Exercise Equipment Sensor Data Routing to User Device
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Solution Overview
Problem
Exercise equipment systems pose security risks by storing user health data, which is undesirable, yet users want to track their exercise regimens securely.
Innovation Solution
Exercise equipment systems allow users' smart devices to directly interface with sensors, bypassing the built-in computing device, to collect and display exercise data securely, preventing data storage on the equipment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If exercise equipment stores user exercise data locally, then users can track their exercise regimens, but security risks increase and user health data may be exposed to bad actors
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the data storage function from the exercise equipment system and relocates it to the user's personal device. The exercise equipment only collects data via sensors and transmits it directly to the user's device, removing the vulnerable local storage component from the equipment itself while preserving the user's ability to track their exercise regimens.
Solution Approach 2:
The user's personal device acts as an intermediary between the sensors and the final data storage location. Data flows from sensors through the user's device for processing and display, but the actual storage occurs in the user's controlled environment rather than on the exercise equipment, thus maintaining tracking capability while improving security.
2Ease of operation
If exercise equipment uses built-in computing devices to process and store data, then exercise tracking is enabled, but the system becomes vulnerable to security breaches
Solution Approach 1:
The computing and data processing functions are extracted from the exercise equipment's built-in computing device and transferred to the user's personal device. The equipment retains only the essential sensor collection and data transmission capabilities, eliminating the security vulnerability associated with built-in storage and processing while preserving full exercise tracking functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The user's personal device serves itself as the processing and storage unit for exercise data. Instead of relying on the exercise equipment's computing capabilities, the user's device independently receives, processes, stores, and displays the exercise data, making the system easier to operate from the user's perspective while removing security risks.
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AI summary
Described herein is a mechanism for preventing exercise devices from storing user exercise data and enabling the user to securely record that data. When a user selects an exercise device for performing an exercise, a user's device may establish a connection with the exercise device. When an exercise program is started on the exercise device, the user's device interfaces with the sensors directly while bypassing the computing device. When a direct sensor link with the sensors is created, the sensor link replaces a link between the sensors and the computing device on the exercise equipment. The user's device then receives exercise data through the sensor link directly from the sensors bypassing the computing device on the exercise equipment.