Patent ID: 9233276
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: A63B,A63F,G09B,G16H,G16Z

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing live and archived cycling classes to remote users comprising: providing information about available live and archived cycling classes that can be accessed via a digital communication network by a first user using a first stationary bike at a first remote location for display at the first remote location via an interface that includes a display screen, whereby the first user can select either a live cycling class or select among a plurality of archived cycling classes to be displayed on the display screen; receiving from the first user a selection of one of the available live or archived cycling classes for display on the display screen at the first remote location; providing digital video and audio content comprising the selected cycling class to a computer at the first remote location for display to the first user on the display screen; detecting a plurality of performance parameters from the first stationary bike at the first remote location at a particular point in the selected cycling class; displaying at least one of the plurality of current performance parameters detected from the first stationary bike at the first remote location on the display screen; detecting a plurality of performance parameters from a second stationary bike used by a second user at a second remote location at the same point in the selected cycling class; and displaying at least one of the plurality of performance parameters detected from the second stationary bike on the display screen at the first remote location such that at least one of the performance parameters from the first stationary bike at the particular point in the selected cycling class and at least one of the performance parameters from the second stationary bike at the same point in the selected cycling class are presented for comparison on the display screen at the first remote location.