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    U.S. patent 7251454: Athletic performance monitoring system and method. Granted to White on 2007-07-31 (filed 2006-06-07) and assigned to Silicon Laboratories, Inc.. Currently involved in at least 1 patent litigation: Affinity Labs of Texas, LLC v. Nike, Inc. et. al. (California). See http://news.priorsmart.com for more info.

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    Athletic Performance Monitoring System and Method (US Patent 7251454)

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    U.S. patent 7251454: Athletic performance monitoring system and method. Granted to White on 2007-07-31 (filed 2006-06-07) and assigned to Silicon Laboratories, Inc.. Currently involved in at least 1 patent litigation: Affinity Labs of Texas, LLC v. Nike, Inc. et. al. (California). See http://news.priorsmart.com for more info.

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    United States Patent 145432 US007: a2) (10) Patent No: US 7,251,454 B2 White 45) Date of Patent: *Jul. 31, 2007 (64) ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE MONITORING aaniass Kear ta SYSTEM AND METHOD 4460823 4 Reman 9) Russell W. White, Austin, TX (U8) oe ame ad Aun, TX (US) 651446 8 Yilawa eta (73) Assiance: Sitcom Laboratories, Ine, Aus, TX amiaat A Covanagh (us) 4si5002 A Blane S646 Edu ta (2) Novice: Subject tw ay disclaimer the ema ofthis aaa aaa patents extended or austed under 35. Syurane 8 ee ecm SaT5228 4 alana “This patet is subject to terminal die- liner, (21) Appl No 14aR.338 (Continvd eee OTHER PUBLICATIONS « rior Publication Data Acer M30" RC Autboity Reon, Os 8,200, fp US 200610240865 AL Oct. 26, 2006 (Continves) Primary Examiner-Seah D. Pou Senne eae (04) torney, Agent o Firm-—Daker Bots, LLP (6) Coatinaton of application No, 1091765, le on ‘Aug, 12, 2004, now Pat No, 7.062.225, whichis a (87) ABSTRACT entiation of epplicaton No, 10794137, Mar 5, 2008, An alte performance monitoring syste and metbod are SD mC acon disclosed that asst a ter in monitoring an alee endeavor, A sytem that incorporates teachings of the (2) Us. 458/41.2; 455/41 455/550, resent dicksure may include, for exaple, «local are 455/553.1; 600/300; 6001309; 600°316 wireless transceiver capable of receiving a signal from a (68) Feld of Clastcation Seah oun 455/411, onion sor A perfomance engine may be communica, 455/412 586.1, 5862, $80.1, 5531; 600300, sively coupe to the Jal area wireless transceiver. In 6007309, 316,365 peratio, the perfomance engine may uilze the signal See application file for complete seach history ae ee (6) References Cited like average speed or distance taveed. The system may aso US, PATENT DOCUMENTS, 4953755 A 101977 Sher 4220211 A 98D Allen a 4322500 1982 Kato 4337938 A TH9SY Rodignee include an output mechaaism such as an audio device capable of presenting the performance metic to a user in an anil message while also being capable of playing an ‘aio representation of muse to the user, 1 Claims, 3 Drawing Sheets [] y ® yy oN US 7,251,454 B2 Page 2 5556.03 584.960 5891082 So76axs 6098.44 6.32391 63595 6145389 6:7s.608 6218372 ‘Si 6302789 eases 639.706 634.125 ears 6506142 6526264 654636 6398617 6.658.079 6678832 6595956 6716139 6.53955 3962225 71060 20010034585, 20010037179 2000049470 2o02.0so088 200200784 20020079433 20020116147 2002012282 aon2012su18 US, PATENT DOCUMENTS a a 91196 Johnson ea ‘Sham ea. ‘Sam ea. Richaaon ea. Pots Ona ea Richardson tal. Boeing ea. 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Ble W RES ») Be U.S. Patent Jul. 31, 2007 Sheet 2 of 3 US 7,251,454 B2 60 Speed Cadence Heart Rate Time Song Track Mode US 7,251,454 B2 Sheet 3 of 3 Jul. 31, 2007 USS. Patent € DIA seed aps pane ure yes eNO f e9 om us srodionued pue do20y uneus uasaad on s01a9p 2211001 * ouBis Buysn aynow soumuuopsed 21012025, * sosuas aun oy jouis 8 aar909q s0su3s eu 201899 paureiosd 98007 * a01n9p ss2fauim 01 uontoridde peoqunoct ‘omnap ssojanm syqewureond ‘320d 001 6 96 +6 rod 06 US 7,251,454 B2 1 ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD RELATED APPLICATIONS ‘This is continuation application of U.S, patent spplica- tion Ser. No. 10917,065, fled on Aug. 12,2004, designated to issue as US. Pat, No, 7.062.225 on Jun, 13, 2006, which ‘was a continuation of U.S, patent spplication Ser. No, 10(794,137, fled Mar. 5, 2004, the content of bath applica tions are expressly incorporated heroin by reference, FIELD OF THE INVENTION ‘The present disclosure relates generally to athlete equi ‘ment, and more particularly to an athletic monitoring y+ tem and method. BACKGROUND Many bieyelists make use of bieyele computers that act as speedometers, odometers, and cadence counters. These puting device 32 may be capable of receiving voice com- ‘mands, a mouse mechanism (not shown) may allow a user to point and click icons ona display sereen, and/or a touch soreen may facilitate receiving inputs fom a stylus. Depending on implementation detail, computing device 32 may have any of several components located within enclosure 14. For example, computing device 32 may include a microprocessor and a memory located