ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,884, issued on Nov. 25.

"Gaming controller with disc wheel and display screen" was invented by Tommy Tallarico (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.), Juan M. Alvarado (Tustin, Calif.), Andre LaMothe (Austin, Texas), Todd Linthicum (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), Nicholas P. Richards (Mission Viejo, Calif.) and David Slade Simpson (Aliso Viejo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the systems and methods disclosed herein provide a gaming console and gaming controllers, including hardware and software features included on the hardware. For example, a game balancing system is described that can monitor and track performance data from one...