METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING AN ACCESSORY DEVICE

• US 20160121210A1
• Filed: 01/12/2016
• Published: 05/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Steelseries Aps
• Original Assignee: Steelseries Aps
• Inventors: WOLFF-PETERSEN, JACOB, ROM, KIM, GREVER, FRANCIS ARNOLD, MAHLMEISTER, JEFFREY NICHOLAS, HAWVER, BRUCE, SOELBERG, TINO, NICOLELLA, CHRISTOPHER JOHN
• Granted Patent: US 10,376,780 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/22 Setup operations, e.g. calibration, key configuration or button assignment
• 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 13/67 adaptively or by learning from player actions, e.g. skill level adjustment or by storing successful combat sequences for re-use

Abstract

The subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for determining a current performance of a gamer during a first gaming session of a gaming application, where the performance is determined from a first plurality of stimulus signals generated by a gaming accessory during the first gaming session according to a configuration setting assigned to the gaming accessory, identifying a prior performance of the gamer during a prior gaming session of the gaming application, where the prior performance is determined from a second plurality of stimulus signals generated by the gaming accessory according to the configuration setting, comparing the current performance to the prior performance to determine a change in performance of the gamer, and adjusting the configuration setting assigned to the gaming accessory according to the change in the performance of the gamer. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

a memory that stores instructions; and

a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor, responsive to executing the instructions, performs operations comprising;

processing a plurality of stimulus signals generated by a gaming accessory during a gaming session according to a configuration setting associated with the gaming accessory to generate a plurality of stimulations;

transmitting the plurality of stimulations to a gaming application;

receiving from the gaming application a plurality of game action results responsive to transmitting the plurality of stimulations;

comparing the plurality of game action results to a targeted performance threshold;

determining whether the plurality of game action results exceed or fall below the targeted performance threshold; and

adjusting the configuration setting according to whether the gaming action results exceed or fall below the targeted performance threshold.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

correlating the plurality of stimulations to the plurality of game action results to generate a performance factor associated with the gaming accessory; and

comparing the performance factor associated with the gaming accessory to the targeted performance threshold, wherein the configuration setting is adjusted according to the comparing of the performance factor to the targeted performance threshold.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the performance factor comprises opponent kills, non-kill hits of the opponent, misses when firing against the opponent, or any combination thereof as determined from the plurality of game action results, and wherein the targeted performance threshold comprises a first performance threshold for opponent kills, a second performance threshold for non-kill hits of the opponent, a third performance threshold for misses when firing against the opponent, or any combination thereof.

4. The device of claim 3, wherein the comparing of the performance factor to the targeted performance threshold comprises determining from the comparing that the performance factor exceeds or falls below the first performance threshold, the second performance threshold, the third performance threshold, or any combination thereof, and wherein the adjusting of the configuration setting comprises adjusting the configuration setting according to the determination that the performance factor exceeds or falls below the first performance threshold, the second performance threshold, the third performance threshold, or any combination thereof.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the configuration setting comprises counts per inch, frames per second, inches per second, acceleration, lift distance, dots per inch, polling rate, feedback intensity, scroll speed, double-click speed, directional sensitivity, window pointer speed, or any combination thereof.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

identifying from a user profile a substitute stimulation associated with a first stimulus signal associated with the gaming accessory;

detecting the first stimulus signal from the plurality of stimulus signals generated by the gaming accessory; and

substituting the first stimulus signal in the plurality of stimulus signals with the substitute stimulation responsive to detecting the first stimulus signal.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise adding a unique identifier to each of the plurality of stimulations, wherein each of the plurality of game action results received from the gaming application comprise the unique identifier.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

presenting an adjusted configuration setting for user approval;

receiving an acceptance of the adjusted configuration setting; and

storing the adjusted configuration setting for processing additional stimulus signals generated by the gaming accessory responsive to receiving the acceptance.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein the gaming accessory comprises one of a mouse, a keyboard, or any combination thereof.

10. The device of claim 1, wherein the configuration setting comprises a first constant value during the gaming session, and wherein the adjusting of the configuration setting comprises adjusting the configuration setting to a second constant value according to whether the gaming action results exceed or fall below the targeted performance threshold.

11. The device of claim 1, wherein the configuration setting comprises a first variable value during the gaming session, and wherein the adjusting of the configuration setting comprises adjusting the configuration setting to a second variable value according to whether the gaming action results exceed or fall below the targeted performance threshold.

12. The device of claim 1, wherein the configuration setting comprises configuration data that modifies stimulus signals generated by the gaming accessory according to a first configuration profile to produce the plurality of stimulus signals, wherein the adjusting of the configuration setting causes modification of the stimulus signals generated by the gaming accessory according to a second configuration profile to generate adjusted stimulus signals, and wherein the adjusted stimulus signals resule in mitigating gaming performance due to a degradation in the performance of a utilization of the gaming accessory or augmenting the gaming performance due to an improvement in the performance of the utilization of the gaming accessory.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein the adjusting of the configuration setting provides for increasing a dampening of the plurality of stimulus signals responsive to the degradation in the performance of the utilization of the gaming accessory, or provides for decreasing the dampening of the plurality of stimulus signals responsive to the improvement in the performance of the utilization of the gaming accessory.

14. The device of claim 1, wherein the configuration setting comprises a linear configuration setting, a non-linear configuration setting, or any combination thereof.

15. A method, comprising:

processing, by a system comprising a processor, a plurality of stimulus signals generated by a gaming accessory during a gaming session according to a configuration setting associated with the gaming accessory to generate a plurality of stimulations;

transmitting, by the system, the plurality of stimulations to a gaming application;

receiving, by the system, from the gaming application a plurality of game action results responsive to transmitting the plurality of stimulations;

correlating, by the system, the plurality of stimulations to the plurality of game action results to generate a performance factor associated with the gaming accessory;

comparing, by the system, the performance factor associated with the gaming accessory to a targeted performance threshold; and

adjusting, by the system, the configuration setting according to whether the performance factor exceeds or falls below the targeted performance threshold.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the performance factor comprises opponent kills, non-kill hits of the opponent, misses when firing against the opponent, or any combination thereof as determined from the plurality of game action results, and wherein the targeted performance threshold comprises a first performance threshold for opponent kills, a second performance threshold for non-kill hits of the opponent, a third performance threshold for misses when firing against the opponent, or any combination thereof.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising adding, by the system, a unique identifier to each of the plurality of stimulations, wherein each of the plurality of game action results received from the gaming application comprise the unique identifier.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the configuration setting comprises a linear configuration setting, a non-linear configuration setting, or any combination thereof.

19. A machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

processing a plurality of stimulus signals generated by a gaming accessory during a gaming session according to a configuration setting associated with the gaming accessory to generate a plurality of stimulations;

transmitting the plurality of stimulations to a gaming application;

receiving from the gaming application a plurality of game action results responsive to transmitting the plurality of stimulations;

correlating the plurality of stimulations to the plurality of game action results to generate a performance factor associated with the gaming accessory; and

adjusting the configuration setting according to whether the performance factor exceeds or falls below a targeted performance threshold.

20. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the performance factor comprises opponent kills, non-kill hits of the opponent, misses when firing against the opponent, or any combination thereof as determined from the plurality of game action results, and wherein the targeted performance threshold comprises a first performance threshold for opponent kills, a second performance threshold for non-kill hits of the opponent, a third performance threshold for misses when firing against the opponent, or any combination thereof.