Footwear Products Including Data Transmission Capabilities

摘要

Footwear systems include an article of footwear and a data transmission system engaged with the article of footwear. The transmission system transmits data to a remote system, such as a display system, another data transmission system, a processing system, etc. Such footwear systems further may include activation systems for activating the transmission and/or display systems. The transmitted data may be used for various purposes, such as: (a) identifying a user of the article of footwear; (b) activating targeted advertising or product information; (c) confirming the user's presence at a specific location and/or at a specific time; (d) determining start, finish, and/or intermediate split times for specific user; (e) confirming athletic equipment usage; (f) providing data for a game or reward program; (g) registering the user for an event or competition; or the like.

主权项

1. A data transfer system, comprising:
an article of footwear; a first data transmission system releasably engaged with the article of footwear, wherein the first data transmission system transmits a first set of data from the article of footwear for receipt by one or more remote computer systems; and at least a first remote computer system, of a plurality of remote computer systems, in communication with the first data transmission system, wherein the first remote computer system receives at least the first set of data from the first data transmission system.