US 12,070,680 B2
Web-based game controller
David Perry, Monarch Beach, CA (US); and Rui Filipe Andrade Pereira, Aliso Viejo, CA (US)
Assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC, San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed by Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC, San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/176,415.
Application 18/176,415 is a continuation of application No. 16/693,898, filed on Nov. 25, 2019, granted, now 11,590,419, issued on Feb. 23, 2023.
Application 16/693,898 is a continuation of application No. 15/359,449, filed on Nov. 22, 2016, granted, now 10,486,066, issued on Nov. 26, 2019.
Application 15/359,449 is a continuation of application No. 13/231,850, filed on Sep. 13, 2011, granted, now 9,498,714, issued on Nov. 22, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/488,297, filed on May 20, 2011.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/421,175, filed on Dec. 8, 2010.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/421,163, filed on Dec. 8, 2010.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/407,898, filed on Oct. 28, 2010.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/382,470, filed on Sep. 13, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2023/0201714 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. A63F 13/355 (2014.01); A63F 13/358 (2014.01); A63F 13/70 (2014.01); A63F 13/77 (2014.01); A63F 13/30 (2014.01); A63F 13/34 (2014.01); G06T 1/20 (2006.01); G06T 15/00 (2011.01); G09G 5/36 (2006.01)
CPC A63F 13/355 (2014.09) [A63F 13/358 (2014.09); A63F 13/70 (2014.09); A63F 13/77 (2014.09); A63F 13/30 (2014.09); A63F 13/34 (2014.09); A63F 2300/402 (2013.01); A63F 2300/534 (2013.01); A63F 2300/538 (2013.01); A63F 2300/552 (2013.01); A63F 2300/554 (2013.01); G06T 1/20 (2013.01); G06T 15/005 (2013.01); G09G 5/363 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A device for controlling a video game, comprising:
a first logic configured to generate a digital representation of a game command;
a second logic configured to generate a digital data transmission that includes the digital representation of the game command; and
a third logic configured to wirelessly transmit the digital data transmission over a data communication network to a video game server operating to receive the digital data transmission and use the digital representation of the game command as input to a video game executed by the video game server, wherein said game command is for controlling interactivity of a player with the video game served remotely by the video game server to the player, wherein the device for controlling the video game is physically separate from the video game server that executes the video game, wherein the data communication network includes an Internet access routing device that is local to the device for controlling the video game.