US 11,749,041 B2
Mobile application for visiting gyms
Elliot Slavic, Deland, FL (US); and Schaeffer Slavic, Deland, FL (US)
Assigned to GOGYM APP, INC., Deland, FL (US)
Filed by Elliot Slavic, Deland, FL (US); and Schaeffer Slavic, Deland, FL (US)
Filed on Jan. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/582,975.
Application 17/582,975 is a continuation of application No. 16/838,767, filed on Apr. 2, 2020, granted, now 11,232,662, issued on Jan. 25, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/899,534, filed on Sep. 12, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/830,053, filed on Apr. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0172540 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/00 (2023.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01); G07C 9/29 (2020.01); G07C 9/28 (2020.01); G06Q 30/0251 (2023.01)
CPC G07C 9/00896 (2013.01) [G06Q 30/0251 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0261 (2013.01); G07C 9/00817 (2013.01); G07C 9/28 (2020.01); G07C 9/29 (2020.01); G07C 2009/00841 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for allowing access to fitness centers comprising:
establishing a mobile computer application for use on a user's smart electronic device;
allowing the user to download the mobile computer application for storage, access and use on the user's smart electronic device and registering the user to establish a user account;
enabling individual and non-affiliated fitness centers to present time-based membership offers on the mobile computer application that are unique to each individual and non-affiliated fitness center and valid only at the individual and non-affiliated fitness center, thereby defining participating individual and non-affiliated fitness centers;
presenting the user with the identification of all of the participating individual and non-affiliated fitness centers available for access and use to the user;
allowing the user to view the presented participating individual and non-affiliated fitness centers available for access and use to the user;
presenting to the user the time-based membership offers of the participating individual and non-affiliated fitness centers;
allowing the user to purchase one or more time-based memberships from any one or more of the participating individual and non-affiliated fitness centers;
storing the one or more purchased time-based memberships on the mobile computer application residing on the user's smart electronic device;
activating one particular purchased time-based membership when the user enters the individual fitness center associated with the one particular purchased time-based membership;
validating the one particular purchased time-based membership at the individual fitness center each time the user enters the individual fitness center associated with the one particular purchased time-based membership throughout the duration of the purchased time-based membership; and
allowing the user access to use of facilities in the individual fitness center available under the one particular purchased time-based membership throughout the duration of the purchased time-based membership starting on the date of activation; and
presenting all time-based memberships purchased by the user on the mobile computer application, and displaying a list of all purchased time-based memberships that are still valid, including any purchased time-based memberships that have not been activated and also all purchased time-based memberships that have been activated including the time remaining on each of the purchased, valid and activated time-based memberships.