GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING A GAME CONTROLLER ON A TOUCH-SCREEN DEVICE

摘要

A touch-screen apparatus and method for controlling an online video game. One embodiment of a touch-screen apparatus comprises: a touch-screen display for displaying images and receiving user input in response to a user touching the touch screen display; a network interface for establishing a network connection with a gaming server executing a video game in response to user input, the gaming server generates interactive compressed streaming video, transmitting to the touch-screen apparatus; a memory for storing program code and a processor for processing the program code to generate a touch-screen graphical user interface (GUI) comprising: a plurality of user input elements providing user input in response to the user selecting the user input elements on the touch screen display; wherein the user input is transmitted from the touch-screen apparatus to the gaming server to control the execution of the video game.