Method, device, and system of input for a videogame console

One or more non-transitory computer storage media encoded with computer program instructions that when executed by one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

• identifying, by a first software application operated on a first portable communication device, a videogame console operating a second software application;
• receiving, from the videogame console using a first communication protocol supported by the videogame console and the first software application installed on the first portable communication device, information of the second software application operating on the videogame console;
• and
• receiving, from one or more of a plurality of portable communication devices using a second communication protocol different than the first communication protocol supported by (i) a third software application installed on the plurality of portable communication devices and (ii) the first software application installed on the first portable communication device, data indicating respective inputs to the second software application operating on the videogame console generated using the third software application, different from the second software application operating on the videogame console, operating on the one or more portable communication devices.

A system comprising:

• one or more computers and one or more storage devices on which are stored instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
• identifying, by a first software application operated on a first portable communication device, a videogame console operating a second software application;
• receiving, from the videogame console using a first communication protocol supported by the videogame console and the first software application installed on the first portable communication device, information of the second software application operating on the videogame console;
• and
• receiving, from one or more of a plurality of portable communication devices using a second communication protocol different than the first communication protocol supported by (i) a third software application installed on the plurality of portable communication devices and (ii) the first software application installed on the first portable communication device, data indicating respective inputs to the second software application operating on the videogame console generated using the third software application, different from the second software application operating on the videogame console, operating on the one or more portable communication devices.