Virtual console gaming controller
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorPhi Hoai Dang
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Abstract
A system and method of displaying, on a touchscreen display of a mobile device, a virtual game controller having at least one virtual button configured to control multiple actions of an avatar representing a player within a video game executed by a remote gaming server. The player's interaction with the at least one virtual button is received through the touchscreen display and used to generate a control signal based on the received player interaction, the control signal being interpretable by the video game as an instruction to perform multiple actions in the video game. The control signal is transmitted from the mobile device for receipt by the remote gaming server executing the video game.
Claims12
A method comprising:
- displaying, on a touchscreen display of a mobile device, a virtual game controller comprising:
- a first draggable virtual button configured to concurrently control movement of an avatar representing a player within a video game executed by a remote gaming server and aiming of an object by the avatar within the video game executed by the remote gaming server;
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- a second draggable virtual button including a touchpoint and configured to concurrently control a gaze of the avatar within the video game executed by the remote gaming server and activation of the object within the video game executed by the remote gaming server;
- converting an initial contact with the touchpoint of the second draggable virtual button on the touchscreen display into a control signal including at least an instruction to be interpreted by the video game to activate the object in the video game;
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- transmitting the control signal from the mobile device for receipt by the remote gaming server.
A device comprising:
- a touchscreen display configured to display content from a gaming server and to receive player input through contact with the touchscreen display;
- a network interface configured to communicate with the gaming server executing a video game in which a player is represented by an avatar;
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- at least one processing unit configured to:
- display a virtual controller including:
- a first draggable virtual button configured to concurrently control movement of the avatar in the video game and aiming of an object by the avatar in the video game;
- and
- a second draggable virtual button including a touchpoint and configured to concurrently control a gaze of the avatar in the video game and activation of the object in the video game;
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- convert an initial contact with the touchpoint of the second draggable virtual button on the touchscreen display into a control signal including at least an instruction to be interpreted by the video game to activate the object in the video game.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.