摘要 |
Abstract A method (200, 300) for configuring and operating one or more fitness studios (111) each comprising a plurality of exercise stations (128) at which users (1315) perform associated exercise routines (319), each station having an associated display (120), the method comprising, for each fitness studio, periodically retrieving (205), by a server (101) from a database (105), fitness information (213) for the studio in question for a specified period, from a multi-period fitness library (104); communicating (207), by the server to a studio computer (114), the retrieved fitness information over a communications network (107); periodically receiving (303), by the studio computer, the retrieved fitness information; configuring (308) the exercise stations dependent upon the received fitness information; and communicating (310), by the studio computer to the exercise station displays, dependent upon the received fitness information, station directions (319) to users exercising at the stations for performing an exercise 1/14 System block diagram 100 Server database 1 Multi-period fitness library DPVSC server14' 0 1 0 4 - --------------------------------1DPVSC software 1-- 105 103 Server 129 133 106 database 2 IPortable ,i 1 2- -Studio terminal information /130 Communication network <107 -108 / Portable 125 110 126 terminal Studio Remote software studio 1 0 9 Studio computer Communication network c114 112- software 124> Studio database Display 1 Display 2 Display m 117 119 123 120 - 121 station station station 3------- station 128 129 130 131 F-. |