ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,354,743, issued on July 8, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Interactive athletic equipment system" was invented by Michael Tchao (San Francisco), Christopher A. Robinette (Alameda, Calif.) and Jason Nims (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and techniques for the collection and display of athletic information. Athletic data relating to a single person or group of people is collected at a central location, and subsequently displayed at a desired remote location so that the person or people can review and critique their performance. In addition, athletic data for multiple persons can be collected at a central ...