Game pod
CA 2596041 C · Owner: Nike International, Ltd. · Inventors: Case, Charles Wipple, Jr.; Schrock, Allan M.; Shum, Albert
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A system for promoting physical activity for video game players. A video game player wears an article of footwear with a physical activity monitor or "game pod" mounted thereon while exercising or performing some other type of physical activity. The game pod measures the amount of the player's physical activity, and records that amount in a memory. When the player desires to play a video game according to the invention the player disengages at least the , memory from the article of footwear and then engages the memory with the , computer hosting the video game through a computer interface. The computer then obtains the recorded amount of physical activity and provides a computer , …
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- Filed February 9, 2006 and granted July 10, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 9, 2026.
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