ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,948, issued on March 25, was assigned to adidas AG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Fitness activity monitoring systems and methods" was invented by Jon Harald Werner (Austin, Texas), Christian Dibenedetto (Northplains, Ore.) and Stephen John Black (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus, systems, and methods for monitoring the performance of an individual during a fitness activity are disclosed. A method of monitoring the performance of a participant engaged in a fitness activity includes receiving a GPS signal during the fitness activity at a portable fitness device used by the participant; determining participant perf...