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Patent No.:

US 8380119 B1

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Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013

Filed:

May. 15, 2008
Applicants:

Vasco Rubio, Edmonds, WA (US);

Eric Filer, Renton, WA (US);

Loren Douglas Reas, Kent, WA (US);

Dennis W. Tom, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Vasco Rubio, Edmonds, WA (US);

Eric Filer, Renton, WA (US);

Loren Douglas Reas, Kent, WA (US);

Dennis W. Tom, Redmond, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09B 5/00 (2006.01); A63F 9/24 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Various embodiments related to providing user feedback in an electronic entertainment system are disclosed herein. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a method of providing user feedback in a karaoke system, comprising inviting a microphone gesture input from a user, receiving the microphone gesture input from the user via one or more motion sensors located on a microphone, comparing the microphone gesture input to an expected gesture input, rating the microphone gesture input based upon comparing the microphone gesture input to the expected gesture input, and providing feedback to the user based upon the rating.


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