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Granted Patent B2
US 11,103,774 · App. 16/526,261 · Granted Aug 31, 2021

Method for providing customized button mapping pre-sets

Inventors: Glenn Black (San Mateo, CA); Thomas Bruckbock (Livermore, CA); Jason Campbell (San Mateo, CA)
Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
A63F13/22
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Patent No.
US 11,103,774
App. No.
16/526,261
Granted
Aug 31, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Buttons on the add-on may be mapped to controller buttons using customized button mapping pre-sets. A button mapping may indicate that a selected preset is to be hidden during a switching operation Upon receiving a switching operation input, the selected pre-set is skipped during the switching operation.

Claims (16)

1. A method for providing customized button mapping pre-sets, comprising:

receiving an add-on pre-set customization mode entry input;

entering the add-on pre-set customization mode;

receiving a button mapping for a plurality of buttons in a selected pre-set wherein the button mapping indicates the selected preset is to be hidden during a switching operation;

exiting the add-on pre-set customization mode;

saving the button mapping for the selected pre-set to a pre-set list;

receiving a switching operation input;

switching from a first pre-set on the pre-set list to a second pre-set on the pre-set list and skipping over the selected pre-set during the switching operation.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving an activation of one of the plurality of buttons and sending an input to a game controller corresponding to the button mapping of the second pre-set for the one of the plurality of buttons.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the pre-set list contains a plurality of pre-sets.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying the first and second pre-sets on a display screen and hiding the selected preset during the switching operation.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the display screen is a touch screen and switching operation is a touch screen, touch input.

6. The method of claim 4 wherein the display screen is a touch screen, wherein the add-on pre-set customization mode entry input is a touch screen, touch input and wherein the button mapping is selected using an activation of one of the plurality of buttons.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the button mapping in the selected pre-set maps every button in the plurality of buttons to a null or empty button.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein a selection box indicates that the selected pre-set is hidden during the switching operation.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein each pre-set in the pre-set has a defined button mapping and where a button mapping for at least one pre-set in the pre-set list maps an activation of at least one of the plurality of buttons to a game controller input activation.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2021
From: BLACK, GLENN; BRUCKBOCK, THOMAS; CAMPBELL, JASON
To: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 056938/0140 →
Continuity (1)
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