Patent ID: 11864151
Assignee: NIKE, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 10:
11. A method, comprising:
forming, with a player network hub a body area network with peripheral devices by communicating wirelessly according to a first wireless protocol; and
transmitting, with the player network hub, location information according to a second wireless protocol different than the first wireless protocol; and
forming, with relay network hubs, a wide area network with the player network hub and a master network hub by communicating, at least in part, according to the second wireless protocol, wherein the relay network hubs are configured to receive the location information from the player network hub and wherein at least one of the relay network hubs or the master network hub are configured to determine a location of the player network hub based on the location information;
determining, with at least one of the relay network hubs or the master network hub, a location of the player network hub according to a relative known location of the relay network hubs with respect to a reference;
wherein the player network hub is configured to be secured with respect to a player involved in an athletic activity;
wherein the player network hub is configured to receive data transmitted from the peripheral devices and transmit the data to at least one of the relay network hubs;
wherein the data is indicative of a proximity of an auxiliary device to one of the peripheral devices;
wherein the auxiliary device is athletic equipment utilized by and physically separate from players in the athletic activity and configured to move around a field of play independent of the player; and
wherein the reference is a field of play and wherein the player network hub is configured to be associated with a player of an athletic event on the field of play.