Method of indicating the ordinal number of a player in a wireless gaming system
First Claim
1. A method for visually associating a wireless game controller with a player in a wireless gaming system, comprising:
- assigning a wireless game controller to a player in a game that executes on a host computing system; and
illuminating matching light indicators on the host computing system and the wireless game controller to indicate which player is controlled by the wireless game controller assigned to that player.
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Abstract
In a wireless gaming system, one or more game controllers may be visually associated with corresponding player identities by using colored indicator lights on the game controller(s) and game console to identify which player in a computer game is controlled by a given controller. Indicator lights on the controller are illuminated in response to control signals sent via Bluetooth wireless signals so as to match the indicator lights on the console. When multiple controllers are used with a multi-player computer game, a single wireless interface device at the game console is used to issue control signals to each controller so that each controller has a light indicator that is illuminated to identify which player is controlled by the controller.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for visually associating a wireless game controller with a player in a wireless gaming system, comprising:
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assigning a wireless game controller to a player in a game that executes on a host computing system; and
illuminating matching light indicators on the host computing system and the wireless game controller to indicate which player is controlled by the wireless game controller assigned to that player. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A game controller device for wirelessly communicating with computer system, comprising:
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a portable housing;
one or more input keys or analog joysticks for generating one or more control signals for controlling player actions in a video game executing on the computer system;
a transceiver antenna for wirelessly exchanging control signals with the computer system; and
at least a first light indicator to indicate which player in the video game is controlled by the game controller device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A wireless gaming system for video game control comprising:
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a computer system for executing a video game; and
a wireless game controller comprising one or more indicator lights for indicating an ordinal number of a video game player in the video game that is associated with the wireless game controller.
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