Patent ID: 8352643

Claim:
A peripheral configured to enhance the interactivity of interactive content being conveyed to a user by a content output appliance, wherein the content output appliance is under control of one or more processors that control the output of the interactive content based on one or more state parameters of the peripheral, the peripheral comprising: an actuator configured to generate haptic feedback for the user; an accessory; a base device configured to be removably coupled to the accessory such that any of a plurality of accessories can be interchangeably coupled to the base device; a wireless receiver carried by the base device, the wireless receiver being configured to receive information from the one or more processors defining one or more feedback parameters of the haptic feedback to be generated by the actuator; an actuator control configured to control the actuator to generate haptic feedback for the user in accordance with the received information defining the one or more feedback parameters; and one or more identifying features carried by the accessory, the one or more identifying features being configured to identify the peripheral to the one or more processors from other peripherals that are usable with the interactive content such that the one or more feedback parameters communicated from the one or more processors to the peripheral are dependent on the identifying features of the peripheral.