Cardiovascular miles

Title: Cardiovascular miles

Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Claims

The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20090149299, Cardiovascular miles.

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising: receiving first athletic performance data in a first measurement unit from a first athletic device; receiving second athletic performance data in a second measurement unit from a second athletic device; and converting each of the first and second athletic performance data to a third unit.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining whether an athletic goal has been achieved based on the first and second athletic performance data, wherein the athletic goal is specified in the third unit.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the third unit is different from the first and second units.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first unit is calories burned and the third unit is miles run.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein converting the first and second athletic performance data to a third unit includes: determining a first conversion factor based on a first type of athletic activity associated with the first athletic performance data; and applying the first conversion factor to the first athletic performance data.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the first conversion factor is determined further based on an attribute of an individual performing the first type of athletic activity.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the attribute includes a resting heart rate.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the attribute includes weight.

9. The method of claim 5, further comprising: determining a second conversion factor based on a second type of athletic activity associated with the second athletic performance data; and applying the second conversion factor to the second athletic performance data.

10. The method of claim 5, wherein the first type of athletic activity includes elliptical machine activity.

11. The method of claim 5, wherein the first type of athletic activity includes biking.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the first athletic performance data corresponds to a first participant of a competition and the second athletic performance data corresponds to a second participant of the competition and the method further comprising comparing the first and second athletic performance data in the third unit to determine a winner of the competition.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second athletic performance data are received at an athletic performance monitoring system from one or more remote athletic devices.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the one or more remote athletic devices includes a heart rate monitor.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the one or more remote athletic devices includes a pedometer.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the one or more remote athletic devices includes an ergometer.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the first athletic performance data is received at the athletic performance monitoring system is received from the one or more remote athletic devices through an intermediary athletic device.

18. A method comprising: receiving first athletic performance data in a first unit; receiving second athletic performance data in a second unit different from the first unit; and converting each of the first and second athletic performance data to a third unit different from the first and second units, wherein the third unit corresponds to a type of funds useable at an athletic performance monitoring system to acquire one or more items.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the first unit corresponds to biking activity and wherein the second unit corresponds to miles biked.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the one or more items include athletic equipment.

21. The method of claim 18, wherein the one or more items include apparel.

22. The method of claim 18, wherein the one or more items include a virtual item.

23. The method of claim 18, further comprising: determining whether an athletic goal has been has been achieved based on the first and second athletic performance data, wherein the athletic goal is specified in the third unit.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the first athletic performance data corresponds to activity performed by a first user and the second athletic performance data corresponds to activity performed by a second user.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the first athletic performance data corresponds to a first type of athletic activity and the second athletic performance data corresponds to a second type of athletic activity different from the first type of athletic activity.

26. A method comprising: receiving specifications for creating an athletic challenge, wherein the specifications include a first required amount of a first athletic activity and a second required amount of a second athletic activity, wherein the first required amount and the second required amount are specified in a common unit and wherein at least one of the first athletic activity and the second athletic activity is not measured in the common unit; and creating the athletic challenge.

27. The method of claim 26, further comprising: receiving first athletic performance data corresponding to the first athletic activity in a first unit different from the common unit; and converting the first athletic performance data to the common unit.

28. The method of claim 27, further comprising: receiving second athletic performance data corresponding to the second athletic activity in a second unit different from the common unit; and converting the second athletic performance data to the common unit.

29. The method of claim 27, wherein the common unit corresponds to funds useable to acquire items from an athletic performance monitoring system.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein the specifications are received at the athletic performance monitoring system.

31. The method of claim 27, wherein the first type of activity corresponds to elliptical machine activity and the second type of activity corresponds to rowing machine activity.

32. The method of claim 27, wherein the athletic challenge is a duathlon.

33. An apparatus comprising: a processor; and memory storing computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause the apparatus to: receive first athletic performance data in a first measurement unit from a first athletic device; receive second athletic performance data in a second measurement unit from a second athletic device; and convert each of the first and second athletic performance data to a third unit.

34. The apparatus of claim 33, wherein the computer readable instructions, when executed, further causes the apparatus to: determine whether an athletic goal has been achieved based on the first and second athletic performance data, wherein the athletic goal is specified in the third unit.

