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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2008
Jack J. Mccauley, Danville, CA (US);
Brian Bright, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
John Devecka, Budd Lake, NJ (US);
Jason Vandenberghe, San Mateo, CA (US);
Jack J. McCauley, Danville, CA (US);
Brian Bright, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
John Devecka, Budd Lake, NJ (US);
Jason VandenBerghe, San Mateo, CA (US);
Activision Publishing, Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for playing a multi-player music video game with a drum system video game controller is provided. In one embodiment, the invention relates to a method for providing a drum solo with a music based multi-player video game. In another embodiment, the invention relates to a system for providing analog input from one or more drum sensors used in game play associated with a music based multi-player video game. In yet another embodiment, the invention relates to a method for preventing interference between the one or more drum sensors. In one embodiment, the invention relates to a method for mapping digital information indicative of input to a video game controller in a first form to information in a second form, the second form conforming to a protocol for inputs to a video game console executing a music based multi-player video game.