Netflix

Netflix's single UI/UX patent describes a system that transforms smartphones into intelligent game controllers that adapt in real time based on what's happening in the game. The controller layouts on the phone can shift and reconfigure themselves mid-session depending on game state, allowing for touch-based gestures and interactions that traditional physical controllers can't support. The system also enables asymmetric information gameplay, where certain details appear only on the controlling player's phone screen rather than the main display everyone can see. This approach goes beyond simply replicating button layouts on a touchscreen, instead treating the phone as a context-aware control surface that responds to the game's needs moment by moment.