Patents by Inventor Matthew Bruce ANDREWS

Matthew Bruce ANDREWS has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Using a game controller as a mouse or gamepad
    Patent number: 10751611
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to game consoles including game controllers and connected to one or more computing device. Specifically, a game console may receive, via a game controller, a first input triggering an activation of a multi-mode controller switching application at the game console. Further, while a multi-mode controller switching application is active and the game controller is operating in the first controller mode, the game console may receive, via the controller, a second input representing a selection of the second controller mode different from the first controller mode, switch from the first controller mode to the second controller mode in response to receiving the second input, and controlling the computing device in communication with the game console in accordance with the second controller mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Oleksandr Monastyrskyy, Chinweizu Uzodinma Owunwanne, Anders Edgar Klemets, Matthew Bruce Andrews
  • USING A GAME CONTROLLER AS A MOUSE OR GAMEPAD
    Publication number: 20190126141
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to game consoles including game controllers and connected to one or more computing device. Specifically, a game console may receive, via a game controller, a first input triggering an activation of a multi-mode controller switching application at the game console. Further, while a multi-mode controller switching application is active and the game controller is operating in the first controller mode, the game console may receive, via the controller, a second input representing a selection of the second controller mode different from the first controller mode, switch from the first controller mode to the second controller mode in response to receiving the second input, and controlling the computing device in communication with the game console in accordance with the second controller mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Oleksandr MONASTYRSKYY, Chinweizu Uzodinma OWUNWANNE, Anders Edgar KLEMETS, Matthew Bruce ANDREWS