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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2021
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Christopher Andon, Portland, OR (US);
Brian Kash, Portland, OR (US);
Ryan Palmer, Tigard, OR (US);
Holli Pheil, Portland, OR (US);
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
A system, devices, and methods include a player network hub and relay network hubs. The player network hub is configured to form a body area network with peripheral devices by communicating wirelessly according to a first wireless protocol and transmit location information according to a second wireless protocol different than the first wireless protocol. The relay network hubs are configured to form a wide area network with the player network hub and a master network hub by communicating, at least in part, according to the second wireless protocol, wherein the relay network hubs are configured to receive the location information from the player network hub and wherein at least one of the relay network hubs or the master network hub are configured to determine a location of the player network hub based on the location information.