Patent ID: 7579946

Claim:
A data transfer system, comprising: an article of footwear; a data transmission system engaged with the article of footwear, wherein the data transmission system transmits data from the article of footwear; a remote system in communication with the data transmission system for receiving the data from the data transmission system, wherein the data transmitted includes at least one member selected from the group of: user identification data, footwear product identification data, physical data associated with use of the article of footwear, and physiological data associated with use of the article of footwear, and wherein the remote system includes a second data transmission system that transmits data to a wearer of the article of footwear; and a portable display device, wherein the second data transmission system transmits data to the portable display device, and wherein the data transmitted to the portable display device includes information regarding approaching characteristics or features along the wearer's route.