within its cavity, In some embodiments, the memory may hold an ‘application that embodies the performance engine and con- ver’ information received via one ar more remote sensors like sensor 18 into a performance metsc like spot, di tance, cadence, ec. As shown, sensor 18 may iaclude & pick-up 34 that “recognizes” movement of a bieyele com- ponent Pick-up 34 may be tacking whoo revolutions, erank revolutions, front andor rear derailer motion, bike andlor bd tipping, andor some combination thereof. The track ‘ng mechanism of pick-up 4 may take several forms. Itmay 6 be optical, magnetic, mechanical, ete. To ailtate presen tation of performance metic information tothe user, sensor 18 may include a local area wireless communication module 36, which may make use, for example, of Bluetooth tech- nology. Sensor 18 may also rely on wired connections in addition andar in lew of wireless connections to commu sicate with device 32, x“ 4 As mentioned above, a bieyele computer like competing device 32 may include any of several diferent component For example, it may have a wireless wide area transceiver 24, which may be part of a muti-device platform for ‘communicating data using RF technology across a large geographic area. The platform may be a GPRS, EDGE, or GSM platform, for example, and may include multiple intogratedcirenit (IC) devioes ora single IC devie. Simi lady, bicycle computer 32 may have @ wireless local area ‘ranseciver 16, which may communicate using sprea-spec- ‘rum radio waves ina 2.4 GHz range, $ GHz range, or other stable range. Wireless local aca transceiver 16 may also be part ofa muli-device or single device platform and may facilitate communication of data using low-power RF toch- nology across a smaller geographic ara, For example, f wireless local area transceiver 16 includes 4 Bluetooth transceiver, the transceiver may have a com- ‘munication range having approximately «one hundred foot radi. If the Wireless local area transceiver includes an £802.11(x) tansceiver, such as an 802.11(b) or WiFi tans ceiver, the transceiver may have a communication range having approximately a one thousand foot radius One skilld in the art will also recognize that wireless local area transceiver 16 and wireless wide area transeiver 24 may be separate or part ofthe sme chipset For example, 4 bike computer chipset may package a Bluctonth, an £802.11(0), and a GSM cellular technology, like GPRS, into a single chipset. In many embodiments, the bike computer ‘may also include display device 22, which may be operable to presenta grophical user interface (GUI) toa user. In an cerabodiment where the bike computer can also operate as 3 telephone, the telephone may include a speaker assembly 38 ‘The telephone may also be exocuting a local software application to allow the telephone 10 receive an input indicating a desire totogee from a telephone mode toa bike ‘computer mode. In such an embodiment, the bike computer ‘may include a computer-readable medium having computer- readable data to direct a witelss telephone processor to receive a signal fom a sensor indicating some physical ‘activity, 10 utilize the signal 10 generate a performance ietrc, and to initiate presentation of a rendering of the perfomance metic on a display device, In some embodiments, a bike compute lke device 32 ‘may inelude a global positioning system (GPS) component that facilitates location-based and tacking functionality Device 32 may also inelude a Bluetooth module that sills for other Bluetooth-enabled devices. This nifing may allow device 32 10 “find” sensor 18. It may aso allow device 32. to find headset 40. 1° device 32 recognizes a headset oF athletic activity sensor as a Bluctoth-onabled device, device 32 may engage in @ process to “pale” with the ‘denied deviee() Inn embeviment that includes a headset like headset 40, it may be advantageous o enhance computing device 32 by ‘adding « bil in audio player capable of paying a playable file format ike WAV, MP3, MIDI, AU, andor some other format. As such, a cyclist or other athlete may be able to Tisten to music via headset 40 while performing. In practice, device 32 may be simultaneously functioning: as a bike ‘computer displaying information like speed and cadence; as an MP3 player-outputtiag music or other audio signals to the user, and, as a wireless communication device— providing the user with the ability to send and receive information. Inprecice, headset 40 may include a battery 42, wireless ‘ransoviver 44, a speaker assembly 46, and a microphone assembly 48, Though system 10 includes a device 32 witha US 7,251,454 B2 5 splay 22, which facilitates the communication of perfor- ‘mance information to the user, some systems may eect to enhance andlor replace the visual presentation approach with an audible or speech based interface. As such, a user may be able to “ask” device 32 a question by speaking into. s smicrophone assembly 48. For example, a user may ask “what is my eurent cadence?” and device 32 may spond with “your cadence is 82.” Sach fectures may simplify operation of a device like

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