Nvidia Corporation

Stephen Holmes

James Lewis Van Welzen

Prakash Yadav

David Wilson

Charu Kalani

Jonathan B White

Mark Pereira

Shyam Raikar

Micah S Stroud

Suresh Yerva

Edward L Riegelsberger

Srinivas Anne

David Le Tacon

Pierre Gervais

In various examples, natural language processing may be performed on text generated by a game to extract one or more in-game events from the game. The system (e.g., a client device and/or server) may receive the text in the form of one or more strings generated by a game application. The system may then extract one or more in-game events from the text using natural language processing. The game may include the text in a message it sends to the system (e.g., using an Application Programming Interface (API)) and/or in a game log entry or notification. The text may be generated based at least on the game determining one or more conditions are satisfied in the gameplay (e.g., victory, points scored, milestones, eliminations, item acquisition, etc.). The text may be mapped to event templates, which may then be used to extract parameters of events therefrom.

Event information extraction from game logs using natural language processing

Automated detection of events in content can be performed using regions of information associated with various user interface or display elements. Certain elements can be indicative of a type of event, and regions associated with these elements can be analyzed on a per-frame basis. If one of these primary regions shows a state or transition that is indicative of one of these events, one or more secondary regions can be analyzed as well to attempt to verify whether that event occurred, as well as whether that event qualifies for selection for additional use. Selected events can be used for purposes such as to generate highlight montages, training videos, or user profiles. These events may be positioned at different layers of an event hierarchy, where child regions are only analyzed for frames where a parent region is indicative of a type of event.

Game event recognition for user generated content

In examples, a device's native input interface (e.g., a soft keyboard) may be invoked using interaction areas associated with image frames from an application, such as a game. An area of an image frame(s) from a streamed game video may be designated (e.g., by the game and/or a game server) as an interaction area. When an input event associated with the interaction area is detected, an instruction may be issued to the client device to invoke a user interface (e.g., a soft keyboard) of the client device and may cause the client device to present a graphical input interface. Inputs made to the presented graphical input interface may be accessed by the game streaming client and provided to the game instance.

Automatic instantiation of native virtual interfaces for streaming applications

In various examples, compute resources may be allocated for highlight generation in cloud gaming systems. Systems and methods are disclosed that distribute, between and among various devices, processing including user interface generation and overlay, analysis of game streams for actionable events, generation of highlights, storage of highlights, and sharing of highlights. The distribution of processing or compute resources within the cloud gaming system may be dependent on system information of various devices and/or networks. Recordings, snapshots, and/or other highlights may be generated within the cloud gaming system using the determined distribution of compute resources.

Dynamic allocation of compute resources for highlight generation in cloud gaming systems

Game event recognition

Embodiments of the claimed subject matter provide systems and methods for configuring and connecting a controller to a game streaming service. The system includes a plurality of input controls and a network controller configured for communicating with a game streaming service. The system further includes a processor coupled to the plurality of input controls and the network controller. The processor is configured communicate with the game streaming service to login to a game streaming service account and communicate input from the plurality of controls to the game streaming service. The system further includes a power source configured to provide power to the plurality of input controls, the network controller, and the processor.

System and method for network coupled gaming

System and method for network coupled cloud gaming

A codec architecture including an audio wave driver and a coded topology driver. The audio wave driver is communicatively coupled to an audio engine and an analog audio codec. The coded topology driver is communicatively coupled to the audio wave driver by a set of interfaces that enables streamlined code implementation, improved operation efficiency and power savings, while allowing vendors to supply differentiating functionality outside of the basic requirements of the operating system.

Encoder and decoder driver development techniques

Embodiments of the invention provide a policy-based audio system. The system includes a sound application protocol interface, a configuration module and a speaker driver. The sound application protocol interface receives a set of sound samples generated by an application or event. The configuration module retrieves a first group of one or more parameters, rules and priorities applicable to the application or event. The speaker driver produces an audio output by processing the set of sound samples as a function of the group of one or more configuration parameters, rules and priorities.

System and method for generating policy-based audio

Embodiments of the present invention provide an audio system having wholly independent audio processing modules. The audio system includes a plurality of audio processing modules, a clock manager, a sample rate converter and a buffer. The audio processing modules are communicatively coupled to the clock manager and the buffer. The sample rate converter is communicatively coupled to the clock manager and the buffer. The buffer provides for storing audio data generated and consumed by the audio processing modules. The clock manager provides for determining the clock source of each audio processing module. The clock manager also provides for configuring the audio processing modules and the sample rate converter as a function the clock source of each audio processing module. The sample rate converter provides for synchronizing a flow rate of audio data generated by a first audio processing module and a flow rate of audio data consumed by a second audio processing module, when the clock source of the first and second audio processing modules are different.

Method and system for synchronizing audio processing modules

A user can assign different audio data streams to different output channels of a single audio card using substantially conventional APIs, device drivers, and Audio Codec Interfaces (ACIs). An Application Processing Unit (APU) sequences audio data streams in accordance with a user's output channel assignment.

System and method for processing multi-channel audio

Information associated with representation of textual information can be captured, stored and manipulated in a convenient and efficient automated manner that conserves resources. A handheld text image processing device can include a camera, a graphics processing component, a text processing component and a memory. The camera captures digital picture information associated with text on an object. The graphics processing component performs graphics processing on the digital picture information that facilitate text recognition (e.g., transforms, rotations, etc.). The text processing component recognizes representations of the text in the digital picture information and converts the digital picture information associated with the text into a text file format. The memory stores the information in a text file format. The text file format can represent the textual information utilizing less bits than a file format in which the text information is captured. The text information can also be communicated in a text file format.

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