Patent ID: 8620213
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A method of pairing controllers to a base computing device in preparation for playing a game executed on the base computing device, comprising: (a) establishing communication between a first and second controller and the base computing device, the communication identifying each of the first and second controllers as active; (b) setting, at the base computing device, a pairing detection algorithm into pairing mode for receiving signals from at least one of the first and second controllers as indicative of pairing between the first and second controllers; (c) detecting a pairing initiation signal, at the base computing device, from at least one of the first or second controllers, the pair initiation signal being generated in response to detecting physical contact between the first and second controllers, wherein in response to detecting physical contact between the first and second controllers, the second controller transmits a controller signature signal to the first controller, the controller signature signal triggering the first controller to transmit the pairing initiation signal to the base computing device; and (d) setting the first and second controllers as paired to one player at the base computing device.