Patent ID: 8206220

Claim:
A video game controller comprising: a hand-held base unit including: at least one base unit actuator, each base unit actuator configured to generate a respective actuation signal in response to user input; at least one module-receiving feature defining an opening; and at least two first electrical connectors cooperating with the at least one module-receiving feature and the opening defined thereby; a module removably disposed relative to the opening defined by the module-receiving feature of the hand-held base unit and comprising: a single body; and two or more module actuators collectively carried by the single body, each module actuator configured to generate a respective actuation signal in response to user input; and at least two second electrical connectors collectively carried by the single body, each of the at least two second electrical connectors corresponding to a particular one of the two or more module activators, the single body of the module being configured to be coupled to the at least one module-receiving feature of the hand-held base unit, and at least partially within the opening, in two or more orientations relative to the hand-held base unit, each orientation of the single body of the module positioning the two or more module actuators relative to the at least one base unit actuator in a different configuration than each other orientation of the module relative to the hand-held base unit, each of the two or more module actuators being accessible to a user in each orientation of the module relative to the hand-held base unit, wherein in a first orientation, each of the at least two first electrical connectors connects to a respective one of the at least two second electrical connectors, and in a second orientation, each of the at least two first electrical connectors connects to a different one of the at least two electrical connectors.