Patent ID: 7134960

Claim:
A gaming peripheral device configured to connect to an interface of a home video game system, wherein the interface provides access to a processing system of the home video game system and comprises first and second power supply lines having different voltages, first and second ground lines, an input signal line normally at a first level, a serial data out line, a serial data in line, a select signal line, a clocking signal line, and an interrupt signal line, and wherein the home video game system detects that the gaming peripheral device is connected to the interface when the input signal line is at a second level different than the first level, the gaming peripheral device comprising: an electrical component; and a connector coupled to the electrical component, wherein the connector comprises: a first connecting element that connects, in use, to the serial data out line; a second connecting element that connects, in use, to the serial data in line; a third connecting element that connects, in use, to the select signal line; a fourth connecting element that connects, in use, to the clocking signal line; a fifth connecting element that connects, in use, to the interrupt signal line; a sixth connecting element that connects, in use, to the input signal line; seventh, eighth and ninth connecting elements that each connects, in use, to the first power supply line; and a tenth connecting element that connects, in use, to the first ground line, wherein the input signal line is supplied with a signal from the sixth connecting element of the connector which causes the input signal line to be at the second level when the gaming peripheral device is connected to the interface of the home video game system.