Patent ID: 9656144
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: A63B,G06F,G06Q,H04L

Claim:
1. A method for compiling fitness progress photographs by a client device and distributing the fitness progress photographs by way of a graphical user interface (GUI), comprising: requesting and receiving, by the client device, a unique user identifier from a user; establishing, by the client device, communication with a server for storing fitness progress data including progress photographs of the user captured by the client device; displaying, via a user interface of the client device, a visual representation of a first athletic pose, the user interface housed within a compartment situated inside a gym, the compartment further housing one or more cameras for capturing the progress photographs; instructing, via the user interface, the user to step on a scale for recording a weight value of the user, the scale housed within the compartment and in communication with the client device; determining, by the client device, a height value of the user from a predetermined distance between the one or more cameras and the user; instructing, via the user interface, the user to emulate the first athletic pose in front of the one or more cameras; capturing, by the client device, a first progress photograph of the user emulating the first athletic pose; displaying, via the user interface, a visual representation of a second athletic pose; instructing, via the user interface, the user to emulate the second athletic pose in front of the one or more cameras; capturing, by the client device, a second progress photograph of the user emulating the second athletic pose; sending, from the client device, the fitness progress data including the progress photographs, the weight value and the height value to the server, in order to store the fitness progress data in a profile associated with the user; providing, by the server, access to a mobile device; and displaying, via the GUI on the mobile device, a visual progress indicator comprising: