Patent ID: 8182348

Claim:
A method for facilitating a first performance by a first participant in an event that includes movement along a course located in a first geographic area, the method comprising: using a geographic database that contains data that represents geographic features to identify geographic features in the first geographic area; determining the course based on the identified geographic features in the first geographic area; forming simulated route information for movement on a stationary device located in a second geographic area different from the first geographic area; providing the simulated route information to the stationary device, wherein the simulated route information causes the stationary device to simulate a substantially equivalent geographic feature of the course including selecting a substantially same distance to move upon the stationary device as covered by the course; comparing the first performance to a second performance, wherein the second performance is performed by a second participant on the stationary device based on the simulated route information; and providing an indication of the comparing of the first and the second performances to the first participant and the second participant while the first participant is engaged in the first performance and while the second participant is engaged in the second performance.