US 11024413

US Patent 11024413, titled "Method and device for providing a coach with training data of an athlete as the athlete is performing a swimming workout," was issued to Finish Time Holdings LLC on June 1, 2021. The sole inventor listed is Todd Martin. The application for this patent (US17/174,619) was filed on February 12, 2021, and claims priority from a prior art date of October 19, 2012.

Abstract:
The patent describes an athlete tracking system and method for monitoring an athlete during training sessions. Key components include a mobile tracking device designed to be worn on a portion of the athlete's head, and a training log server. This server is configured to maintain an athlete profile, which encompasses a training record that the athlete can update and a training plan provided by a coach.

Independent Claims Overview (derived from preferred aspects in the Summary, as formal claims are not explicitly delineated in the provided text):
The provided patent text does not explicitly list numbered independent claims. However, the "Summary" section outlines several preferred inventive aspects which typically correspond to independent claims:

1. Web-based Platform for Athletic Information and Training: A system comprising a web-based platform that provides access to information regarding athletic events and personal training. This platform may include a personalizable activity calendar, a training log, a media portal for event photos, and a rankings generator to rank users.
2. Web-based Platform for Personalizing Training Regimen (System Aspect): A web-based platform designed to personalize an athlete's training regimen. This system typically includes a training log server that maintains multiple athlete profiles, each with a training record detailing workout aspects like distance and time. A processor in the system is programmed to receive workout data from the athlete, update the training record, allow the athlete to grant a coach access to this record, and enable the coach to upload a training plan to the athlete's profile for the athlete to view.
3. Method for Personalizing Training Regimen: A method utilizing a computer web-based platform with a processor and a training log server. This method involves creating an athlete profile with predefined fields (e.g., for distance and time), receiving workout data from the athlete, updating the training record with this data, allowing a coach to access and view the athlete profile, and uploading a training plan from the coach to be associated with the athlete's profile.
4. System for Transferring Training Data from a Bike Computer: A system for transferring an athlete's training data from a bike computer to an online training log. This system includes a bike computer (mountable on a bike, storing training data, with a peer-to-peer wireless transceiver), a mobile communications device (with a processor and wireless transceiver to receive and format data), and a web-based platform (with a processor to receive and store data in a training log server).
5. Method for Updating an Online Training Log via Peer-to-Peer Communication: A method for updating a user's online training log. This method involves establishing a peer-to-peer communications link between a mobile training computer (e.g., bike computer) and a mobile communications device, transferring training data from the computer to the device, formatting the data for transfer to a web-based platform, and then uploading this formatted data to update the online training log.
6. Bike Computer for Data Collection and Transmission: A bike computer designed to collect and transmit an athlete's training data. It includes at least one sensor to measure training parameters, a processor to collect data from the sensor, memory to store the data, and wireless communication means to transmit the data to a training log.

USPTO and CAFC 2026 Dockets:
A search of USPTO records for patent US11024413 confirms the details provided above, including its active legal status and that its family has litigation.

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Proceedings overview

There are no AIA trial proceedings (Inter Partes Review, Post-Grant Review, or Covered Business Method review) on file for US Patent 11024413 as of the most recent data ingest and subsequent web search. This means the patent has not been challenged at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

Strategic summary

As of August 18, 2026, all claims of US Patent 11024413 are currently UNTESTED in AIA trial proceedings. There have been no PTAB challenges, meaning no claims have been canceled or sustained by the Board in such a context.

The absence of PTAB activity implies that there is no estoppel landscape established under 35 U.S.C. § 315(e)(2) for this patent. A potential defendant would not be barred from raising any prior-art grounds in a future PTAB petition or district court litigation, as no grounds have been raised or could have been reasonably raised in a prior AIA trial. There are no patterns of repeated filings by a particular petitioner or aggressive appeals by the patent owner, nor is there any indication of involvement from defensive aggregators.

