METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR STORING AND PROCESSING GAME PLAY DATA FROM A GAME CONTROLLER

• US 20160121206A1
• Filed: 08/20/2015
• Published: 05/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2014
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Cinch Holdings LLC
• Original Assignee: Cinch Gaming Equipment LLC
• Inventors: Hackney, James
• Application Number:
  US14/831,669
• Publication Number:
  US 20160121206A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/218 using pressure sensors, e.g. generating a signal proportional to the pressure applied by the player
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/23 for interfacing with the game device, e.g. specific interfaces between game controller and console
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/235 using a wireless connection, e.g. infrared or piconet
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/28 responding to control signals received from the game device for affecting ambient conditions, e.g. for vibrating players' seats, activating scent dispensers or affecting temperature or light controlling the output signals based on the game progress A63F13/50
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/285 Generating tactile feedback signals via the game input device, e.g. force feedback
• 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 13/33 using wide area network [WAN] connections
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/44 involving timing of operations, e.g. performing an action within a time slot
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/53 involving additional visual information provided to the game scene, e.g. by overlay to simulate a head-up display [HUD] or displaying a laser sight in a shooting game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/798 for assessing skills or for ranking players, e.g. for generating a hall of fame computing the game score A63F13/46

Abstract

Methods and systems for a game controller are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving, by a processor, a signal corresponding to an activation of one or more components of a game controller; accumulating data associated with the activation of the one or more components; and storing the accumulated data in a data storage device for further processing.

Claims

1. A method for a game controller, comprising:

receiving, by a processor, a signal corresponding to a manipulation of one or more components of a game controller;

accumulating data associated with the manipulation of the one or more components; and

storing the accumulated data in a data storage device for further processing.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more components includes at least one of an analog actuator device and a digital actuator device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more components includes at least one of an illumination device, a haptic device, and a thermal device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the manipulation is by the game controller.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the manipulation is by a user of the game controller.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the data includes a value associated with the manipulation.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the data includes at least one of a sequence number, a component identifier, and a timestamp.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the tracking, the accumulating, and the storing is performed by an auxiliary module of a game controller.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising receiving a request to at least one of start and stop the tracking from a device remote from the game controller, and wherein the tracking at least one of starts and stop based on the request.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the request is user-configured via a user interface of the device remote from the game controller.

14. The method of claim 8, further comprising receiving a request to reset the accumulated data from a device that is remote from the game controller, and removing the accumulated data from the data storage device based on the request.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the request is user-configured via a user interface of the device remote from the game controller.

9. The method of claim 9, further comprising communicating the accumulated data to a device remote from the game controller.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising receiving a request for data from the device remote from the game controller, and wherein the communicating is based upon the request for data.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the request is user-configured via a user interface of the device remote from the game controller.

16. A system for a game controller, comprising:

memory; and

a processor that is configured to track a manipulation of one or more components of a game controller, accumulate data associated with the manipulation of the one or more components, and store the accumulated data in the memory for further processing.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the processor is further configured to receive a request from a device remote from the game controller, and wherein the tracking, the accumulating, and the storing is based on the request.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the processor is further configured to communicate the accumulated data to a remote device.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the processor is further configured to receive a request from the device remote from the game controller, and wherein communicating is based on the request.

20. A computer program product of a game controller, comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions for performing the method of;

receiving, by a processor, a signal corresponding to a manipulation of one or more components of a game controller;

accumulating data associated with the manipulation of the one or more components; and

storing the accumulated data in a data storage device for further processing.

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