Method and apparatus for exercise monitoring combining exercise monitoring and visual data with wireless wearable devices

A system for monitoring exercise, comprising:

• a mobile internet device configured to be carried on a person, the mobile internet device including:
• a keyboard, touch screen, or voice processing technology for receiving user input, an integral digital camera, and a generic port providing a connection to an exercise monitoring device;
• a communications port providing an interactive wireless connection with one or more internet servers;
• a non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon for providing a user interface for displaying visual images including graphics, photographs, and video clips;
• the non-transitory computer readable medium further having instructions stored thereon for performing a method comprising steps of:
• receiving a first type of data that is physiological data measured during exercise, and receiving a second type of data that is a quantitative amount of exercise work performed;
• receiving a third type of data representing visual images captured by the camera during the time the exercise work was performed, and
• transmitting the first type of data measuring the physiological data, the second type of data measuring the quantitative amount of exercise work performed, and the third type of data representing the visual images, to one or more internet servers, and
• a non-transitory computer readable medium residing on one or more internet servers having instructions stored thereon defining a server application for performing a method comprising steps of:
• receiving the first type of data that is the physiological data, and receiving the second type of data that is a quantitative amount of exercise work performed, and receiving the third type of data representing visual images from the mobile internet device;
• processing the first, second, and third types of data;
• and
• transmitting the processed data to the mobile internet device in response;
• so that the non-transitory computer readable medium of the wireless internet device further has instructions for causing the wireless internet device to receive and display the processed data on the user interface of the wireless internet device.

A method of monitoring exercise using a mobile internet device wherein the mobile internet device is a device-configured to be carried on a person and including a touch screen, keyboard, keypad, or voice processing technology for user input, a digital camera, and a display for data or images;

• the mobile internet device connected in wireless communication with a network, comprising:
• receiving a first type of data that is physiological data measured during exercise, and further receiving a second type of data from a GPS device, an accelerometer, or a timer, the second type of data being a quantitative amount of exercise work performed;
• receiving a third type of data representing visual images captured during exercise by the digital camera, the visual images including photographic or video images;
• and
• displaying the first, second, or third types of data on the mobile internet device;
• and transmitting the first second, or third types of data to one or more internet servers.