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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:
Jun. 23, 2026

Filed:

Dec. 08, 2022
Applicant:

Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);

Inventors:

Ryan Nicholas Comer, Round Rock, TX (US);

Jake Mitchell Leland, Round Rock, TX (US);

Erik Summa, Austin, TX (US);

Jyoti Jasmine Luu, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/537 (2014.01); A63F 13/533 (2014.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2022.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/537 (2014.09); A63F 13/533 (2014.09); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06T 11/00 (2013.01); A63F 2300/303 (2013.01); A63F 2300/308 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04804 (2013.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods described herein may provide a system that adjusts a user interface (UI) of a game in a non-obtrusive way to a user. The system may determine the least obtrusive area(s) on the screen for a UI element game overlay to be presented, at least in part by determining an importance level for area on the screen containing a UI element. The importance level for an area on the screen may be determined using a generated heat map that indicates the importance values of various areas of the screen. The heat map may be generated with inputs including one or more of user interactions with UI elements, game context, UI element rate of change, user matching, and user preferences. The system may temporarily hide UI elements from display that are determined to be below a threshold importance level.


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