Group Coaching System Synchronization for Exerciser Coordination
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Solution Overview
Problem
Individualized exercise programs make it difficult for groups of exercisers to stay together during outdoor activities, as each person follows their own personalized training program.
Innovation Solution
A group coaching system comprising multiple devices that communicate with each other to provide synchronized coaching information, allowing users to follow the same training program and maintain a unified speed while exercising together.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If each exerciser follows their own personalized training program, then individual training effectiveness is improved, but group coordination deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the coaching function into individual device-level personalized coaching and group-level coordinated coaching. Each device independently manages individual training parameters while simultaneously participating in group synchronization protocols, allowing both personalized effectiveness and group coordination to operate at different hierarchical levels
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a temporal dimension to group coordination by synchronizing coaching sessions across multiple devices. Instead of spatial coordination only, the system adds time-based synchronization where all devices follow the same training program timeline, enabling group cohesion while maintaining individual customization within the unified temporal framework
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple devices provide individualized coaching, then personalization is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Each coaching device is designed with universal functionality to handle both individual personalized coaching and group synchronized coaching. The devices use common communication protocols and data structures that allow them to function independently for personalization while seamlessly integrating into group configurations, reducing overall system complexity through standardized multi-functional components
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces a central server or cloud platform as an intermediary that manages the complexity of coordinating multiple devices. This intermediary handles group formation, program synchronization, and data aggregation, allowing individual devices to remain relatively simple while the distributed system achieves high adaptability through the mediating coordination layer
Data Source
AI summary
Group coaching system includes at least a first and a second coaching device, the first device being configured to provide respective first user coaching information to a respective user of the first device, and the second device being configured to provide respective second user coaching information to a respective user of the second device, wherein the system is configured to provide a group coaching of the users of the devices utilizing the respective user coaching information provided by the coaching devices.