Patent ID: 8142287

Claim:
A universal controller for interfacing with gaming devices comprising: a communication channel configured to selectively establish a bidirectional communication link with a first gaming device; a data collection unit communicatively coupled to the communication channel, the data collection unit operable to collect data received from the first gaming device, the data related to a gaming experience of the first gaming device; a storage unit communicatively coupled to the data collection unit, the storage unit configured to store the collected data related to the gaming experience of the first gaming device; and an input assembly comprising a plurality of input elements, each input element configured to be mapped to one or more functions of the first gaming device and a second gaming device; wherein after being communicatively decoupled from the first gaming device, the universal controller is operable to transfer to the second gaming device the data related to the gaming experience of the first gaming device and to control the second gaming device such that a gaming experience of the second gaming device is affected by the transferred data; and wherein the first gaming device comprises a remote-controlled toy and the second gaming device comprises a video game device.