Recommended next steps

Since no PTAB activity exists for US Patent 11024413, a defendant facing assertion of this patent would have an open field to challenge its validity through an Inter Partes Review (IPR) or Post-Grant Review (PGR), depending on the effective filing date and issuance date of the patent. Given the patent's publication date of 2021-06-01, a PGR would have been available for nine months after this date, meaning that window has now closed. An IPR, however, remains an option, as it can be filed after the later of nine months after patent grant or termination of any PGR. IPRs can challenge claims based on novelty (§ 102) or obviousness (§ 103) using patents or printed publications as prior art. The absence of prior PTAB challenges suggests that the patent has not yet undergone this form of validity scrutiny.

Inventors

• Todd Martin (Finish Time Holdings LLC at the time of filing, as he is the sole inventor and the original assignee)

Original assignee

Finish Time Holdings LLC is the entity named on the issued patent. Based on the patent's description, Finish Time Holdings LLC's primary line of business appears to be developing and operating a web-based platform for athletic training and event management, including features for tracking athlete performance, managing training plans, and providing coaching tools. The patent itself describes a "system" and "method" for providing these services. The legal status of the patent is "Active", suggesting Finish Time Holdings LLC is currently operating or at least maintaining the patent.

Assignment timeline

The USPTO Patent Assignment Search (https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/) shows the following assignment for US11024413:

• 2026-05-03 (executed) / recorded 2026-05-03 — Reel 059905/0425
  • Conveyance: Assignment
  • Assignor: MARTIN, TODD
  • Assignee: FINISH TIME HOLDINGS, LLC
  • Correspondent: MICHAEL J. FEGIN, FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP, 901 NEW YORK AVENUE, NW, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA UNITED STATES 20001
  • Context: Transfer of assignor's interest to the assignee.

It should be noted that the Google Patents legal events list a "reassignment" on 2026-05-03 to FINISH TIME HOLDINGS, LLC, with the assignor as MARTIN, TODD. This aligns with the USPTO record. The initial Google Patents information shows Finish Time Holdings LLC as the "Current Assignee" and "Original Assignee," and Todd Martin as the "Inventor." This recorded assignment appears to be a formal transfer of the inventor's interest to the company, likely after the patent issued, or a clarification of ownership.

Timeline diagram

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    title Ownership of US 11024413
    2012 : Priority date
    2021 : Application filed by Finish Time Holdings LLC
         : Granted & published
    2026 : Inventor assigns to Finish Time Holdings LLC

NPE / troll-pattern signals

1. Shell-entity transfer — not present. The sole recorded assignment is from the inventor, Todd Martin, to Finish Time Holdings LLC, the original assignee and indicated operating company. There is no evidence of a transfer to a licensing-only shell entity.
2. Known asserter in the chain — not present. Finish Time Holdings LLC is not identified as a known asserter. The single assignment is from the inventor to the original assignee.
3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — not present. There is only one recorded assignment in the USPTO Assignment Center for this patent. Michael J. Fegin of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP is listed as the correspondent for this single assignment.
4. Cascading transfers — not present. Only one assignment is recorded for this patent.
5. Pre-litigation transfer — unclear. While the patent family has litigation flagged by Google Patents, there is no public record of the specific filing date for the first infringement suit naming this patent. The recorded assignment from the inventor to Finish Time Holdings LLC occurred on 2026-05-03, but without lawsuit dates, it's impossible to determine if this was pre-litigation.
6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. There is no information to suggest that the original assignee, Finish Time Holdings LLC, has filed for bankruptcy, nor that the patent was sold as part of such proceedings.
7. Privateering — not present. There is no evidence of an operating company transferring the patent to an NPE to assert on its behalf.
8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. The patent is currently assigned to Finish Time Holdings LLC and has not been transferred to a defensive aggregator.

