Patent ID: 8712849

Claim:
A method of providing advertising content using a group training system (GTS), the method comprising: transferring, using a processing device, first advertising content to a first GTS by an advertising content service provider system (ACSPS), the first advertising content being provided by an advertiser system (AS); transferring, using the processing device, payment from the AS by the ACSPS as compensation for the first advertising content being displayed on a multi-user display; displaying in a grid-like format on the multi-user display, real-time training-related information associated with each of a plurality of identified participants in a live cardiovascular group training session to the plurality of identified participants, thereby enabling comparison of the real-time training-related information by the plurality of identified participants during and after the live cardiovascular group training session, the multi-user display being associated with the first GTS; analyzing, using the processing device, the real-time training-related information associated with each of the plurality of identified participants in the live cardiovascular group training session, and generating a recommendation banner to the multi-user display for one or more identified participants in the live cardiovascular group training session; and transferring, using the processing device, payment from the ACSPS to an entity associated with the first GTS as compensation for the first advertising content being displayed as an advertisement banner on the multi-user display associated with the first GTS.