Patent ID: 6910966

Claim:
A wireless system for a video game console having at least one of an InfraRed (IR) receiver and a Radio Frequency (RF) receiver, and further having at least two operation modes including (i) a first game mode capable of playing video games and (ii) a second entertainment mode capable of playing DVD videos, the wireless system comprising: a dedicated DVD remote control transmitter having DVD player function control buttons and having an absence of control over game functions of the video game console at all times, said dedicated remote control transmitter wirelessly transmitting DVD player control commands to at least one of the IR receiver and the RF receiver for controlling DVD player functions of the video game console when in said second entertainment mode; and a wireless game controller for wirelessly transmitting game control commands to at least one of the IR receiver and the RF receiver to control a game being played when the video game console is in said first game mode.