Game controller

摘要

An apparatus generally directed to controlling a video game. The apparatus preferably includes a wireless communications enabled computing device, an electronic game communicating with the wireless communications enabled computing device, and an input device for controlling movement of a virtual object provided by the electronic game. Preferably, the input device includes a pair of opposing side structures adjacent opposing sides of plurality of sides of the wireless communications enabled computing device. The input device further preferably includes a plurality of input switches, wherein said input switches are adjacent each of the at least two opposing sides of the plurality of sides of the wireless communications enabled computing device. In a preferred embodiment, the input device masks less than a majority of the back of the wireless communications enabled computing device.

主权项

1. A device comprising:
a wireless communications enabled computing device, the wireless communications enabled computing device providing a plurality of sides, each of the plurality of sides are disposed between an electronic display screen of the wireless communications enabled computing device and a back of the wireless communications enabled computing device; an input device in electronic communication with the wireless communications enabled computing device, the input device providing side structures, the side structures adjacent to and confining the wireless communications enabled computing device on at least two opposing sides of the plurality of sides of the wireless communications enabled computing device, the input device providing a plurality of input switches, wherein said input switches are adjacent each of the at least two opposing sides of the plurality of sides and not more than three sides of the wireless communications enabled computing device, and in which the input device masks less than a majority of the back of the wireless communications enabled computing device, and further in which the input device further comprises a bridge structure disposed between the side structures and adjacent a third side of the plurality of sides of the wireless communications enabled computing device, the bridge structure in combination with the side structures form not more than a three sided open u-shaped structure with an absence of structure between the vertical portions of the u-shaped structure in which the wireless communications enabled computing device nests, such that the wireless communications enabled computing device is confined by the three sided structure, and the three sided structure mitigates inadvertent removal of the wireless communications enabled computing device from the three sided structure when the wireless communications enabled computing device is fully nested within the three sided structure, and wherein the side structures of the input device communicate with each other wirelessly; and a device driver communicating with each the input device and the wireless communications enabled computing device.