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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2014
Applicant:
United Video Properties, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Vanessa Wickenkamp, Elmhurst, IL (US);
Andrew Fundament, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Andy Dustin, Palos Hills, IL (US);
William J. Korbecki, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Douglas J. Seyller, Lisle, IL (US);
Assignee:
Rovi Guides, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/22 (2014.01); H04N 21/00 (2011.01); A63F 13/85 (2014.01); A63F 13/49 (2014.01); A63F 13/493 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/85 (2014.09); A63F 13/22 (2014.09); A63F 13/49 (2014.09); A63F 13/493 (2014.09); H04N 21/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are disclosed herein for a media guidance application that determines a control scheme for a video game and maps the performance of particular media guidance application operations, unrelated to the video game, to the particular user input type already mapped to a video game function such that when the user performs the video game function, the particular media guidance application operation is also performed.