Patent ID: 6876947

Claim:
A method, comprising steps of: (a) identifying an average foot contact time of a user during a first outing; (b) identifying an average pace of the user during the first outing; (c) defining a relationship between foot contact times of the user and corresponding paces of the user, wherein the relationship is based upon the average foot contact time and the average pace identified during the first outing, and wherein no other average foot contact times and no other average paces identified during any different outings by the user are used to define the relationship; and (d) calibrating at least one device that monitors activity of the user in locomotion on foot based upon the defined relationship between foot contact times of the user and corresponding paces of the user; wherein the step (c) includes a step of: (c1) identifying a single user-specific calibration constant that defines the relationship between foot contact times of the user and corresponding paces of the user, wherein no other user-specific calibration constants are used to define the relationship.