Systems for Activating and/or Authenticating Electronic Devices for Operation with Footwear And Other Uses
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorCharles Whipple Case, JR.
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Abstract
Articles of footwear and footwear systems include modules, e.g., for sensing physical and/or physiological characteristics associated with use of the footwear or for performing other functions. Such systems and methods may use physical or other interaction(s) between the module and the article of footwear for activating and/or deactivating the module and/or sensing devices included with the module, for confirming whether the module and footwear are authorized for use with one another, and/or for automatic data algorithm selection methods. Additionally, such systems and methods also may use the activation and/or authentication systems for the module for data input to the module.
Claims20
A method implemented by one or more computing devices, the method comprising:
- providing a first module securing element in or on an article of footwear, wherein the first module securing element removably engages an electronic module with the article of footwear;
- and
- providing a first interaction system in or on the article of footwear, wherein the first interaction system interacts with the electronic module to induce a change detectable at the electronic module when the electronic module is engaged with the first module securing element.
An activation system comprising:
- an electronic module associated with a first sensing device;
- a module securing element;
- an article of footwear comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the article of footwear to:
- sense a non-contacting interaction between the electronic module and the module securing element of an article of footwear at a first orientation;
- and
- in response to the sensed non-contacting interaction, activate at least the first sensing device for collecting data associated with use of the article of footwear or at least a first function of the first sensing device.
A method, comprising:
- sensing, by a computing device, a non-contacting interaction between an electronic module and an module securing element of an article of footwear at a first orientation;
- and
- in response to the sensed non-contacting interaction, activating at least the first sensing device for collecting data associated with use of the article of footwear or at least a first function of the first sensing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.