ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,500, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Adaptive athletic activity prescription systems" was invented by Daniel Sanders (Portland, Ore.), Brett S. Kirby (Portland, Ore.), David Clark (Beaverton, Ore.), Clifton W. Bynum (Portland, Ore.), Bradley W. Wilkins (Aloha, Ore.) and Philip F. Skiba (Highland Park, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for prescribing athletic activity to be performed by a user, and for adapting the prescribed athletic activity based on completed (e.g. ongoing) athletic performances by the user. A coaching plan may be automatically created that prescribes personal...