Sale of Footwear by Subscription
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorAlbert Shum
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Abstract
A user enters into a subscription to receive footwear having one or more specified performance characteristics. As the user finishes wearing one set of footwear, the user can obtain a replacement set of footwear that also will have one or more specified performance characteristics. The performance characteristics may be consistent for each set of footwear provided according to the subscription. Alternately, the footwear performance characteristics may vary over the life of the subscription. Thus, the footwear provider may periodically obtain biometric information describing the user's athletic activities or performance. The footwear provider then can tailor the performance characteristics of footwear provided under the subscription to match the user's athletic activities or performance.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- establishing, by a footwear provider and with a user, a footwear subscription wherein the user is entitled to receive footwear having specified footwear performance characteristics and is entitled to receive, as a replacement for the footwear, replacement footwear having the specified footwear performance characteristics or different footwear performance characteristics;
- providing, to the user and in accordance with the footwear subscription, first footwear having a first set of footwear performance characteristics;
- receiving, from the user, a request for second footwear as a replacement for the first footwear;
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- providing, to the user and in accordance with the footwear subscription, second footwear having a second set of footwear performance characteristics, wherein the second set of footwear performance characteristics is determined based on biometric information characterizing the user's performance of a physical activity.
A method comprising:
- establishing, by a user and with a footwear provider, a footwear subscription wherein the user is entitled to receive footwear having specified footwear performance characteristics and is entitled to receive, as a replacement for the footwear, replacement footwear having the specified footwear performance characteristics or different footwear performance characteristics;
- receiving, from the footwear provider and in accordance with the footwear subscription, first footwear having a first set of footwear performance characteristics;
- obtaining biometric information characterizing the user's performance of a physical activity;
- providing, to the footwear provider, a request for second footwear as a replacement for the first footwear;
- receiving, from the footwear provider and in accordance with the footwear subscription, second footwear having a second set of footwear performance characteristics, wherein the second set of footwear performance characteristics is determined based on the biometric information characterizing the user's performance of a physical activity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.