Haptic effects broadcasting during a group event
AssigneeImmersion Corporation
InventorRobert W. Heubel
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Abstract
A system that generates haptic effects on mobile devices during a group event receives an identity of a first type of haptic effect to be broadcast during the group event and determines a first set of the mobile devices during the group event that will generate the haptic effect. The system then broadcasts the first type of haptic effect to the first set of mobile devices during the group event.
Claims23
A method of generating haptic effects on mobile devices during a group event, the method comprising:
- receiving an identity of a first type of haptic effect to be broadcast during the group event, wherein the group event comprises a plurality of audio events and a haptic track that comprises a plurality of haptic events;
- determining a first set of the mobile devices during the group event that will generate the first type of haptic effect;
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- broadcasting the first type of haptic effect to the first set of mobile devices during the group event, wherein the first type of haptic effect is synchronized with one of the haptic events and one or more of the audio events.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to generate haptic effects on mobile devices during a group event, the generating comprising:
- receiving an identity of a first type of haptic effect to be broadcast during the group event, wherein the group event comprises a plurality of audio events and a haptic track that comprises a plurality of haptic events;
- determining a first set of the mobile devices during the group event that will generate the first type of haptic effect;
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- broadcasting the first type of haptic effect to the first set of mobile devices during the group event, wherein the first type of haptic effect is synchronized with one of the haptic events and one or more of the audio events.
A broadcast system for a group event, the system comprising;
- a determining module that, in response to receiving an identity of a first type of haptic effect, determines one or more of a plurality of mobile devices that are present during the group event, wherein the group event comprises a plurality of audio events and a haptic track that comprises a plurality of haptic events;
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- a broadcast module that broadcast the first type of haptic effect to the determined plurality of mobile devices, wherein the first type of haptic effect is synchronized with one of the haptic events and one or more of the audio events.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.