US 2015/0106475 A1 · HEADSET DEVICE AND A DEVICE PROFILE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF

Abstract

Most computer operating systems are able to automatically configure the coupled computer peripheral audio device for use with the computer operating system without the need for installation of a specific driver. However, when these computer peripheral audio devices are detected by the computing system, a generic audio device control configuration is often assigned to them and whatever customised settings previously configured by the user will be lost and replaced with a new set of unfamiliar setting. This poses much inconvenience and hassle to gamers when they use a different computing system or machine. Described according to an embodiment of the invention is a headset device and a device profile management method, operating on a computing cloud, comprising steps for receiving client data provided by a computing system detecting coupling of an audio device thereto and for retrieving configuration data corresponding to the client data for use in configuring the audio device by the computing system.

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Dependent claims

A profile management method comprising:

receiving client data provided by a computing system, the client data comprising device data being descriptive of an audio device in signal communication with the computing system, the device data being further descriptive of the user interactions identifiable by the audio device;
associating one of a plurality of device profiles with the device data, each of the plurality of device profiles having configuration data associated therewith;
and
providing the configuration data associated with the one of the plurality of device profiles to the computing system for configuring operation of the audio device with the computing system in response to at least a portion of the user interactions identifiable by the audio device;
wherein the audio device is a computer peripheral audio device coupled with an interface formed integral with the computing system.

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A profile management system comprising:

a controller module for receiving client data provided by a computing system, the client data comprising device data being descriptive of an audio device in signal communication with the computing system, the device data being further descriptive of the user interactions identifiable by the audio device;
a storage module having stored thereon a plurality of device profiles, each of the plurality of device profiles having device configuration data associated therewith;
a processor module for associating one of a plurality of device profiles stored on the storage module with the device data,
wherein the configuration data associated with the one of the plurality of device profiles is providable by the controller module to the computing system for configuring operation of the audio device with the computing system in response to at least a portion of the user interactions identifiable by the audio device;
wherein the audio device is a computer peripheral audio device coupled with an interface formed integral with the computing device.

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A machine readable medium having stored therein a plurality of programming instructions, which when executed, the instructions cause the machine to:

receive client data provided by a computing system, the client data comprising device data being descriptive of an audio device in signal communication with the computing system, the device data being further descriptive of the user interactions identifiable by the audio device;
associate one of a plurality of device profiles with the device data, each of the plurality of device profiles having configuration data associated therewith;
and
provide the configuration data associated with the one of the plurality of device profiles to the computing system for configuring operation of the audio device with the computing system in response to at least a portion of the user interactions identifiable by the audio device;
wherein the audio device is a computer peripheral audio device coupled with and an interface formed integral with the computing device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Headset device and a device profile management system and method thereof

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