Audio Streaming Sync for Athletic Activity

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Solution Overview

Problem

Individuals face challenges in determining appropriate exercise programs and maintaining motivation during physical activities without adequate entertainment, as traditional methods fail to effectively integrate music selection based on athletic activity levels.

Innovation Solution

A system and method that utilize a computing device to select and play streamed audio tracks from a music streaming service, synchronizing audio track intensity with athletic activity data, such as pace, distance, and heart rate, to enhance motivation and engagement during workouts.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If music is played during athletic activity, then motivation and enjoyment are improved, but the complexity of selecting appropriate music increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of maintaining exercise regimenVSAvoidcomplexity of music selection system

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically monitors athletic activity data through sensors and autonomously selects and plays appropriate music tracks based on detected activity levels, eliminating the need for manual music selection by the user while maintaining motivation and enjoyment

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes music parameters (tempo, intensity, genre) dynamically based on real-time athletic activity data, automatically adjusting the music playlist to match the user's current exercise intensity and type without requiring user intervention

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

2Speed

If music tempo is increased to encourage faster athletic performance, then athletic speed improves, but the adaptability to different exercise intensities decreases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveathletic speedVSAvoidadaptability to different exercise intensities

Core Design Contradiction:

SpeedVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adjusts music tempo and intensity in real-time based on monitored athletic activity data, allowing the music playlist to adapt to varying exercise intensities and types, thereby supporting both speed improvement and versatility across different workout scenarios

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system continuously monitors athletic activity data and uses this feedback to automatically adjust music selection, ensuring the music tempo and intensity appropriately match the current exercise level, whether low-intensity recovery or high-intensity performance

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS10311462B2Music streaming for athletic activities

Publication Date: 2019.06.04 NIKE INC

AI summary

Example embodiments relate to systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media relating to a user interface, that may for example, initiate transmission of a stream of audio data comprising a plurality of audio tracks from a music streaming service, and receive athletic activity data relating to a performance of an athletic activity by a user during an activity time period that includes a plurality of time intervals. For each of the plurality of time intervals, an athletic activity level is determined from the athletic activity data, a target audio track intensity corresponding to the athletic activity level is determined, and a playback of a streamed audio track corresponding to the target audio track intensity is initiated.