Patent ID: 8851987
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: A63F,G06F

Abstract:
1. A mouse pad, comprising: a memory; a proximity sensor; a controller coupled to the memory and the proximity sensor; and a housing assembly for carrying the memory, the proximity sensor and the controller, wherein the memory comprises computer instructions which when executed by the controller, causes the controller to perform operations comprising: receiving a request to associate a gaming action with detecting a computer mouse at or exceeding a first distance threshold from a top surface of the mouse pad; detecting the computer mouse located on the top surface of the housing assembly; detecting a removal of the computer mouse from the top surface at a distance that exceeds the first distance threshold; responsive to detecting the removal of the computer mouse from the top surface at the distance that exceeds the first distance threshold, identifying one or more substitute gaming stimulations associated with the gaming action; transmitting to a computing device communicatively coupled to the computer mouse a signal representative of the detected removal to cause a change in a state of a game presented by a gaming system controllable by the computing device, wherein the signal comprises the one or more substitute gaming stimulations.