GPS features and functionality in an athletic watch system

摘要

Athletic performance monitoring systems include GPS data to enhance various features of the workout as well as the post-workout data analysis. Such features include using output from multiple sensors to determine the most accurate data available for providing distance measurements for individual segments of a route. The most accurate data for each route segment, from whatever source, then is used to provide the overall route distance and as the basis for making other calculations, such as pace, calorie burn, etc. Another feature relates to the ability to both input and output geographically tagged messages while moving along a route during an athletic performance.

主权项

1. An athletic performance monitoring system, comprising:
an input system configured to receive: a first type of input data indicative of an athlete's location on a route as the athlete moves along the route during an athletic performance, a second type of input data indicative of a message trigger location, a third type of input data including a message payload, and a fourth type of input data indicative of the athlete's movement speed or movement distance on the route, wherein the second type of input data and the third type of input data are received through a computing device temporarily connected to the input system for data exchange; and a processing system having a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that when executed by the processor are configured to perform at least: compare the first type of input data indicative of the athlete's location on the route and the second type of input data indicative of the message trigger location; evaluate the fourth type of input data generated at a time before the athlete reaches the message trigger location; and deliver the message payload when the first type of input data indicates that the athlete is or has been physically present at the message trigger location only if the fourth input data indicates that the message trigger location was reached by the athlete as a result of an athletic performance, wherein comparison of the first type of input data and delivery of the message payload are accomplished when the computing device is not connected to the input system and while the athlete is at or in close proximity to the message trigger location.