Apparatus and method of application control
OwnerPaul Terence Mulligan, Matthew Corrallinventors
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Abstract
A method of interactive control comprises the steps of establishing connection with two or more controllers, comprising at least a first controller and a second controller, receiving inputs from the first controller to interact with a single-user application, initializing a control swap scheme, the scheme comprising selecting inputs from the first controller to provide to the single-user application as inputs from the first controller, and in response to a predetermined criterion, selecting inputs from the second controller to provide to the single-user application as inputs from the first controller.
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A method of interactive control, comprising:
- establishing connection with two or more controllers comprising at least a first controller and a second controller;
- receiving inputs from the first controller to interact with a single-user application;
- initializing a control swap scheme, the scheme comprising:
- selecting inputs from the first controller to provide to the single-user application as inputs from the first controller;
- and
- in response to determining that a predetermined criterion is met,
- selecting inputs from the second controller to provide to the single-user application as inputs from the first controller.
A non-transitory, computer readable storage medium containing a computer program comprising computer executable instructions that when executed by a computer system, cause the computer system to perform operations comprising:
- establishing connection with two or more controllers, comprising at least a first controller and a second controller;
- receiving inputs from the first controller to interact with a single-user application;
- initializing a control swap scheme, the scheme comprising:
- selecting inputs from the first controller to provide to the single-user application as inputs from the first controller;
- and
- in response to determining that a predetermined criterion is met,
- selecting inputs from the second controller to provide to the single-user application as inputs from the first controller.
A processing device for interactive control of an application, the processing device comprising:
- a data port configured to establish connection with two or more controllers, comprising at least a first controller and a second controller;
- the data port being configured to receive inputs from the first controller to interact with a single-user application;
- a swap processor, configured to initialize a control swap scheme;
- the swap processor being configured to select inputs from the first controller to provide to the single-user application as inputs from the first controller;
- and
- the swap processor being configured to, in response to determining that a predetermined criterion is met, select inputs from the second controller to provide to the single-user application as inputs from the first controller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.