Patent ID: 8267788

Claim:
A method for controlling movement of a gamepiece in an electronic game, the method comprising: determining by a processor 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 slid 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 in a game, wherein the gamepiece is controlled by the device; detecting when the device is being moved in the predetermined direction at a particular speed that is greater than the threshold speed, and in response to the detecting: decreasing a value of a movement currency associated with the gamepiece; and encumbering an attribute of the gamepiece in the game when it is determined that the movement currency value has decreased past a predetermined value.