US 2017/0001105 A1Published application

Method and apparatus for determining performance of a gamer

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, a method for detecting a plurality of stimulus signals generated by a gaming accessory device, identifying a plurality of substitute gaming stimulations associated with the plurality of stimulus signals, substituting the plurality of stimulus signals with the plurality of substitute gaming stimulations, incorporating in each of the plurality of substitute gaming stimulations a first unique identifier to generate a plurality of updated substitute gaming stimulations, transmitting the plurality of updated substitute gaming stimulations to a computing device executing a gaming application, and receiving from the computing device a plurality of game action results, where each of the plurality of gaming action results comprises the first unique identifier of a corresponding one of the plurality of updated substitute gaming stimulations. Additional embodiments are disclosed.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method, comprising:

detecting, by an accessory management software (AMS) application executed by a computing device including a processor, a plurality of stimulus signals generated by a gaming accessory device;
identifying, by the AMS application, a plurality of substitute gaming stimulations associated with the plurality of stimulus signals;
substituting, by the AMS application, the plurality of stimulus signals with the plurality of substitute gaming stimulations;
adding, by the AMS application, to each of the plurality of substitute gaming stimulations a first unique identifier to generate a plurality of updated substitute gaming stimulations, wherein the first unique identifier comprises a code that uniquely identifies each of the plurality of substitute gaming stimulations;
transmitting, by the AMS application, the plurality of updated substitute gaming stimulations to the computing device executing a gaming application, wherein the code that uniquely identifies each of the plurality of updated substitute gaming stimulations enables tracking of a plurality of gaming action results generated by the gaming application responsive to the plurality of updated substitute gaming stimulations transmitted to the computing device;
and
receiving, by the AMS application from the computing device, the plurality of game action results, wherein each of the plurality of gaming action results comprises the first unique identifier of a corresponding one of the plurality of updated substitute gaming stimulations.

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

detecting a plurality of stimulus signals generated by a gaming accessory device;
substituting the plurality of stimulus signals with a plurality of substitute gaming stimulations;
adding to each of the plurality of substitute gaming stimulations a first unique identifier to generate a plurality of updated substitute gaming stimulations, wherein the first unique identifier of each of the plurality of substitute gaming stimulations makes each of the plurality of substitute gaming stimulations distinguishable from each other;
and
submitting the plurality of updated substitute gaming stimulations to a gaming application, wherein the first unique identifier of each of the plurality of updated substitute gaming stimulations enables tracking a plurality of gaming action results generated by the gaming application responsive to the plurality of updated substitute gaming stimulations submitted to the gaming application.

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A computing device, comprising:

a processing system including a processor;
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
receiving a plurality of substitute gaming stimulations, wherein the plurality of substitute gaming stimulations are a replacement of a plurality of stimulus signals generated by a gaming accessory device, and wherein each of the plurality of substitute gaming stimulations is accompanied with a first unique identifier that makes each of the plurality of substitute gaming stimulations distinguishable from each other;
submitting the plurality of substitute gaming stimulations to a gaming application, wherein the first unique identifier of each of the plurality of substitute gaming stimulations enables tracking a plurality of gaming action results generated by the gaming application responsive to the plurality of substitute gaming stimulations submitted to the gaming application;
detecting the plurality of gaming action results generated by the gaming application;
generating an updated plurality of gaming action results by associating each of the plurality of gaming action results with the first unique identifier of a corresponding one of the plurality of substitute gaming stimulations;
and
submitting the updated plurality of gaming action results for cataloging a gamer's performance.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/264,198Filed 13 Sep 2016
Priority: 29 Dec 2011
Published: 5 Jan 2017
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

A63F 13/22
Input arrangements for video game devices: setup operations, e.g. calibration, key configuration or button assignment
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 13/42
Processing input control signals of video game devices, e.g. signals generated by the player or derived from the environment: by mapping the input…
A63F 13/79
Game security or game management aspects: involving player-related data, e.g. identities, accounts, preferences or play histories

Family

Application13/340,663Continuation · filed 29 Dec 2011
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