Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.P.

Hewlett-packard Company

Microsoft Corporation

Dennis W Tom

Eric Paul Filer

Loren Douglas Reas

Farah Shariff

Daniel Morris

T Scott Saponas

Vasco Rubio

Ilya Kelner

Andrew Guillory

Frank R Bryant

Simon Dodd

Terry E McMahon

Richard Todd Miller

S Jonathan Wang

Gregory T Hindman

Juan J Hernandez

Raj N Master

Mark Thomas McCormack

Carlos Manzanedo

Brian Bilodeau

Zulfigar Alam

Anthony Allen Fischer

Zulfiqar Alam

Terry E Mcmahon

Eric Filer

Sensor parameters in a remote game peripheral are dynamically. The remote game peripheral may contain one or more sensors that measure the motion of the remote game peripheral via at least one sensor. This information is communicated to a game server. The game server then determines if the sensor sensitivity setting is appropriate for the expected motion of the remote game peripheral at that point in the game. The game server may, at any time during game play, transmit a sensor sensitivity adjustment to adjust the sensor sensitivity level setting to one that is likely to capture the motion of the game peripheral with minimal loss of data. The dynamic adjustment of the sensitivity level may also be used to provide corrective feedback to a game player.

Dynamic selection of sensor sensitivity in a game input system

Various systems, methods, and computer readable instructions are disclosed herein for dynamically allocating fixed bandwidth over a wireless link between a video game console and a wireless peripheral device. In an embodiment, the voice sample rate in a wireless microphone may be dynamically adjusted to free up bandwidth that can be repurposed for other operations. The sample rate adjustment can range from maximum where the bandwidth is filled with voice data to a lesser sample rate. In the case where the sample rate is less than max, the freed up bandwidth can be for used for other operations.

Dynamic selection of voice quality over a wireless system

An electronic device includes an electronic component configured to receive electric current and a plated contact electrically coupled to the electronic component and configured to carry the electric current to the electronic component from a system external to the device. The plated contact includes a copper-alloy layer, a platinum-group metal (PGM) layer plated over the copper-alloy layer, and a gold-alloy layer plated over the PGM layer.

Electronic device with plated electrical contact

A physical activity monitoring device includes a sensor array with one or more sensors configured to measure physical activity attributes of a user. A controller automatically determines time intervals where the user is actively engaged in a physical activity based on the physical activity attributes. The controller also automatically determines a type of physical activity the user in actively engaged in during the determined time intervals based on the physical activity attributes. A reporter outputs information regarding the type of physical activity to the user.

Automatic exercise segmentation and recognition

A physical activity monitoring device receives an indication of one or more physical activities to be performed as an extension of a game being played on a game system and measures physical activity attributes of a user wearing the physical activity monitoring device. The physical activity monitoring device determines the user's progress towards completion of the one or more physical activities based on the physical activity attributes and outputs to the game device an indication of the user's progress towards completion of the one or more physical activities.

Extending gameplay with physical activity monitoring device

A physical activity monitoring device receives a workout regimen including a plurality of exercises. For each of the plurality of exercises, the physical activity monitoring device indicates that exercise to a user and measures physical activity attributes of the user. The physical activity monitoring device outputs information regarding the user's progress towards completion of that exercise based on the physical activity attributes.

Personal training with physical activity monitoring device

A wireless audio client device such as a headset worn by a user allows the user to talk with multiple other devices using different communication protocols. In one approach, the wireless audio client device is a slave device which pairs with multiple master devices such as a game console and cell phone. The wireless audio client device uses a common set of peripherals such as a speaker, microphone, RF antenna, battery, status lights and control buttons. Processing circuitry is provided in one or more chips, to handle the different communication protocols. The wireless audio client device can automatically interrupt a game chat to allow the user to accept an incoming phone call, or can prompt the user to accept the call. Or, the wireless audio client device can play audio from the cell phone while the game chat continues.

Multi-protocol wireless audio client device

Various embodiments related to providing user feedback in an electronic entertainment system are disclosed herein. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a method of providing user feedback in a karaoke system, comprising inviting a microphone gesture input from a user, receiving the microphone gesture input from the user via one or more motion sensors located on a microphone, comparing the microphone gesture input to an expected gesture input, rating the microphone gesture input based upon comparing the microphone gesture input to the expected gesture input, and providing feedback to the user based upon the rating.

Gesture-related feedback in eletronic entertainment system

The presentation of visual feedback in an electronic entertainment system is disclosed. One disclosed embodiment relates to a method of providing user feedback in an electronic entertainment system, wherein the method comprises inviting an input from a user, receiving a user input via a hand-held remote input device, performing a comparison of the user input received to an expected input, assigning a rating to the user input received based upon the comparison to the expected input, and adjusting light emitted by one or more lights sources on the input device based upon the rating.

Visual feedback in electronic entertainment system

A method of forming a semiconductor device, the method including forming a substrate including a first surface having a non-doped region, forming an insulative material over the first surface of the substrate, forming a first conductive material over the first insulative material, forming an opening in the first conductive material that forms a path to the substrate that is substantially free of the first conductive material and the first insulative material, forming a second insulative material over the first conductive material, and forming a second conductive material over the second insulative material, wherein the second conductive material is formed in the opening and contacts the non-doped region of the substrate.

Integrated circuit and method for manufacturing

A fluid ejection device including: a substrate having a first surface having an non-doped region; a first insulative material disposed on a portion of the first surface, the first insulative material having a plurality of openings forming a path to the first surface; a first conductive material disposed on the first insulative material, the first conductive material being disposed so that the plurality of openings are substantially free of the first conductive material; a second insulative material disposed on the first conductive material and portions of the first insulative material, the second insulative material being disposed so that the plurality of openings are substantial free of the second insulative material and a second conductive material being disposed on second insulative material and within plurality of openings so that some of the second conductive material disposed upon the second insulative material is in electrical contact with the non-doped region on the substrate.

A method of coupling a barrier layer to a substrate of a fluid ejection device includes disposing a mechanical intercoupling structure on a substrate at least one fluid ejector thereon; disposing a chamber layer over said substrate, wherein side walls of an ejection chamber are defined by the chamber layer; and substantially embedding said mechanical intercoupling structure with the chamber layer.

Fluid ejection device

A test structure determines the trench depth from etching in a resistive substrate. The test structure has a first contact and a second contact to the substrate. Between the first and second contact is disposed an etch window. A measurement of resistance between the first contact and the second contact is indicative of the depth of etching in the etch window.

Test structures for substrate etching

A fluid ejection device has a fluid ejector on a substrate, and a mechanical intercoupling structure disposed on the substrate. A chamber layer is disposed on the substrate, and is substantially embedding the mechanical intercoupling structure and defining the side walls of an ejection chamber.

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