Program products, methods, and systems for providing location-aware fitness monitoring services

摘要

Program products, methods, and systems for providing location-aware fitness monitoring services are disclosed. In an embodiment of the present invention, a method of displaying a route traversed by an athlete equipped with a location-aware portable fitness monitoring device includes the steps of (a) receiving data describing a plurality of satellite navigational system waypoints that are acquired as the athlete engages in a fitness activity, (b) identifying a map area based on a location indicated by the data describing the plurality of satellite navigational system waypoints, (c) determining the route traversed by the athlete based on the data describing the plurality of satellite navigational system waypoints and based on the location of one or more known paths associated with the map area, and (d) displaying the route traversed by the athlete on top of the map area.

主权项

1. A method of displaying a route traversed by an athlete equipped with a location-aware portable fitness monitoring device, comprising:
(a) receiving data describing a plurality of satellite navigational system waypoints that are acquired on the location-aware portable fitness monitoring device as the athlete engages in a fitness activity; (b) identifying a map area based on a location indicated by the data describing the plurality of satellite navigational system waypoints; (c) determining the route traversed by the athlete based on the data describing the plurality of satellite navigational system waypoints by
(i) comparing the locations indicated by the data describing the plurality of satellite navigational system waypoints to a first set of location data comprising the locations of points along one or more known paths associated with the map area, wherein at least one of the known paths comprises data other than data generated by the athlete,(ii) comparing the locations indicated by the data describing the plurality of satellite navigational system waypoints to a second set of location data, that is different than the first set of location data, comprising the locations of points along one or more known routes previously traversed,(iii) determining whether a location data substitution is necessary by comparing a subset of two or more of the locations indicated by the data describing the plurality of satellite navigational system waypoints with a path segment comprising two or more points along one or more known paths or known routes, and(iv) further determining whether a location data substitution is necessary by computing a weighted average based on one or more location data points of the data describing the plurality of satellite navigational system waypoints and further based on one or more location data points of the second set of location data; and (d) displaying the route traversed by the athlete on top of the map area on a display of the portable fitness monitoring device, wherein steps (a) through (d) are executed using at least one processor, wherein at least one of the at least one or more known routes previously traversed was previously traversed by the athlete, and wherein step (c)(ii) further comprises determining that the location data associated with the one or more known routes previously traversed by the athlete should be given increased significance in the computation of the weighted average.