Game console communication with a device

US7991890B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

• Brian Lloyd Schmidt · Bellevue, US
• Christopher Pirich · Seattle, US
• Derek Smith · Snohomish, US
• Gregory A. Martinez · Seattle, US
• Jon Marcus Randall Whitten · Sammamish, US
• Joshua G. Poley · Redmond, US
• Maciej Maciesowicz · Gilroy, US
• Michael Cory Maston · Sammamish, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 30, 2004
• Grant date: Aug 2, 2011
• Expiry date: Sep 12, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A63F2300/206
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Communication between a game console having a communication port and a portable device is facilitated by determining that a portable device has been directly connected to the communication port, determining the protocol associated with the portable device, and communicating with the portable device using a driver associated with the determined protocol. An ancillary application may handle the communication between the game console and the portable device while a game or entertainment application executes concurrently on the game console. The game application may execute in a reserved predetermined amount of hardware resources of the game console while the ancillary application may execute concurrently using the remaining hardware resources.