Verdict

Insufficient data. The only recorded assignment is from the inventor, Todd Martin, to the original assignee, Finish Time Holdings LLC, on 2026-05-03 (Reel 059905/0425). While Google Patents flags that the "Family has litigation," there is no public information about the nature, timing, or parties involved in this litigation, preventing a determination of whether any assignments were made in anticipation of assertion. There are no other signals of NPE activity in the assignment chain.

USPTO Assignment Center search for US11024413

To identify the most relevant prior art for US Patent 11024413, I will examine the patent's own "Prior art citations" listed on Google Patents, as well as any applications explicitly incorporated by reference with filing dates preceding the priority date of US11024413. The priority date for US11024413 is October 19, 2012, from U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/715,847.

From the description of US11024413, two applications are explicitly incorporated by reference and have filing dates prior to the priority date:

1. U.S. application Ser. No. 13/484,213

   • Filing Date: May 30, 2012
   • Title: “System and Method for Providing an Athlete with a Performance Profile”
   • Brief Description (from US11024413's description): This application details a preferred rankings generator (explicitly referred to for "rankings generator 120" and "media portal" in US11024413).
   • Potential Anticipation (under 35 U.S.C. § 102): This reference potentially anticipates aspects of Independent Claim 1, which mentions a "rankings generator configured to rank a user against other users within given set of parameters," and potentially elements of Independent Claim 2 and 3 related to the platform including a media portal, as US11024413 itself states, "Details of a preferred medial portal are found in U.S. application Ser. No. 13/484,213."

2. U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/705,232

   • Filing Date: September 25, 2012
   • Title: “Interface and Method for Updating an Athlete Training Log”
   • Brief Description (from US11024413's description): This application describes a system for providing a live feed to a training log, where an athlete's tracking device provides live updates to a platform, and a coaching dashboard can display this live training information as the athlete performs a workout.
   • Potential Anticipation (under 35 U.S.C. § 102): This reference most directly anticipates aspects of the broader system described in US11024413 relating to live data feeds for coaches. Specifically, it relates to the abstract's mention of "tracking an athlete during training sessions" with a mobile tracking device and the system's ability to provide a coach with training data "as the athlete is performing a swimming workout." It also relates to Independent Claim 2 (System Aspect) concerning receiving workout data and updating training records, and particularly the descriptions within US11024413 about a "training gateway" where "an athlete may wear a tracking device 140, such as a GPS enabled tracking device, that provides live updates to platform 102" and "Coaching dashboard 134 may be configured to provide the coach with live training information as the athlete is performing the workout."

To provide full citations and ensure a comprehensive list of prior art citations, I will now perform a targeted search for the "Prior art citations" section of US11024413 on Google Patents.

Obviousness Analysis of US Patent 11024413 Under 35 U.S.C. § 103

This analysis evaluates the obviousness of US Patent 11024413 ("Method and device for providing a coach with training data of an athlete as the athlete is performing a swimming workout") under 35 U.S.C. § 103, considering the independent claims derived from its summary and its own cited prior art references. The priority date for US11024413 is October 19, 2012. A person having ordinary skill in the art (POSITA) in the field of athletic training systems and software at that time would possess knowledge of web-based platforms, mobile computing, various wireless communication protocols (e.g., Bluetooth, Wi-Fi), and established methods for tracking athletic performance.

The patent US11024413 itself identifies and incorporates by reference two key prior art documents that predate its priority date:

1. US application Ser. No. 13/484,213 (filed May 30, 2012), entitled “System and Method for Providing an Athlete with a Performance Profile.” This application is explicitly cited in US11024413 for providing details of a "rankings generator" and a "media portal" within the context of an athlete performance profile system. [cite: Original Patent Text]
2. U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/705,232 (filed Sep. 25, 2012), entitled “Interface and Method for Updating an Athlete Training Log.” This provisional application is explicitly cited in US11024413 as describing "a system for providing a live feed to a training log." [cite: Original Patent Text]

Live web searches for the specific content of these provisional and patent applications did not yield their abstracts or claims directly, so the descriptions provided within US11024413 regarding their teachings are considered authoritative for this analysis.

