Game controller with parental control functionality
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1. A controller for use in connection with a video game console, comprising:
- a hand-held casing adapted for use in spaced relation with respect to the video game console having;
a plurality of console command buttons activatable to cause the transmission of commands to the video game console, the commands controlling actions of a game object of a video game playable on the video game console; and
parental control programming comprising instructions for accepting a parental control parameter and for preventing the controller from responding to activation of a console command button as a function of the parental control parameter to thereby prevent a transmission to the video game console of a command for controlling an action of a game object by means of activation of a console command button.
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Abstract
A hand-held controller having a plurality of console command buttons that, in response to activation, cause the transmission of commands for the purpose of controlling the operation of a video game console. Parental control is provided by preventing the transmission of commands to the video game console in response to activation of a console command button as a function of a parental control parameter that is provided to the hand-held controller.
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1. A controller for use in connection with a video game console, comprising:
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a hand-held casing adapted for use in spaced relation with respect to the video game console having;
a plurality of console command buttons activatable to cause the transmission of commands to the video game console, the commands controlling actions of a game object of a video game playable on the video game console; and
parental control programming comprising instructions for accepting a parental control parameter and for preventing the controller from responding to activation of a console command button as a function of the parental control parameter to thereby prevent a transmission to the video game console of a command for controlling an action of a game object by means of activation of a console command button. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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