Profile management method

• US 10,067,578 B2
• Filed: 11/25/2015
• Issued: 09/04/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Razer (Asia-Pacific) Pte. Ltd. (Razer Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Razer (Asia-Pacific) Pte. Ltd. (Razer Incorporated)
• Inventors: Tan, Min-Liang, He, Ping
• Primary Examiner(s): Weng, Peiyong
• Application Number:
  US14/952,636
• Publication Number:
  US 20160080521A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,014 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/12 involving interaction between a plurality of game devices, e.g. transmisison or distribution systems protocols for networked virtual reality, networked games H04L29/06034
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/215 comprising means for detecting acoustic signals, e.g. using a microphone
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/235 using a wireless connection, e.g. infrared or piconet
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/285 Generating tactile feedback signals via the game input device, e.g. force feedback
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/30 Interconnection arrangements between game servers and game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game servers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/355 Performing operations on behalf of clients with restricted processing capabilities, e.g. servers transform changing game scene into an encoded video stream for transmitting to a mobile phone or a thin client
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/71 using secure communication between game devices and game servers, e.g. by encrypting game data or authenticating players
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/79 involving player-related data, e.g. identities, accounts, preferences or play histories
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1018 Calibration; Key and button assignment
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/5546 using player registration data, e.g. identification, account, preferences, game history
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/01 Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer G06F3/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04855 Interaction with scrollbars
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles

Abstract

Most computer operating systems are able to automatically configure the coupled computer peripheral device for use with the computer operating system without the need for installation of a specific driver. However, when these peripheral devices are detected by the computing system, a generic UI control configuration is often assigned to them and whatever customized settings previously configured by the user will be lost and replaced with a new set of unfamiliar setting. This poses much inconvenience and hassle to gamers when they use a different computing system or machine. Described according to an embodiment of the invention is a profile management method, operating on a computing cloud, comprising steps for receiving client data provided by a computing system detecting coupling of a user-interface (UI) thereto and for retrieving configuration data corresponding to the client data for use in configuring the UI by the computing system.

Claims

1. A computing system comprising:

a controller module configured to receive a client data from a computing system, wherein the computing system is in signal communication with a user-interface device;

a storage module having stored thereon a plurality of device profiles, each of the plurality of device profiles having configuration data associated therewith;

wherein the controller module is further configured to determine whether the plurality of device profiles comprise a matching device profile matching the client data,

wherein the controller module is further configured to determine in the plurality of device profiles, a closest matching device profile closest matching the client data, if the plurality of device profiles do not comprise a matching device profile;

a processor module configured to associate one of the matching device profile or the closest matching device profile with the client data;

wherein the configuration data associated with the one of the matching device profile or the closest matching device profile associated with the client data, is downloadable to the computing system for configuring operation of the user-interface device with the computing system.

2. The computing system of claim 1, wherein the configuration data is providable to the computing system for configuring operation of the user-interface device in response to user interactions identifiable by the user-interface device.

3. The computing system of claim 1, wherein the client data comprises device data, the device data comprising description of the user-interface device and information on user interactions identifiable by the user-interface device.

4. The computing system of claim 1, further comprising:

an authentication module configured to provide authentication data from the computing system to the controller module.

5. The computing system of claim 4, wherein the client data comprises identifier data comprising at least one of a user name or a user identifier.

6. The computing system of claim 5, wherein the authentication module is further configured to authenticate the identifier data using the authentication data.

7. The computing system of claim 6, wherein the configuration data is downloadable to the computing system in response to the client data being authenticated.

8. The computing system of claim 5, wherein the controller module is configured to match a device profile to the client data based on a device data and the identifier data, when the identifier data is associated with more than one device profile, wherein the device data comprises description of the user-interface device and information on user interactions identifiable by the user-interface device.

9. The computing system of claim 1, wherein the configuration data comprises a library of gestures and corresponding instructions downloadable to the computing system for configuring an operation of the user-interface device.

10. The computing system of claim 1, wherein the configuration data comprises at least one of a button configuration, a scroll-wheel sensitivity, a displacement sensitivity, a lighting feedback or a haptic feedback.

11. The computing system of claim 1, wherein the controller module is configured to control access to the configuration data based on permission settings associated with the configuration data.

12. The computing system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the controller module, the storage module or the processor module comprises hardware.

13. The computing system of claim 1, wherein the configuration data at least substantially defines interactions between the user-interface device and at least one of an application or an operating platform operating on the local computing system.

14. The computing system of claim 1, further comprising:

a plurality of inter-networked server systems.

15. The computing system of claim 1, further comprising:

a communication module configured to establish communication with the computing system.

16. A computing system comprising:

a controller module configured to receive client data from a computing system, wherein the computing system is in signal communication with a user-interface device;

a storage module having stored thereon a plurality of device profiles and a plurality of configuration data, each of the plurality of device profiles having a respective configuration data associated therewith;

wherein the controller module is further configured to select one device profile of the plurality of device profiles based on the received client data;

wherein the controller module is further configured to determine if there is a mismatch between an operating platform supported by the computing system and an operating platform supported by the storage module;

wherein the processor module is configured to process the configuration data associated with the selected device profile, to comply with the operating platform supported by the computing system when there is a mismatch between the operating platform supported by the storage module and the operating platform supported by the computing system;

wherein the configuration data associated with the selected device profile is downloadable to the computing system for configuring operation of the user-interface device with the computing system.

17. The computing system of claim 16, wherein the configuration data is providable to the computing system for configuring operation of the user-interface device in response to user interactions identifiable by the user-interface device.

18. The computing system of claim 16, wherein the client data comprises a platform data defining the operating platform of the computing system.

19. The computing system of claim 16, wherein the client data comprises device data, the device data comprising description of the user-interface device and information on user interactions identifiable by the user-interface device.

20. The computing system of claim 16, further comprising:

an authentication module configured to provide authentication data from the computing system to the controller module.

21. The computing system of claim 20, wherein the client data comprises identifier data comprising at least one of a user name or a user identifier.

22. The computing system of claim 21, wherein the authentication module is further configured to authenticate the identifier data using the authentication data.

23. The computing system of claim 22, wherein the configuration data is downloadable to the computing system in response to the client data being authenticated.

24. The computing system of claim 21, wherein the controller module is configured to select the device profile from the plurality of device profiles based on a device data and the identifier data, when the identifier data is associated with more than one device profile, wherein the device data comprises description of the user-interface device and information on user interactions identifiable by the user-interface device.

25. The computing system of claim 16, wherein the configuration data comprises a library of gestures and corresponding instructions downloadable to the computing system for configuring use of the user-interface device.

26. The computing system of claim 16, wherein the configuration data comprises at least one of a button configuration, a scroll-wheel sensitivity, a displacement sensitivity, a lighting feedback or a haptic feedback.

27. The computing system of claim 16, wherein the controller module is configured to control access to the configuration data based on permission settings associated with the configuration data.

28. The computing system of claim 16, wherein at least one of the controller module, the storage module or the processor module comprises hardware.

29. The computing system of claim 16, wherein the configuration data at least substantially defines interactions between the user-interface device and at least one of an application or an operating platform operating on the local computing system.

30. The computing system of claim 16, further comprising:

a plurality of inter-networked server systems.

31. The computing system of claim 16, further comprising:

a communication module configured to establish communication with the computing system.