Patent ID: 9558637
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: A63F,G06F,G08B

Claim:
1. A method comprising: determining, by a target user interface device, a characteristic of a target haptic output device in the target user interface device; determining, by the target user interface device, a source haptic effect configured to be output by a source haptic output device in a source user interface device, wherein the source haptic output device is a different type of haptic output device than the target haptic output device; converting, by the target user interface device, the source haptic effect to a target haptic effect configured for the target haptic output device based at least in part on the characteristic of the target haptic output device; generating, by the target user interface device, a haptic signal configured to cause the target haptic output device to output the target haptic effect; and outputting, by the target user interface device, the haptic signal to the target haptic output device.