ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,499,637, issued on Dec. 16.

"Simulating a virtual fitness partner via a fitness system with fitness tracker and methods for use therewith" was invented by Mark Wayne Hogue (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fitness system operates during a fitness activity of a user to generate a display. The display simulates the performance of the fitness activity by the virtual fitness partner. In particular, the virtual fitness partner is superimposed within images viewed by the user to simulate performance of the fitness activity by the virtual fitness partner while the user is engaged in the activity. Differences in perspective are cal...