ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,593, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to ROM Technologies Inc. (Brookfield, Conn.).

"System and method for using an exercise machine to improve completion of an exercise" was invented by Colin James Smith (Boulder, Colo.), Michael Bissonnette (Denver), Steven Mason (Las Vegas) and James D. Steidl (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for improving completion of an exercise is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method of a control system to improve compliance with an exercise plan for an exercise machine includes receiving one or more load measurements from one or more load cells of the exercise machine. The...