ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,489, issued on June 3, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Systems and methods for time-based athletic activity measurement and display" was invented by James Meschter (Portland, Ore.), James Molyneux (Portland, Ore.) and Aaron B. Weast (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An athletic parameter measurement device associated with a first user may include a display, a processor associated with the display, and an athletic parameter measurement sensor. During the athletic activity, the device may detect, using the sensor, athletic activity of the first user. A comparison of the first user's activity data with that of ...