IP Library Granted Patent US 12,226,695
Granted Patent B2
US 12,226,695 · App. 17/940,781 · Granted Feb 18, 2025

Video gaming communication system

Inventors: Gareth Case (Bradford, GB); Robert McNae (Kenner, LA)
Assignee: Ace Bayou Corp.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,226,695
App. No.
17/940,781
Granted
Feb 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of using video gaming communication system. A gaming chair is provided that includes a control panel and a speaker operably connected to the control panel. A headphone is provided that includes a speaker and a microphone. The headphone is operably connected to the control panel. The control panel is operably connected to a gaming system. A video game sound is transmitted from the gaming system to the control panel. The video game sound is emitted from the gaming chair speaker and the headphone speaker. An audio input is received from the headphone microphone. In response to receiving the audio input, the emitting of the video game sound from at least one of the gaming chair speaker and the headphone speaker is changed.

Claims (39)

1. A method of using video gaming communication system comprising:

providing a gaming chair comprising a control panel and a speaker operably connected to the control panel;

providing a headphone comprising a speaker and a microphone;

operably connecting the headphone to the control panel;

operably connecting the control panel to a gaming system;

transmitting a video game sound from the gaming system to the control panel;

emitting the video game sound from the gaming chair speaker and the headphone speaker;

receiving an audio input from the headphone microphone;

in response to receiving the audio input, changing the emitting of the video game sound from at least one of the gaming chair speaker and the headphone speaker, wherein the audio input comprises communication with at least one of a person playing the video game or a person who is not playing the video game; and

emitting a notification from at least one of the gaming chair speaker and the headphone speaker in response to receiving the audio input, wherein the notification is a sound, wherein the sound is different when the emitting of the video game sounds is switched from the gaming chair speaker to the headphone speaker than when the emitting of the video game sounds is switched from the headphone speaker to the gaming chair speaker.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein in response to receiving the audio input, discontinuing the emitting of the video game sound from the headphone speaker.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein in response to receiving the audio input, decreasing a volume of the emitting of the video game sound from at least one of the headphone speaker and the gaming chair speaker such that the video game sound is less than an audio output from the headphone speaker.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the notification comprises at least one word.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the headphone is operably connected to the control panel using at least one of a wired connection and a wireless connection.

6. The method of claim 1 , and further comprising transmitting the audio input to the gaming system through a gaming controller.

7. A method of using video gaming communication system comprising:

providing a gaming chair comprising a control panel and a speaker operably connected to the control panel;

providing a headphone comprising a speaker and a microphone;

operably connecting the headphone to the control panel;

operably connecting the control panel to a gaming system;

transmitting a video game sound from the gaming system to the control panel;

emitting the video game sound from the gaming chair speaker and the headphone speaker;

receiving an audio input from the headphone microphone, wherein the audio input comprises communication with at least one of a person playing the video game or a person who is not playing the video game;

in response to receiving the audio input, changing the emitting of the video game sound from at least one of the gaming chair speaker and the headphone speaker;

providing the headphone with noise cancelling; and

changing an activation of the noise cancelling in response to receiving the audio input.

8. A method of using video gaming communication system comprising:

providing a gaming chair comprising a control panel and a speaker operably connected to the control panel;

providing a headphone comprising a speaker and a microphone;

operably connecting the headphone to the control panel;

operably connecting the control panel to a gaming system;

transmitting a video game sound from the gaming system to the control panel;

emitting the video game sound from the gaming chair speaker and the headphone speaker;

receiving an audio input from the headphone microphone, wherein the audio input comprises communication with at least one of a person playing the video game or a person who is not playing the video game;

in response to receiving the audio input, the emitting of the video game sound from the headphone speaker is discontinued; and

emitting a notification from at least one of the gaming chair speaker and the headphone speaker in response to receiving the audio input, wherein the notification comprises at least one word, wherein the sound is different when the emitting of the video game sounds is switched from the gaming chair speaker to the headphone speaker than when the emitting of the video game sounds is switched from the headphone speaker to the gaming chair speaker.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein in response to receiving the audio input, decreased a volume of the emitting of the video game sound from the gaming chair speaker.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the headphone is operably connected to the control panel using at least one of a wired connection and a wireless connection.

11. The method of claim 8 , and further comprising transmitting the audio input to the gaming system through the gaming controller.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2025
From: ACE BAYOU CORP.
To: VALMAS HOLDINGS LTD.
Reel/Frame 073146/0966 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 16, 2022
From: CASE, GARETH; MCNAE, ROBERT
To: ACE BAYOU CORP.
Reel/Frame 061125/0072 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63242531 · Sep 10, 2021
Related Publication 20230092272A1 · Mar 23, 2023
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