Game pad controller and system for portable communication device

US7833097B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• KYOCERA Corporation · JP

Inventors

• Christopher Maddox · Oceanside, US
• Mark J. Hassebrock · Frederick, US
• Philip Hobson Boothby · Boulder, US
• Michael D. Johnson · Houston, US
• Robert Stone · Germantown Hills, US
• Craig Ronald Townsend · Broomfield, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 19, 2005
• Grant date: Nov 16, 2010
• Expiry date: Jan 12, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A63F2300/406
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A game pad controller for connection to a portable phone has an outer casing and a game control unit within the casing. The front of the casing has a seat for locating the portable phone and at least one keypad adjacent the seat for user engagement to control a game. The seat has a channel for slidably receiving an adapter, which is either attached to the rear face of the phone or to a holder for the phone. A releasable latching mechanism at the inner end of the channel releasably secures the adapter in the channel. The adapter may be a dimpled hub device. The arrangement allows the game pad controller to be used with any type of portable phone.