Patent ID: 8123614

Claim:
A method for controlling movement of a gamepiece in an electronic game, the method comprising: determining that a device is being moved across a horizontal surface, wherein the device includes a display, user input control, transceiver, and digital processor, wherein the device is moved in response to force applied by one or more human hands of a user; displaying a gamepiece icon on the display; sending signals via the transceiver to one or more other devices being moved by one or more other users in the game, wherein the signals are responsive to the user input control and the device movement to affect gameplay; defining a threshold speed of movement in a predetermined direction for the gamepiece icon in a game, wherein the gamepiece icon is controlled by the device; detecting when the device is being moved in the predetermined direction at a particular speed, wherein the particular speed is greater than the threshold speed, and in response to the detecting: preventing the gamepiece icon from moving in the predetermined direction at the particular speed so that the gamepiece icon changes position on the display to lag behind the device movement.