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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2010
Mark E. Ainsworth, Snohomish, WA (US);
Robert J. Silbernagel, Sammamish, WA (US);
Susan W. M. Bell, Mercer Island, WA (US);
James S. Birrell, Seattle, WA (US);
Mark E. Ainsworth, Snohomish, WA (US);
Robert J. Silbernagel, Sammamish, WA (US);
Susan W. M. Bell, Mercer Island, WA (US);
James S. Birrell, Seattle, WA (US);
Precor Incorporated, Woodinville, WA (US);
Abstract
A system and method control usage of exercise equipment by: using a control server remote from a first fitness equipment unit to gather usage information at a fitness facility including the first fitness equipment unit; using the control server to communicate a maximum available individual workout time setting to the first fitness equipment unit based on the gathered usage information; and applying the maximum available individual workout time setting to the first fitness equipment unit.