Patent ID: 7976392

Claim:
A gaming peripheral device configured to connect to an interface of a home video game system, wherein the interface provides access to a processing system of the home video game system and comprises first and second power supply lines having different voltages, first and second ground lines, an input signal line normally at a first level, a serial data out line, a serial data in line, a select signal line, a clocking signal line, and an interrupt signal line, and wherein the home video game system detects that the gaming peripheral device is connected to the interface when the input signal line is at a second level different than the first level, the gaming peripheral device comprising: a memory card including a memory and configured for insertion into a port provided in a housing of the home video game system; and a connector coupled to the memory, wherein the connector comprises: a first connecting element that connects to the serial data out line; a second connecting element that connects to the serial data in line; a third connecting element that connects to the select signal line; a fourth connecting element that connects to the clocking signal line; a fifth connecting element that connects to the interrupt signal line; a sixth connecting element that connects to the input signal line; seventh, eighth and ninth connecting elements that each connects to the first power supply line; a tenth connecting element that connects to the first ground line; an eleventh connecting element that connects to the second ground line; and a twelfth connecting element that connects to the second power supply line, wherein the input signal line is supplied with a signal from the sixth connecting element of the connector which causes the input signal line to be at the second level when the gaming peripheral device is connected to the interface of the home video game system.