US 11,628,353 B2 · Detachable information handling system game controller management

Abstract

A game controller has first and second controllers detachably coupled to a bridge or an information handling system housing to provide inputs to a gaming application executing on the information handling system, such as from a joystick input device integrated in each controller. Logic stored in non-transitory memory of the information handling system executes to track game controllers based upon unique identifiers retrieved from each controller to the information handling system, such as through a direct coupling of the controllers to the information handling system or indirect communication by the information handling system with a bridge directly coupled to the controllers. The information handling system sets priority for inputs from game controllers based upon controller unique identifiers and also tracks composite game controller assemblies that include controllers and a bridge.

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Dependent claims

A game controller comprising:

a controller configured to selectively couple to an information handling system and a bridge;
a controller processor disposed in the controller and operable to execute instructions that process information;
one or more input devices disposed in the controller and interfaced with the controller processor;
a wired interface configured to selectively couple between the controller and the information handling system and the bridge, the wired interface supporting communication of the controller processor with an information handling system processor and bridge processor;
and
non-transitory memory storing instructions that when executed on the information handling system processor:
retrieve a controller unique identifier from the controller when interfaced with the controller through the wired interface;
retrieve the controller unique identifier from a bridge when interfaced with the controller through the bridge;
and
associate an application executing on the information handling system processor with inputs based upon the controller unique identifier.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Detachable information handling system game controller management

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Abstract

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