35. The apparatus of claim 33, wherein the third unit is different from the first and second units.

36. The apparatus of claim 33, wherein the first unit is calories burned and the third unit is miles run.

37. The apparatus of claim 33, wherein converting the first and second athletic performance data to a third unit includes: determining a first conversion factor based on a first type of athletic activity associated with the first athletic performance data; and applying the first conversion factor to the first athletic performance data.

38. An apparatus comprising: a processor; and memory storing computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause the apparatus to: receive specifications for creating an athletic challenge, wherein the specifications include a first required amount of a first athletic activity and a second required amount of a second athletic activity, wherein the first required amount and the second required amount are specified in a common unit and wherein at least one of the first athletic activity and the second athletic activity is not measured in the common unit; and create the athletic challenge.

39. The apparatus of claim 38, wherein the computer readable instructions, when executed, further causes the apparatus to: receive second athletic performance data corresponding to the second athletic activity in a second unit different from the common unit; and convert the second athletic performance data to the common unit.

40. The apparatus of claim 38, wherein the common unit corresponds to funds useable to acquire items from an athletic performance monitoring system.

41. The apparatus of claim 40, wherein the specifications are received at the athletic performance monitoring system.

42. An apparatus comprising: a processor; and memory storing computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause the apparatus to: receive first athletic performance data in a first unit; receive second athletic performance data in a second unit different from the first unit; and convert each of the first and second athletic performance data to a third unit different from the first and second units, wherein the third unit corresponds to a type of funds useable at an athletic performance monitoring system to acquire one or more items.

43. The apparatus of claim 42, wherein the first unit corresponds to weightlifting repetitions and wherein the second unit corresponds to calories burned.

44. The apparatus of claim 42, wherein the one or more items include athletic equipment.

45. The apparatus of claim 42, wherein the one or more items include apparel.

46. The apparatus of claim 42, wherein the one or more items include a virtual item.

47. A method comprising: receiving cardiovascular exercise data in a first measurement unit from an athletic device; and converting the athletic performance data from the first measurement unit to a second measurement unit, wherein the second measurement unit is a distance run.

48. The method of claim 47, wherein the second measurement unit is useable to acquire items from an athletic performance monitoring system.

49. The method of claim 47, wherein the cardiovascular exercise data includes a number of calories burned and wherein converting the athletic performance data is performed using a conversion factor of 100 calories burned=1 mile run.

50. The method of claim 47, wherein the athletic device includes an elliptical machine.

51. The method of claim 47, wherein the athletic devices includes a stationary bicycle.

52. The method of claim 47, further comprising generating an athletic performance monitoring interface displaying a first amount of athletic activity in the first measurement unit and a second amount of athletic activity in the second measurement unit.

53. The method of claim 52, wherein the interface is configurable to display only one of: the first amount of athletic activity in the first measurement unit and the second amount of athletic activity in the second measurement unit.

54. The method of claim 52, wherein the first amount of athletic activity is displayed differently than the second amount of athletic activity.

55. The method of claim 47, wherein the cardiovascular exercise data is received from a music playback device via a music service provider.

56. An apparatus comprising: a processor; and memory storing computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause the apparatus to: receive cardiovascular exercise data in a first measurement unit from an athletic device; and convert the athletic performance data from the first measurement unit to a second measurement unit, wherein the second measurement unit is a distance run.

57. The apparatus of claim 56, wherein the cardiovascular exercise data includes a number of calories burned and wherein converting the athletic performance data is performed using a conversion factor of 100 calories burned=1 mile run.

58. The apparatus of claim 56, wherein the athletic device includes an elliptical machine.

59. The apparatus of claim 56, wherein the athletic devices includes a stationary bicycle.

60. The apparatus of claim 56, wherein the computer readable instructions, when executed, further cause the apparatus to generate an athletic performance monitoring interface displaying a first amount of athletic activity in the first measurement unit and a second amount of athletic activity in the second measurement unit.

61. The apparatus of claim 60, wherein the interface is configurable to display only one of: the first amount of athletic activity in the first measurement unit and the second amount of athletic activity in the second measurement unit.

62. The apparatus of claim 60, wherein the first amount of athletic activity is displayed differently than the second amount of athletic activity.

63. The apparatus of claim 57 wherein a credit is provided to a user associated with the cardiovascular exercise data that corresponds to the distance run value.

64. The apparatus of claim 63 wherein the credit is displayed in an athletic performance monitoring interface.

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