Analysis of Independent Claims Overview:

1. Web-based Platform for Athletic Information and Training

• Claim Elements: A system comprising a web-based platform providing access to information regarding athletic or sporting events and personal training information, and optionally including a personalizable activity calendar, a training log, a media portal for event photos, and a rankings generator to rank users.
• Prior Art Teaching & Obviousness: US application Ser. No. 13/484,213, titled “System and Method for Providing an Athlete with a Performance Profile,” inherently suggests a web-based platform for athletic information, including personal training data. US11024413 explicitly states that this application provides details for a "rankings generator" and a "media portal." [cite: Original Patent Text] U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/705,232, concerning "Updating an Athlete Training Log," directly teaches the existence of an athlete training log. [cite: Original Patent Text]
• Motivation to Combine: A POSITA would find it obvious to integrate a training log (from US 61/705,232) into an athlete performance profile system (from US 13/484,213) to create a comprehensive athletic information platform. Features like an activity calendar for events and training, along with personalization options, are standard functionalities expected in such web-based systems to organize and display information effectively. The combination of these known elements to provide a single, comprehensive platform would be an obvious design choice for a POSITA aiming to create a robust athlete management system.

2. Web-based Platform for Personalizing Training Regimen (System Aspect)

• Claim Elements: A web-based platform comprising a training log server maintaining athlete profiles (each with a training record including distance and time aspects of workouts); and a processor configured to receive workout data from the athlete to update the training record, permit the athlete to grant coach access to the training record, receive a training plan from the coach, and associate the training plan with the athlete profile for athlete viewing.
• Prior Art Teaching & Obviousness: US application Ser. No. 13/484,213 discloses a "System and Method for Providing an Athlete with a Performance Profile," which would logically involve maintaining athlete profiles and their performance/training records. [cite: Original Patent Text] U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/705,232 describes a "system for providing a live feed to a training log" and an "Interface and Method for Updating an Athlete Training Log," directly addressing the reception and updating of workout data in an online training log. [cite: Original Patent Text]
• Motivation to Combine: The background of US11024413 highlights the problem of athletes losing connection with coaches due to relocation. A POSITA, recognizing this problem, would be highly motivated to extend existing athlete performance/training log systems (as taught by US 13/484,213 and US 61/705,232) to facilitate remote coaching. Enabling athletes to grant coaches access to their training records and allowing coaches to upload training plans directly to an athlete's profile are obvious solutions using established web-based platform and database technologies. This integration directly addresses the problem of maintaining remote coach-athlete relationships and personalizing training regimens, thereby being an obvious improvement.

3. Method for Personalizing Training Regimen

• Claim Elements: A method including creating an athlete profile on a training log server (with distance and time fields); receiving workout data from the athlete to update the training record; permitting a coach to log onto the platform and view the athlete profile; and uploading a training plan from the coach to be associated with the athlete profile.
• Prior Art Teaching & Obviousness: The foundational steps of creating athlete profiles, receiving workout data, and updating training records are inherently taught or suggested by the combination of US 13/484,213 ("Performance Profile") and US 61/705,232 ("Updating an Athlete Training Log"). [cite: Original Patent Text]
• Motivation to Combine: Similar to the system claim (Claim Type 2), the method steps for enabling coach access and facilitating the upload and association of training plans are an obvious implementation for a POSITA. Given the clear motivation to support remote coaching, providing coaches with the ability to view athlete progress and deliver training plans via a shared online platform would be a well-understood and desired functionality, achievable through conventional web application development on existing online training log systems.

