Processing devices, systems and methods
AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
InventorsDavid Erwan Damien Uberti, Philip Cockram, Christopher William Henderson
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Abstract
A processing device comprising: a first receiving unit configured to receive one or more inputs for a video game console from a handheld video game controller using a first communication protocol; and a first transmitting unit configured to transmit the one or more inputs to the video game console using a second communication protocol, wherein communication using the second communication protocol has a longer range than communication using the first communication protocol.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- detecting that a predetermined criterion indicating communication quality between a video game controller and a video game console is satisfied;
- in response to detecting that the predetermined criterion is satisfied, transmitting, by the video game console, a request to a processing device to forward controls, that the processing device receives from the video game controller, to the video game console;
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- receiving, by the video game console, input data from the processing device that represents data generated by the video game controller.
One or more non-transitory computer storage media encoded with computer program instructions that when executed by one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
- detecting that a predetermined criterion indicating communication quality between a video game controller and a video game console is satisfied;
- in response to detecting that the predetermined criterion is satisfied, transmitting, by the video game console, a request to a processing device to forward controls, that the processing device receives from the video game controller, to the video game console;
- and
- receiving, by the video game console, input data from the processing device that represents data generated by the video game controller.
A system comprising:
- one or more computers and one or more storage devices on which are stored instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
- detecting that a predetermined criterion indicating communication quality between a video game controller and a video game console is satisfied;
- in response to detecting that the predetermined criterion is satisfied, transmitting, by the video game console, a request to a processing device to forward controls, that the processing device receives from the video game controller, to the video game console;
- and
- receiving, by the video game console, input data from the processing device that represents data generated by the video game controller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.