User Identified to a Controller

• US 20120268360A1
• Filed: 04/21/2011
• Published: 10/25/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/21/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Mikhailov, Anton
• Granted Patent: US 9,440,144 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1172 using fingerprinting
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/213 comprising photodetecting means, e.g. cameras, photodiodes or infrared cells A63F13/219, A63F13/655 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/22 Setup operations, e.g. calibration, key configuration or button assignment
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/235 using a wireless connection, e.g. infrared or piconet
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/35 Details of game servers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/73 Authorising game programs or game devices, e.g. checking authenticity
• 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 2300/1031 using a wireless connection, e.g. Bluetooth, infrared connections
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/208 for storing personal settings or data of the player
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/5546 using player registration data, e.g. identification, account, preferences, game history
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer programs for configuring a computer program based on user are provided. One method includes an operation for detecting, by a controller, an object carried by a user, where the object includes a parameter value—e.g., a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag—that uniquely identifies the object from a plurality of objects. The parameter value is transmitted to a computing device executing the computer program, and the computer program determines if the computer program has user information associated with the transmitted parameter value. The computer program is configured utilizing the user information, when the computer program has the user information for the parameter value.

Claims

1. A method for configuring a computer program based on user, the method comprising:

detecting by a controller an object carried by a user, the object including a parameter value that uniquely identifies the object from a plurality of objects;

transmitting the parameter value to a computing device executing the computer program;

determining if the computer program has user information associated with the parameter value; and

configuring the computer program utilizing the user information when the computer program has the user information for the parameter value.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein detecting includes:

using radio-frequency identification (RFID) to obtain the parameter value, wherein the object includes an electronic tab associated with the parameter value.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the object is selected from a group consisting of a bracelet, a ring, a watch, a pair of glasses, a phone, a necklace, an earring, a glove, a hair clip, a card, a credit card, a wallet, a button, or an item of clothing.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein configuring the computer program includes:

setting a new calibration for a controller in a location tracking system based on the user information without the user performing new calibrating operations.

5. The method as recited in claim 4, wherein calibrating includes:

setting a value in the computer program for a size of the user.

6. The method as recited in claim 1, further including:

performing a calibrating operation for the user when the computer program does not have the user information.

7. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein determining if the computer program has user information further includes:

searching for the user information in local storage of the computing device; and

searching for the user information in a remote location when the local storage does not have the user information.

8. The method as recited in claim 7, further including:

utilizing the parameter value from the object to play a computer game in one of a plurality of game consoles.

9. The method as recited in claim 1, further including:

determining if the user belongs to a group of users based on the user information; and

giving the user access to features of the computer program that are available to the group of users.

10. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the computer program is embedded in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium.

11. A method for configuring a computer program based on user, the method comprising:

reading by a controller a fingerprint of a user;

transmitting the fingerprint to a computing device executing the computer program;

determining if the computer program has user information associated with the fingerprint; and

configuring the computer program utilizing the user information when the computer program has the user information for the fingerprint.

12. The method as recited in claim 11, wherein configuring the computer program includes:

setting a new calibration for a controller in a location tracking system based on the user information without the user performing new calibrating operations; and

setting a value for a height of the user in the computer program.

13. The method as recited in claim 12, further including:

setting a value for a user playing area in the computer program based on the value of the user playing area associated with other users.

14. The method as recited in claim 11, wherein the computer program is embedded in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium.

15. A method for configuring a computer program based on user, the method comprising:

entering a signature detection mode by the computer program;

detecting a signature entered by the user, the signature entered by moving a controller held by the user;

exiting the signature detection mode;

determining if the computer program has user information associated with the signature entered by the user; and

setting a new calibration for the controller in the computer program based on the user information when the computer program has the user information for the signature entered by the user.

16. The method as recited in claim 15, wherein setting a calibration for the controller includes:

setting the new calibration for the controller without the user performing new calibrating operations.

17. The method as recited in claim 16, wherein setting the calibration for the controller includes:

setting a value for a size of the user in the computer program.

18. The method as recited in claim 15, wherein the computer program is embedded in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium.

19. A controller for configuring a computer program based on user, the controller including:

a radio-frequency identification (RFID) reader operable to detect an RFID tag in an object carried by a user, the RFID tag uniquely identifying the object from a plurality of objects;

a memory; and

a processor operable to transmit the RFID tag to a computing device executing the computer program, wherein the computer program is operable to search for user information associated with the RFID tag, and wherein the computer program is configured utilizing the user information when the search obtains the user information associated with the RFID tag.

20. The controller of claim 19, wherein the object is selected from a group consisting of a bracelet, a ring, a watch, a pair of glasses, a phone, a necklace, an earring, a glove, a hair clip, a card, a credit card, a wallet, a button, and an item of clothing.

21. The controller of claim 19, wherein the computer program is configured again after the RFID reader detects a new RFID tag.

22. The controller of claim 19, wherein the search for user information includes:

searching for the user information in local storage in the computing device; and

searching for the user information in a remote server when the local storage does not have the user information.