Patent ID: 9616341
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: A63F,G06N

Claim:
1. A method for manipulating control of an avatar in a video game based on input from multiple users, the video game being executed by a processor of a video game console, the method comprising: receiving, by the processor, a first input from a first user, the first user using a first input source for controlling the avatar in the video game; receiving, by the processor, a second input from a second user, the second user using a second input source for controlling the avatar; altering, by the processor, the first input based on a first user performance modifier; altering, by the processor, the second input based on a second user performance modifier, wherein the altering the first input is multiplying the effect of the first input by the first user performance modifier, and wherein the first user performance modifier is a first proper fraction that is less than one half; creating, by the processor, an avatar input value based on the first altered input and the second altered input; and directing, by the processor and based on the avatar input value, the avatar in the video game.