4. System for Transferring Training Data from a Bike Computer

• Claim Elements: A system including a bike computer (mountable on a bike, storing training data, with a peer-to-peer wireless transceiver); a mobile communications device (with a processor and wireless transceiver to receive data from the bike computer and format it for transfer to an online training log); and a web-based platform (with a processor to receive data from the mobile communications device and store it in a training log server with athlete profiles).
• Prior Art Teaching & Obviousness: U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/705,232 describes "a system for providing a live feed to a training log," which necessitates a training device (like a bike computer) collecting and transmitting data to an online log. [cite: Original Patent Text] Before the priority date, bike computers with sensors (e.g., GPS, cadence, heart rate) and internal storage were common. Mobile communication devices (smartphones, tablets) with wireless transceivers (e.g., Bluetooth) were also ubiquitous, and peer-to-peer communication between devices was a known method for data exchange.
• Motivation to Combine: A POSITA, starting with a system for updating an athlete training log (as in US 61/705,232), would be motivated to automate the transfer of data from specialized training devices like bike computers. Using a mobile communication device as an intermediary to receive data via a peer-to-peer link from a bike computer and then upload it to a web-based platform is an obvious technological choice. This architecture offers convenience by eliminating manual data entry or physical connections (like USB), which US11024413 explicitly mentions as a benefit. [cite: Original Patent Text] The selection of specific wireless protocols (e.g., Bluetooth, Wi-Fi Direct) and the formatting of data are routine engineering considerations.

5. Method for Updating an Online Training Log via Peer-to-Peer Communication

• Claim Elements: A method including establishing a peer-to-peer communications link between a mobile training computer and a mobile communications device; transferring training data from the mobile training computer to the mobile communications device; formatting the training data for transfer from the mobile communications device to a web-based platform; and uploading the formatted training data to the web-based platform to update the online training log of the user.
• Prior Art Teaching & Obviousness: The "system for providing a live feed to a training log" from U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/705,232 implicitly teaches the core method of transferring and updating data in an online training log. [cite: Original Patent Text] By the priority date, the use of peer-to-peer communication and mobile devices as intermediaries for data transfer from specialized training devices to online platforms was a known approach.
• Motivation to Combine: This method claim describes the operational steps for the system of Claim Type 4. For the same reasons discussed for Claim Type 4, automating data transfer from a mobile training computer to an online training log via a mobile communication device using peer-to-peer communication would be obvious to a POSITA. The motivation remains to enhance user convenience and data accuracy by streamlining the upload process and reducing manual effort.

6. Bike Computer for Data Collection and Transmission

• Claim Elements: A bike computer including at least one sensor for measuring data associated with a parameter of the athlete's training session; a processor configured to collect the training data from the at least one sensor; a memory for storing the training data collected by the processor; and a wireless communications means for transmitting the training data to a training log.
• Prior Art Teaching & Obviousness: Prior to October 2012, bike computers with various sensors (e.g., for speed, distance, cadence, heart rate, GPS), processors, and memory for data collection and storage were widely known and commercially available (e.g., from Garmin, Polar). Many such devices also included wireless communication means (e.g., ANT+, proprietary protocols, or early Bluetooth) for transmitting data.
• Motivation to Combine: Integrating "wireless communications means for transmitting the training data to a training log" into an existing bike computer would be a straightforward and obvious design choice for a POSITA. The motivation is directly aligned with the capabilities described in US 61/705,232 (for updating a training log) and US 13/484,213 (for a performance profile). The objective would be to enable seamless integration of collected training data with online platforms, thereby enhancing the utility of the bike computer by making its data more accessible and actionable within a broader training ecosystem. The specific sensors (e.g., cadence, heart rate) and mounting mechanisms are standard features of bike computers.

Conclusion:
Based on the explicit disclosures of the incorporated prior art within US11024413 and the general knowledge of a person having ordinary skill in the art before October 19, 2012, all derived independent claims of US Patent 11024413 appear to be obvious. The combinations of features in the claims represent logical extensions and straightforward integrations of known elements to solve identified problems in athlete training and data management, particularly enabling remote coaching and convenient data transfer, which were clear motivations in the art.