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Granted Patent B2
US 12,280,314 · App. 17/868,160 · Granted Apr 22, 2025

Methods, devices, and systems for interactive cloud gaming

Inventors: Dov Zimring (Belmont, CA); Thomas Enders (Mountain View, CA); Matthew Rodgers (San Jose, CA); Gurudas Somadder (Saratoga, CA); Jason Pi (Fremont, CA)
Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
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Patent No.
US 12,280,314
App. No.
17/868,160
Granted
Apr 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The various implementations described herein include methods, devices, and systems for interactive cloud gaming. In one aspect, an interface device with processors and memory storing an application program is used for cloud gaming. The interface device includes a communication module for receiving and/or transmitting messages and media streams between the interface device, a game controller, and a remote gaming server. The interface device further includes an output module configured to provide output of the application to an input of a display device coupled to or integrated with the interface device. The application is configured to implement a first mode in which the interface device processes and displays outputs associated with substantially all messages transmitted by the game controller, and a second mode in which the interface device processes and displays a predefined subset of messages from the game controller and displays gaming media streams from the gaming server.

Claims (57)

1. A gaming method by a first electronic device, the gaming method comprising:

interacting with a gaming session provided by a second electronic device, wherein the second electronic device is coupled to or integrated with a first display device; and

initiating a transfer of the gaming session from the second electronic device to a third electronic device coupled to or integrated with a second display device.

2. The gaming method of claim 1 , further comprising:

sending a first input to the second electronic device to pause the gaming session.

3. The gaming method of claim 2 , wherein initiating the transfer of the gaming session comprises:

sending a second input to the third electronic device to unpause the gaming session.

4. The gaming method of claim 1 , further comprising:

launching the gaming session on the second electronic device.

5. The gaming method of claim 4 , wherein launching the gaming session comprises:

determining the second electronic device to be more proximate to the first electronic device than the third electronic device; and

responsive to the second electronic device being more proximate to the first electronic device than the third electronic device, launching the gaming session on the second electronic device.

6. The gaming method of claim 4 , wherein launching the gaming session comprises:

receiving audio inputs from a user of the first electronic device via an audio interface; and

responsive to receiving the audio inputs, launching the gaming session.

7. The gaming method of claim 1 , wherein initiating the transfer of the gaming session comprises:

determining the third electronic device to be more proximate to the first electronic device than the second electronic device; and

responsive to the third electronic device being more proximate to the first electronic device than the second electronic device, initiating the transfer of the gaming session to the third electronic device.

8. The gaming method of claim 1 , wherein initiating the transfer of the gaming session comprises:

receiving audio inputs from a user of the first electronic device via an audio interface; and

responsive to receiving the audio inputs, initiating the transfer of the gaming session to the third electronic device.

9. The gaming method of claim 1 , wherein the first electronic device is a gaming controller, the second electronic device is a gaming interface device, and the third electronic device is a gaming interface device.

10. A gaming method by a first electronic device, the gaming method comprising:

launching a gaming session on a second electronic device coupled to or integrated with a first display device;

determining that a third electronic device is more proximate to the first electronic device than the second electronic device, wherein the third electronic device is coupled to or integrated with a second display device; and

responsive to determining that the third electronic device is more proximate to the first electronic device than the second electronic device, initiating a transfer of the gaming session from the second electronic device to the third electronic device.

11. The gaming method of claim 10 , wherein launching the gaming session comprises:

determining that the second electronic device is more proximate to the first electronic device than the third electronic device; and

responsive to determining that the second electronic device is more proximate to the first electronic device than the third electronic device, launching the gaming session on the second electronic device.

12. The gaming method of claim 10 , wherein initiating the transfer of the gaming session comprises:

sending a first input to the second electronic device to pause the gaming session; and

sending a second input to the third electronic device to unpause the gaming session.

13. The gaming method of claim 10 , wherein launching the gaming session comprises:

receiving audio inputs from a user of the first electronic device via an audio interface; and

responsive to receiving the audio inputs, launching the gaming session.

14. The gaming method of claim 10 , wherein the first electronic device is a gaming controller, the second electronic device is a gaming interface device, and the third electronic device is a gaming interface device.

15. An electronic device for gaming, comprising:

one or more processors;

memory storing at least one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors;

a communication device for communicating with a plurality of electronic devices; and

at least one program of the one or more programs being configured to:

interact with a gaming session provided by a first electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices, wherein the first electronic device is coupled to or integrated with a first display device; and

initiating a transfer of the gaming session from the first electronic device to a second electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices, wherein the second electronic device is coupled to or integrated with a second display device.

16. The electronic device of claim 15 , wherein the at least one program is further configured to:

send a first input to the first electronic device to pause the gaming session, and

wherein the at least one program is configured to initiate the transfer of the gaming session by sending a second input to the second electronic device to unpause the gaming session.

17. The electronic device of claim 15 , wherein the at least one program is further configured to:

launch the gaming session on the first electronic device by:

determining the first electronic device to be more proximate to the electronic device than the second electronic device; and

responsive to the first electronic device being more proximate to the electronic device than the second electronic device, launching the gaming session on the first electronic device.

18. The electronic device of claim 17 , wherein the at least one program is configured to launch the gaming session by:

receiving audio inputs from a user of the electronic device via an audio interface of the electronic device; and

responsive to receiving the audio inputs, launching the gaming session.

19. The electronic device of claim 15 , wherein the at least one program is configured to initiate a transfer of the gaming session by:

determining the second electronic device to be more proximate to the electronic device than the first electronic device; and

responsive to the second electronic device being more proximate to the electronic device than the first electronic device, initiate the transfer of the gaming session to the second electronic device.

20. The electronic device of claim 15 , wherein the electronic device is a gaming controller, the first electronic device is a gaming interface device, and the second electronic device is a gaming interface device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 19, 2022
From: ZIMRING, DOV; ENDERS, THOMAS; RODGERS, MATTHEW; SOMADDER, GURUDAS; PI, JASON
To: GOOGLE LLC
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Continuity (5)
Continuation 17123523 · Dec 16, 2020
Continuation 16373558 · Apr 2, 2019
Continuation PCTUS2019022472 · Mar 15, 2019
Provisional Application 62651542 · Apr 2, 2018
Related Publication 20220347584A1 · Nov 3, 2022
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