Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Center device
- Patent Title (中): 中心设备
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Application No.: US13532043Application Date: 2012-06-25
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Publication No.: US08422953B2Publication Date: 2013-04-16
- Inventor: Mariko Hino , Satoshi Hashimoto , Ken Kutaragi
- Applicant: Mariko Hino , Satoshi Hashimoto , Ken Kutaragi
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Corporation,Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
- Current Assignee: Sony Corporation,Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo JP Tokyo
- Agency: Gibson & Dernier LLP
- Agent Matthew B. Dernier, Esq.
- Priority: JP2005-171592 20050515; JP2005-172920 20050516
- Main IPC: H04B7/00
- IPC: H04B7/00

Abstract:
To provide a center device for accommodating a variety of situations which may occur when a home-use game machine, or the like, is used, in which a plurality of users use their own controller devices such as an input device. A center device communicates with a plurality of devices in either a wired or radio manner, receives an instruction operation from a user of each device, and carries out a process based on the instruction operation, the plurality of devices each having unique identifier, including: a unit that obtains an identifier of a device; a unit that provides information concerning the device, the identifier of the device is not associated with the identifier of the user; and a unit that associates the identifier of the device selected by the user, the identifier of the user is already associated with the identifier of another device, with the identifier of the user.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120264519A1 Center Device Public/Granted day:2012-10-18
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