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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022
Filed:
May. 30, 2017
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Gregory M. Smith, Seattle, WA (US);
Heather Grantham Brodie, Redmond, WA (US);
Chad Gibson, Seattle, WA (US);
Jonathan J. Caruana, Woodinville, WA (US);
Hamze M. Kalache, Bellevue, WA (US);
Gersh Payzer, Seattle, WA (US);
Samantha E. Vim, Issaquah, WA (US);
Christopher M. McAllen, Sammamish, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A computing system includes an input driver and a virtual input controller. The input driver is configured to receive input data from a first controller of a recognized data protocol and to provide the input data to an API of an application to control actions of a first participant in the gaming application. The virtual input controller is, in contrast, configured to receive input data from a second controller of a protocol incompatible with the input driver, translate the input data to the recognized data protocol; request a broadcast application identifier for a currently-broadcasting application from the broadcasting agent, and provide the translated input data to the input driver in association with the broadcast application identifier for controlling actions of a second participant in the application via the API of the gaming application.