Patent ID: 7821407

Claim:
A system for obtaining body shape and movement data and storing the body movement data in a database, the system comprising: clothing configured to conform to a first user's body in a manner that limits the shifting and movement of the clothing with respect to the user's body when the user is engaged in a body movement activity; multiple sensors configured for positioning on the clothing of the first user and at least one sensor being associated with each of different appendages of the first user to gather biomechanical data there from, each sensor characterized by an independent data collection rate and each appendage having an independent expected relative movement speed wherein a first appendage has an expected relative movement speed which is faster than a second appendage having a slower expected relative movement speed than the first appendage, the sensor having faster data collection rates being associated with the first appendage having faster expected relative movement speeds and a sensor having slower data collection rates being associated with the second appendage, such that each sensor is configured to gather data at a rate that corresponds to an expected relative movement speed of the appendage with which it is associated; and a transceiver configured to collect data from the multiple sensors and transmit that data to a first processor having software that allows a first user to view an animation of that data representing the first user's own movements reconstructed from the biomechanical data collected by the sensors, the first processor configured to communicate with a website having a biomechanical application.