Controller-Patent gesichtet
Engadget ist auf ein Controller-Patent von Microsoft aus dem Jahr 2009 gestoßen, das erst jetzt offiziell von dem United States Patent and Trademark Office abgesegnet wurde.
Das Besondere an dem Gerät: Mit Hilfe von Drucksensoren soll der Controller den aktuellen Benutzer identifizieren können, um ihm dadurch z.B. personalisierte Inhalte zukommen zu lassen. Zudem ist es denkbar, dass der Benutzer automatisch auf einer Konsole oder gar einen mit dem Profil assoziierten E-Mail-Service eingeloggt wird, sobald er den Controller in die Hand nimmt.
Hier der Originaltext des Patents:
"A hand-held device having a body with a pressure-sensitive exterior surface. At least a portion of the pressure-sensitive exterior surface is designed to be grasped by a user's hand. The pressure-sensitive surface contains a plurality of pressure sensors operative to provide an output signal proportional to a pressure applied by the user's hands to the exterior surface of the hand-held device at the area the pressure sensor is located. The device also includes a memory for storing the output signals provided by the plurality of pressure sensors and a processor for comparing the output signals provided by the plurality of pressure sensors against stored pressure profile signatures for positively identifying the user."
Und weiter:
"Customizable features of the device may be associated with the user identifier. In the instance whereby the device is a game controller, the user identifier may comprise a gamertag. The gamertag may be associated with customizable features of the gaming service such as the user's friends list, social groups, customized skins for the user interface, and the like. Upon logging into the gaming service with the user's gamertag, the technology provides these features customized by the user via a video screen (e.g., displays customized skin, displays user's friends list, etc.)."
Das Besondere an dem Gerät: Mit Hilfe von Drucksensoren soll der Controller den aktuellen Benutzer identifizieren können, um ihm dadurch z.B. personalisierte Inhalte zukommen zu lassen. Zudem ist es denkbar, dass der Benutzer automatisch auf einer Konsole oder gar einen mit dem Profil assoziierten E-Mail-Service eingeloggt wird, sobald er den Controller in die Hand nimmt.
Hier der Originaltext des Patents:
"A hand-held device having a body with a pressure-sensitive exterior surface. At least a portion of the pressure-sensitive exterior surface is designed to be grasped by a user's hand. The pressure-sensitive surface contains a plurality of pressure sensors operative to provide an output signal proportional to a pressure applied by the user's hands to the exterior surface of the hand-held device at the area the pressure sensor is located. The device also includes a memory for storing the output signals provided by the plurality of pressure sensors and a processor for comparing the output signals provided by the plurality of pressure sensors against stored pressure profile signatures for positively identifying the user."
Und weiter:
"Customizable features of the device may be associated with the user identifier. In the instance whereby the device is a game controller, the user identifier may comprise a gamertag. The gamertag may be associated with customizable features of the gaming service such as the user's friends list, social groups, customized skins for the user interface, and the like. Upon logging into the gaming service with the user's gamertag, the technology provides these features customized by the user via a video screen (e.g., displays customized skin, displays user's friends list, etc.)."
