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Portable exercise scripting and monitoring deviceRelated Patent Categories: Exercise Devices, Having Specific Electrical Feature, Monitors Exercise ParameterPortable exercise scripting and monitoring device description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070135264, Portable exercise scripting and monitoring device. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a non-provisional application claiming benefit and priority under 35 U.S.C. .sctn. 119(e) from co-pending U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 60/811,637 filed on Jun. 6, 2006 to the instant inventor and a common assignee; this application is also a continuation of applicant's co-pending U.S. non-provisional patent application Ser. No. 11/298,434 filed on Dec. 9, 2005; [0002] this application is also a related application to the following co-pending U.S. patent applications Ser. No. 11/285,534 filed on Nov. 22, 2005; Ser. No. 11/298,434 filed on Dec. 9, 2005; Ser. No. 11/267,079 filed on Nov. 3, 2005; Ser. No. 11/539,598 filed on Oct. 6, 2006; Ser. No. 11/563,610 filed on Nov. 27, 2006; Ser. No. 11/555,784 filed on Nov. 22, 2006; Ser. No. 11/427,320 filed on Jun. 28, 2006; Ser. No. 11/461,375 filed on Jul. 31, 2006; [0003] this application is also a related application to co-pending PCT application PCT/US2006/004373 filed on Feb. 7, 2006; [0004] the aforementioned patent applications are all to the instant inventor and a common assignee and are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety as if fully set forth herein. INVENTIVE FIELD [0005] The present inventive embodiments relate generally to a personal computing device, such as a PDA or cellular telephone or portable media player and more specifically to a personal computing device wirelessly interfaced with a motion sensor unit and configured to monitor exercise and/or sports related activities of a user. BACKGROUND [0006] It has become a very common activity for a wide range of individuals to go to a gym and exercise upon a variety of exercise machines, including free weight systems and universal gym machines. Because people often use a wide variety of exercise machines it is often difficult for a user to keep track of how many repetitions the user has performed during a current or previous exercise set. In many cases, it is often difficult for a user to follow a preplanned exercise regimen if it involves a complex sequence of prescribed exercise sets, each of differing exercise types, varying exercise repetition numbers, and varying weight level settings. To assist a user in the following of such complex exercise regimens, a user may utilize a written exercise plan that describes the regimen but such a written document is cumbersome to use during physical exercise sessions. [0007] Also, a user may take performance notes upon a written exercise document but taking such notes is slow and cumbersome and a user typically lack the ability to document critical performance data other than a confirmation that the sets were actually performed as planned. As such, there is a substantial need for automated tools to assist a user in following a complex exercise regimen across a variety of exercise types and a plurality of pieces of exercise equipment as well as a need to assist a user in better documenting critical performance parameters about the user's execution of the various exercise sets within the complex exercise regimen. [0008] In addition, it has become a very common activity for a wide range of individuals to bring a personal computing device such as a personal media player, cell phone, and/or personal digital assistant to the gym with them. Such devices are often used in the gym with headphones for listening to music. Manual entry of such data into a user's personal computing device however is slow and cumbersome and distracting from an exercise regimen itself. As such, manual entry would offer little if any benefit over a paper document. In fact, manual data entry may be slower and more cumbersome than using a traditional paper document. [0009] What is therefore needed is an automated and convenient arrangement by which a personal computing device of a user can automatically monitor a user's progress through a diverse exercise regimen involving a plurality of exercise sets and variety of different exercise types, prompting the user as to each sequential exercise set required, tracking the user's progress through each exercise set, recording data relating the user's performance. [0010] Unless otherwise indicated herein, the approaches described in this section are not prior art to the claims in this application and are not admitted to be prior art by inclusion in this section. SUMMARY [0011] The various exemplary embodiments described herein address the limitations in the relevant art and provides an apparatus, system and method which provides an automated repetition counting system in which a personal computing device is programmed to monitor, count, store, and report the exercise repetitions performed by a user. In an exemplary apparatus embodiment, a portable exercise scripting and monitoring device is provided. The personal computing device comprises; a processor, a separate and user affixable wireless motion sensor configured to wirelessly send motion signals to the processor in dependence on detection of exercise motions associated with either a user's body part or a dynamic element of an exercise apparatus to which the motion sensor is affixed. [0012] A