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US 6,702,719 B1Granted
Exercise machine
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsMichael Wayne Brown, Kelvin Roderick Lawrence, Michael A. Paolini
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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsMichael Wayne Brown, Kelvin Roderick Lawrence, Michael A. Paolini
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In accordance with the present invention, an exercise machine receives exercise-related data for a particular user via a communication interface with an independent computing device specified by the particular user, such as a portable computer system, personal storage device, or network system. The exercise machine specifies control of the exercise machine according to the exercise-related data for the particular user, such that a particular level of control of the exercise machine is specified according to exercise-related data for the particular user from the independent computing device. In addition, the exercise machine transmits indicators of usage of the exercise machine to a server system that may be utilized by a manufacturer to track the usage of a particular exercise machine.
A method for controlling an exercise machine, said method comprising the steps of:
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