US 12,290,739 B2
System and method for timing personal physical activity
Oswald Leroy Skeete, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed by Oswald Leroy Skeete, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed on Aug. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/410,905.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/069,574, filed on Aug. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0054928 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A63B 71/06 (2006.01); A63B 24/00 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 71/0686 (2013.01) [A63B 24/0062 (2013.01); A63B 24/0075 (2013.01); A63B 71/0669 (2013.01); A63B 2220/12 (2013.01); A63B 2220/40 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of timing personal physical activity comprising the steps of:
(A) providing a virtual timer managed by a mobile computing device, wherein the mobile computing device includes a global positioning system (GPS) module, and wherein a graphic user interface is hosted by the mobile computing device;
(B) retrieving a desired activity distance with the mobile computing device;
(C) logging a start timestamp from the virtual timer with the mobile computing device, if an initiation event is processed with the mobile computing device;
(D) tracking a travelled activity distance with the GPS module, if the initiation event is processed with the mobile computing device;
(E) logging an end timestamp from the virtual timer with the mobile computing device, if the travelled activity distance is greater than or equal to the desired distance;
(F) designating a time difference between the end timestamp and the start timestamp as a lapsed time with the mobile computing device;
(G) outputting the lapsed time with the mobile computing device;
sequentially executing steps (B) through (G);
providing the mobile computing device with at least one accelerometer;
prompting to enter a specific time period for a countdown through the graphic user interface;
setting the specific time period for the countdown with the mobile computing device, if the specific time period is entered through the graphic user interface;
initiating the countdown with the mobile computing device, if the initiation event is processed with the mobile computing device;
outputting the countdown and an end of the countdown with the mobile computing device before steps (C) and (D);
outputting a false start notification with the mobile computing device, if a false start motion is detected with the accelerometer before the end of the countdown, wherein the false start notification is a combination of audio, visual, and tactile output by the mobile computing device;
tracking a current geospatial location with the GPS module;
prompting to view the current geospatial location through the graphic user interface; and
outputting the current geospatial location with the mobile computing device, if the current geospatial location is selected to be viewed by the mobile computing device, wherein the current geospatial location is visually displayed on a virtual geospatial map through the graphic user interface.