Patents by Inventor Steven Michael Rodden

Steven Michael Rodden has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Exercise machine with screen lock function
    Patent number: 12268948
    Abstract: An exercise machine has a lock mode and an unlock mode associated with a screen lock function. A computing device coupled to the exercise machine includes a display, memory, and a processor coupled to the memory. The computing device is configured to detect a user interaction with the computing device or the exercise machine while the exercise machine is in the lock mode, render a screen lock interface on the display in response to the user interaction, receive an input code from the screen lock interface, determine that the input code matches a goal code, and adjust the exercise machine from the lock mode to the unlock mode in response to determining that the input code matches the goal code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Johnson Health Tech Retail, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Michael Rodden, Cyrus Evanado, Steve Black, James Taylor, Robert Nicholas Haselmann
  • EXERCISE MACHINE WITH SCREEN LOCK FUNCTION
    Publication number: 20230065979
    Abstract: An exercise machine has a lock mode and an unlock mode associated with a screen lock function. A computing device coupled to the exercise machine includes a display, memory, and a processor coupled to the memory. The computing device is configured to detect a user interaction with the computing device or the exercise machine while the exercise machine is in the lock mode, render a screen lock interface on the display in response to the user interaction, receive an input code from the screen lock interface, determine that the input code matches a goal code, and adjust the exercise machine from the lock mode to the unlock mode in response to determining that the input code matches the goal code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Nautilus, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Michael Rodden, Cyrus Evanado, Steve Black, James Taylor, Robert Nicholas Haselmann