ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,488, 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. Athletic data of the first user can be associated with activ...