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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Anton Mikhailov, Campbell, CA (US);

Richard Marks, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Eric Larsen, Foster City, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 9/24 (2006.01); A63F 13/235 (2014.01); A63F 13/219 (2014.01); A63F 13/5252 (2014.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); A63F 13/20 (2014.01); A63F 13/213 (2014.01); A63F 13/42 (2014.01); A63F 13/843 (2014.01); A63F 13/428 (2014.01); A63F 13/24 (2014.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); A63F 13/424 (2014.01); A63F 13/22 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/235 (2014.09); A63F 13/04 (2013.01); A63F 13/06 (2013.01); A63F 13/213 (2014.09); A63F 13/24 (2014.09); A63F 13/42 (2014.09); A63F 13/428 (2014.09); A63F 13/5252 (2014.09); A63F 13/843 (2014.09); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/012 (2013.01); G06T 5/007 (2013.01); A63F 13/22 (2014.09); A63F 13/424 (2014.09); A63F 2300/1093 (2013.01); A63F 2300/6045 (2013.01); A63F 2300/6072 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10152 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for managing multi-player interactivity with an interactive application is provided, including the following method operations: determining a location of a first controller; determining a location of a second controller; determining a location of a biometric identifier of a first user; determining a location of a biometric identifier of a second user; pairing the first controller to the first user based on the location of the first controller and the location of the biometric identifier of the first user; pairing the second controller to the second user based on the location of the second controller and the location of the biometric identifier of the second user.


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