datastore is coupled to the processor and configured to retrievably store one or more user configurable or selectable exercise regimens, each exercise regimen including a plurality of prescribed exercise activity sets, each prescribed exercise activity set including a prescribed exercise type and a number of prescribed repetitions to be performed by the user for the prescribed exercise type. [0013] A memory is coupled to the processor and includes an operatively loaded exercise monitoring program. The exercise monitoring program comprises instructions executable IS by the processor to access an exercise regimen and select an exercise activity set included therein, output an indication to the user of the prescribed exercise type and the number of repetitions to be performed in accordance with the selected exercise activity set, process the motion signals sent from the motion sensor as the user performs the prescribed exercise activity set, interactively count the number of prescribed repetitions performed by the user in dependence on the processed motion signals to determine when the user has performed the number of repetitions of the prescribed exercise activity set, sequence through a plurality of prescribed exercise activity sets included in the accessed exercise regimen, output to the user an indication of the prescribed exercise type for each prescribed exercise activity set, the number of repetitions to be performed, a count of the number of prescribed repetitions performed by the user and continue until the number of prescribed repetitions for each of the prescribed exercise types has been performed by the user. [0014] In an exemplary methodic embodiment, a method for providing a portable exercise scripting and monitoring device comprises providing a datastore configured to retrievably store one or more user configurable or selectable exercise regimens, each exercise regimen including a plurality of prescribed exercise activity sets, each exercise activity set including a prescribed exercise type and a number of prescribed repetitions to be performed by a user; providing an exercise monitoring program including instructions executable by a processor associated with the portable exercise scripting and monitoring device. [0015] The executable instructions comprise accessing a stored exercise regimen from the datastore and selecting an exercise activity set included therein, outputting an indication to the user the prescribed exercise type and the number of prescribed repetitions to be performed, processing the signals sent from a motion sensor coupled to the processor as the user performs the prescribed exercise activity set, interactively counting the number of prescribed repetitions performed by the user in dependence on the processed signals to determine when the user has performed the number of repetitions included in the prescribed exercise activity set, sequencing through a plurality of prescribed exercise activity sets included in the accessed exercise regimen and for each prescribed exercise activity set, outputting to the user an indication of the prescribed exercise type and number of repetitions, counting the number of prescribed repetitions performed by the user and continuing until each of the number of repetitions for each of the prescribed exercise types has been performed by the user. [0016] In an exemplary computer product embodiment, a computer program embodied in a tangible comprises instructions executable by a processor associated with a portable exercise scripting and monitoring device to access an exercise regimen and select a prescribed exercise activity set therein, output an indication of a prescribed exercise type and a number of repetitions of the prescribed exercise type, process a plurality of motion signals sent from a motion sensor coupled to the processor as a user performs the prescribed exercise type, interactively count the number of prescribed repetitions performed by the user in dependence on the processed motion signals to determine when the user has performed the number of repetitions of the prescribed exercise activity set, sequence through a plurality of prescribed exercise activity sets included in the accessed exercise regimen and for each exercise activity set, output to the user an indication of the prescribed exercise type, prescribed number of repetitions, count the number of prescribed repetitions performed by the user, and continue until each of the number of prescribed repetitions for each of the prescribed exercise types has been performed by the user. The tangible form of the computer program may be any of optical media, logical media and magnetic media. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS [0017] The features and advantages of the various exemplary embodiments will become apparent from the following detailed description when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Where possible, the same reference numerals and characters are used to denote like features, elements, components or portions. It is intended that changes and modifications can be made to the various embodiments without departing from the true scope and spirit of the inventive subject matter as defined in the claims. [0018] FIG. 1--depicts a generalized block diagram of a portable computing device. [0019] FIG. 2A--depicts an exemplary embodiment of a magnetically affixable wireless motion sensor. Continue reading about Portable exercise scripting and monitoring device... 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