SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY DETERMINING SETTINGS FOR A PLURALITY OF PARAMETER VARIATIONS

• US 20140011581A1
• Filed: 06/18/2013
• Published: 01/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
• Original Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
• Inventors: Spitzer, John F., Wang, Jing, Daniel, Christopher Justin
• Granted Patent: US 10,668,386 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/29
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/323 between game devices with different hardware characteristics, e.g. hand-held game devices connectable to game consoles or arcade machines
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/77 involving data related to game devices or game servers, e.g. configuration data, software version or amount of memory

Abstract

A system, method, and computer program product are provided for simultaneously determining settings for a plurality of parameter variations. In use, a plurality of parameter variations associated with a device is identified, where the plurality of parameter variations are organized into a plurality of segments. Additionally, settings for each of the plurality of parameter variations are determined and consistency of the settings across the plurality of segments is ensured.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

identifying a plurality of parameter variations associated with a device, wherein the plurality of parameter variations are organized into a plurality of segments;

determining settings for each of the plurality of parameter variations; and

ensuring consistency of the settings across the plurality of segments.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein each segment is associated with a threshold target of a plurality of threshold targets.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the threshold targets sequentially increase with respect to increases in processing speed of the plurality of parameter variations organized into the plurality of segments.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the plurality of threshold targets are a set of frame rate values.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the plurality of threshold targets are a set of power levels.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein a first plurality of threshold targets corresponds to a first genre of gaming application programs and a second plurality of threshold targets corresponds to a second genre of gaming application programs.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein simultaneously determining settings for each of the plurality of parameter variations includes creating a directed acyclic graph (DAG) including a plurality of nodes, where each of the plurality of nodes represents one of the plurality of parameter variations.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising organizing the plurality of nodes into the plurality of segments, each segment associated with a different threshold target.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the settings for each of the plurality of parameter variations include a monotonic set of presets that sequentially increases with respect to a first characteristic and sequentially decreases with respect to a second characteristic.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein ensuring consistency of the settings across the plurality of segments comprises comparing settings between the plurality of parameter variations.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein ensuring consistency of the settings across the plurality of segments further comprises adjusting first settings for a first parameter variation having slower processing speed compared with a second parameter variation having second settings when the first settings are associated with higher quality compared with the second settings.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the first settings are adjusted to equal the second settings.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the parameters include one or more of hardware installed within the device, software installed within the device, and a resolution of a display within the device.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein for each of the plurality of parameter variations, the settings includes a configuration of that parameter variation such that the device having that parameter variation produces a maximized output.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein simultaneously determining settings for each of the plurality of parameter variations includes adjusting one or more settings associated with each of the plurality of parameter variations.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of parameter variations influence how the settings are determined.

17. A computer program product embodied on a computer readable medium, comprising:

code for identifying a plurality of parameter variations associated with a device, wherein the plurality of parameter variations are organized into a plurality of segments;

code for determining settings for each of the plurality of parameter variations; and

code for ensuring consistency of the settings across the plurality of segments.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein each segment is associated with a threshold target of a plurality of threshold targets.

19. A system, comprising:

a memory storing a plurality of parameter variations associated with a device; and

a processor coupled to the memory and configured to;

organize the plurality of parameter variations into a plurality of segments;

determine settings for each of the plurality of parameter variations; and

ensure consistency of the settings across the plurality of segments.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the parameters include one or more of hardware installed within the device, software installed within the device, and a resolution of a display within the device.