Coglestop on 11 January 2008
Those patents seem to describe some sort of trackpad, not exactly what the Wiimote and Sixaxis do. I didn't see anything related to motion sensors, just pressure-sensitive potentometers.
COULD be similar to the tech in the Wii balance board, though.
The patent mentioned in the article is on the automatic configuration of the control devices, something USB has been doing for QUITE some time. Heck, ethernet has been doing something similar for a VERY long time itself.
