Patent ID: 9445219
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: A63F,H04W

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus, comprising: piconet logic configured to establish a multi-level piconet hierarchy, the multi-level piconet hierarchy comprising a top level piconet having a master device and one or more master controllers and one or more lower level piconets including the one or more master controllers and one or more sub-controllers; wherein the top level piconet includes the apparatus and the one or more master controllers, the apparatus being configured as a master device in the top level piconet, and the one or more master controllers being configured as slave devices in the top level piconet; and time division multiplexing logic configured to solicit and control aggregated communication with the one or more master controllers in the top-level piconet, wherein the aggregated communication comprises an aggregation of (i) data from the one or more master controllers and (ii) data from one or more sub-controllers; wherein the apparatus is embodied in a gaming console, wherein the one or more master controllers are remote controllers, and wherein the one or more sub-controllers are remote controllers, and wherein the gaming console is configured with the time division multiplexing logic to perform time division multiplexing between the gaming console and the remote controllers.