US 11,684,847 B2Granted

Method and apparatus for presenting gamer performance at a social network

AssigneeSTEELSERIES ApS

InventorsKim Rom, Jeffrey Nicholas Mahlmeister, Jacob Wolff-Petersen, Bruce Hawver, Francis Arnold Grever, Tino Soelberg, Christopher John Nicolella

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Abstract

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, receiving at a computer device a plurality of stimulus signals generated by one or more gaming accessory devices of a gamer controlling a gaming application, generating a plurality of gaming stimulations based on the plurality of stimulus signals, generating a plurality of gaming action results from the gaming application responsive to the plurality of gaming stimulations, combining the plurality of gaming action results and the plurality of gaming stimulations to generate a plurality of hardware statistics associated with the gamer, and transmitting to a social network the plurality of hardware statistics associated with the gamer.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A device, comprising:

a memory storing computer instructions;
and
a processing system including a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processing system, responsive to executing the computer instructions, performs operations, the operations comprising:
receiving at the device from a server a first profile of a first gamer, the first profile being generated based on hardware statistics including gaming stimulations, substitute stimulations, gaming action results generated by a gaming program;
obtaining a first stimulus signal associated with a utilization of the device to play the gaming program, wherein the first stimulus signal indicates a first manipulation of an input function of the device in a first gaming venue state of the gaming program;
transmitting a first substitute stimulation to a server, wherein the first substitute stimulation is associated with the input function in the first profile;
detecting a transition of the gaming program from the first gaming venue state to a second gaming venue state;
determining, from the first profile, an association of the input function with a second substitute stimulation based on the second gaming venue state;
obtaining a second stimulus signal indicating a second manipulation of the input function of the device during operation of the gaming program in the second gaming venue state;
and
transmitting a second substitute stimulation to the server, wherein the second substitute stimulation is associated with the second manipulation of the input function.

8 more elements

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system of a gaming device, the processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:

capturing, during operation of a gaming program in a first gaming venue state, a first stimulus signal of a first gamer, wherein the first stimulus signal indicates a first manipulation of an input function of the gaming device;
receiving a first profile from a server, the first profile based on hardware statistics including gaming stimulations, substitute stimulations, gaming action results generated by the gaming program and performance factors of the first gamer;
identifying a first substitute stimulation associated with the input function and the first gaming venue state;
transmitting the first substitute stimulation to the server;
capturing, during operation of the gaming program in a second gaming venue state, a second stimulus signal of the first gamer, wherein the second stimulus signal indicates a second manipulation of the input function of the gaming device;
identifying a second substitute stimulation associated with the input function, wherein the second substitute stimulation differs from the first substitute stimulation, wherein the identifying comprises retrieving the second substitute stimulation from the first profile, the second substitute stimulation being associated in the first profile with the second gaming venue state;
and
transmitting the second substitute stimulation to the server.

5 more elements

A method, comprising:

receiving, by a processing system of a gaming device, the processing system comprising a processor, a first profile from a server, the first profile based on hardware statistics including gaming stimulations, substitute stimulations, gaming action results generated by a gaming program and performance factors of a first gamer;
identifying, by the processing system, a first substitute stimulation associated with an input function of the gaming device responsive to a first manipulation of the input function, the first substitute stimulation being associated in the first profile with a first gaming venue state;
communicating, by the processing system, data defining the first substitute stimulation to the server;
detecting, by the processing system, a transition of the gaming program from the first gaming venue state to a second gaming venue state;
identifying, by the processing system, based on the second gaming venue state, a second substitute stimulation associated with the input function, wherein the identifying comprises retrieving the second substitute stimulation from the first profile;
and
sending, by the processing system, the second substitute stimulation to the server responsive to a second manipulation of the input function during operation of the gaming program in the second gaming venue state.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/488,547Filed 29 Sep 2021 · continuation
Priority: 26 Apr 2012
Published: US 2022/0016521 A120 Jan 2022
Granted: 27 Jun 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification16 codes

A63F 13/23
Input arrangements for video game devices: for interfacing with the game device, e.g. specific interfaces between game controller and console
A63F 13/235
For interfacing with the game device, e.g. specific interfaces between game controller and console: using a wireless connection, e.g. infrared or…
A63F 13/25
Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions: output arrangements for video game devices
A63F 13/537
Involving additional visual information provided to the game scene, e.g. by overlay to simulate a head-up display [HUD] or displaying a laser…:…

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