Patent ID: 9507421
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: G06F,G08B

Claim Text:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to order a plurality of haptic effects, the ordering comprising: receiving a signal associated with the plurality of haptic effects, each haptic effect from the plurality of haptic effects being associated with a time slot from a plurality of time slots; associating each haptic effect from the plurality of haptic effects with an effect slot from a plurality of effect slots at least partially based on the time slot associated with that haptic effect; generating a haptic effect file based on a multimedia file and storing the haptic effect file separately from the multimedia file, wherein a resulting haptic effect is synchronized with the multimedia file; and sending an output signal for each effect slot from the plurality of effect slots, when the associated haptic effect is scheduled for its time slot.