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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
May. 22, 2014
Wikipad, Inc., Westlake Village, CA (US);
Matthew R. Joynes, Agoura Hills, CA (US);
James Bower, Windermere, FL (US);
Kelly Gamble, Westlake Village, CA (US);
Wikipad, Inc., Westlake Village, CA (US);
Abstract
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.