individual workout time setting to the second fitness equipment unit based on the gathered usage information ; andapplying the second maximum available individual workout time setting to the second fitness equipment unit. 16. The method of claim 15, wherein the first maximum available individual workout time setting and the second maximum available individual workout time setting are for time periods that at least partially overlap. 17. The method of claim 1, wherein the maximum available individual workout time setting comprises a maximum amount of time that an individual workout on the first fitness equipment unit may consume independent of a start time of a next workout on the first fitness equipment unit. 18. The method of claim 1, wherein the gathered usage information comprises actual usage of the first fitness equipment unit as detected by a usage sensor associated with the first fitness equipment unit. 19. The method of claim 1, wherein the maximum available individual workout time setting is at least partially based upon a predefined threshold regarding usage. 20. A fitness facility equipment usage control system comprising: a first fitness equipment unit at a fitness facility;a second fitness equipment unit of a type different than the first fitness equipment unit at the fitness facility;a control server remote from the first fitness equipment unit and the second fitness equipment unit, the control server being configured to:communicate a first maximum available individual workout time setting to the first fitness equipment unit and a second maximum available individual workout time setting to the second fitness equipment unit based on gathered usage information from the fitness facility. 21. The system of claim 20, wherein the control server gathers the usage information from the fitness facility. 22. The system of claim 20, wherein the control server is at a location remote from the fitness facility. 23. The system of claim 20, wherein the control server is at the fitness facility. 24. The system of claim 20 further comprising displaying a maximum available individual workout time of the maximum available individual workout time setting for the first fitness equipment unit. 25. The system of claim 24, wherein the maximum available individual workout time is displayed at the first fitness equipment unit. 26. The system of claim 25, wherein the maximum available individual workout time is displayed on a display remote from the first fitness equipment unit at the fitness facility. 27. The system of claim 26 further comprising displaying a maximum available individual workout time on the display for the second fitness equipment unit. 28. The system of claim 20, wherein the maximum available individual workout time setting for the first fitness equipment unit varies depending upon a time of day. 29. The system of claim 20, wherein the maximum available individual workout time setting for the first fitness equipment unit varies depending upon a day of a week. 30. The system of claim 20, wherein the control server determines the maximum available individual workout time setting for the first fitness equipment unit based on the historical gathered usage information for the first fitness equipment unit. 31. The system of claim 20, wherein the control server determines the maximum available individual workout time setting based upon historical gathered usage information for the overall fitness facility. 32. The system of claim 20, wherein the control server determines the maximum available individual workout time setting based upon real time gathered usage information for the overall fitness facility. 33. The system of claim 20, wherein the control server determines the maximum available individual workout time setting based upon real-time usage information regarding ongoing usage from a plurality of fitness equipment units of the same type as the first fitness equipment unit at the fitness facility. 34. The system of claim 20, wherein the control server determines the maximum available individual workout time setting based upon real-time usage information from a plurality of fitness equipment units including the first fitness equipment unit and the second fitness equipment unit. 35. The system of claim 20, wherein the first maximum available individual workout time setting and the second maximum available individual workout time setting are for time periods that at least partially overlap. 36. The system of claim 20, wherein the maximum available individual workout time setting comprises a maximum amount of time that an individual workout on the first fitness equipment unit may consume independent of a start time of a next workout on the first fitness equipment unit. 37. The system of claim 20, wherein the gathered usage information comprises actual usage of the first fitness equipment unit as detected by a usage sensor associated with the first fitness equipment unit. 38. The system of claim 20, wherein the maximum available individual workout time setting is at least partially based upon a predefined threshold regarding usage.
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