US 12,324,985 B2
Mobile device controller systems and methods for interacting with client applications
Matthew Leigh Vroom, San Francisco, CA (US); Brandon Douglas Henry Parod, Alameda, CA (US); Kyle Robert Thompson, Placentia, CA (US); and Jason Clyde, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Skillz Platform Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed by Skillz Platform Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed on May 20, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/669,224.
Application 18/669,224 is a continuation of application No. 17/929,559, filed on Sep. 2, 2022, granted, now 12,017,139.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/364,974, filed on May 19, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/240,443, filed on Sep. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0299844 A1, Sep. 12, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63F 13/31 (2014.01); A63F 13/24 (2014.01); A63F 13/92 (2014.01)
CPC A63F 13/31 (2014.09) [A63F 13/24 (2014.09); A63F 13/92 (2014.09)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mobile device controller, comprising:
a first controller module configured to engage a first side of a mobile device;
a second controller module configured to engage a second side of the mobile device, the second side opposite the first side;
an inductive charging module configured to contact the mobile device, the charging module comprising:
a magnetic alignment module configured to align the mobile device with charging coils of the charging module, wherein the magnetic alignment module is additionally configured to allow the mobile device to rotate into a portrait mode or a landscape mode while contacted to the inductive charging module; and
an expandable bridge positioned between the first controller module and the second controller module to elastically couple the first controller module to the second controller module, wherein the mobile device controller is in contact with the mobile device in a form-fitting configuration, wherein the expandable bridge is configured to expand and contract to maintain the mobile device and the inductive charging module in a center position between the first controller module and the second controller module.