Patent ID: 7859514

Claim:
A hand-operable controller for providing a versatile interface through which a user can command a peripheral electronic device to perform multiple actions, said controller comprising: an ergonomic housing including a communication link electrically matable to the electronic device, said housing being sized and shaped to be held in a user's hands during operating conditions, said housing including a plurality of controls for generating a plurality of control signals based upon a plurality of corresponding user inputs respectively, said housing having a general bat shape including integrally opposed arms defining bat wings respectively; and a control circuit operably mated with said controls for processing and transmitting said control signals to the electronic device during operating conditions, said control circuit including means for allowing the user to independently operate at least one controller function such that the user can command the electronic device to perform a plurality of tasks unique to a joystick and a mouse and a keyboard respectively, said controls being selectively programmable between an application mode and an internet mode and a word mode so that the user can interchangeably perform the plurality of tasks with said independent operating means; wherein said controls include a plurality of keys, wherein the plurality of keys are (*) keys and a first group of controls comprising AB, CD key; when said controller is in said applications mode, two phenomes are selectively outputted using one of said keys in combination with one of said first group of controls and thereby input an entire alphabet while using approximately half of said controls; and when in the internet mode, pressing the AB key would result in the input HOME, Pressing the CD key would result in the input BACKWARD.