While some people are content reading the latest romance novel from their e-readers during long flights, others could really use a game of Mario displayed on a screen right in front of them, to alleviate their boredom.

The USPTO has granted Nintendo patent number 8,157,654 – one allowing Nintendo games to play on devices other than handheld gaming consoles. Although some speculate Nintendo’s ambitions with this patent may be for bigger things, the diagram indicates that in the very least, the patent may provide better in-flight entertainment.

According to one report, “the patent [essentially] sounds like something akin to mirroring on iOS or a remote desktop application, putting the picture you’d normally see on a game device up on a different screen.” 

The same report suggests that although the patent may lead people to insinuate that Nintendo has plans to develop a mobile gaming platform, it’s more likely that the patent is just one way for the company to secure a method of selling games while restricting them to Nintendo’s hardware.

So even if the new display screen is embedded into the flight seat in front of you, rest assured that screen is a product of Nintendo.

Engadet wryly attributes this event as Nintendo’s participation in the intellectual property litigation trend, where Nintendo’s patent is method to “bulk up their litigious arsenal.” 

And indeed, Nintendo is no newbie to this game. It was only back in March that Nintendo issued a press release boasting the company’s prevalence through patent infringement lawsuits for “the third consecutive time this year.”