Title:
Footwear products including a data transmission function
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP6120809
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
Footwear systems include an article of footwear and a data transmission system engaged with the article of footwear. The transmission system transmits data to a remote system, such as a display system, another data transmission system, a processing system, etc. Such footwear systems further may include activation systems for activating the transmission and/or display systems. The transmitted data may be used for various purposes, such as: (a) identifying a user of the article of footwear; (b) activating targeted advertising or product information; (c) confirming the user's presence at a specific location and/or at a specific time; (d) determining start, finish, and/or intermediate split times for specific user; (e) confirming athletic equipment usage; (f) providing data for a game or reward program; (g) registering the user for an event or competition; or the like.
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Inventors:
Case Charles Whipple Jr.
Application Number:
JP2014142043A
Publication Date:
April 26, 2017
Filing Date:
July 10, 2014
Export Citation:
Assignee:
NIKE INNOVATE C.V.
International Classes:
G06Q30/02; A43B5/00; A43C15/00; A61B5/11; A61B5/22; A63B69/00; G07C1/22
Domestic Patent References:
JP2003196529A | ||||
JP2005230309A | ||||
JP8089482A | ||||
JP2003204942A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hatsushi Shimizu
Masao Haruna
Hirotaka Yamaguchi
Toshi Gobe
Ryuichi Inoue
Toshimitsu Sato
Koichi Niimi
Tomohiko Kobayashi
Masato Ozeki
Yoshihiro Igarashi
Kazuya Kawamoto
Masao Haruna
Hirotaka Yamaguchi
Toshi Gobe
Ryuichi Inoue
Toshimitsu Sato
Koichi Niimi
Tomohiko Kobayashi
Masato Ozeki
Yoshihiro Igarashi
Kazuya Kawamoto