US 12,373,003 B2
Docking connector platform for mobile electronic devices
David B. Barnett, Boulder, CO (US); and Altan Nahum, Boulder, CO (US)
Assigned to POPSOCKETS LLC, Boulder, CO (US)
Filed by PopSockets LLC, Boulder, CO (US)
Filed on Jan. 5, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/405,877.
Application 18/405,877 is a continuation of application No. 18/202,847, filed on May 26, 2023, granted, now 11,899,496.
Application 18/202,847 is a continuation of application No. 16/745,226, filed on Jan. 16, 2020, granted, now 11,899,495.
Application 16/745,226 is a continuation of application No. 15/723,506, filed on Oct. 3, 2017, granted, now 10,571,964, issued on Feb. 25, 2020.
Application 15/723,506 is a continuation of application No. 14/302,203, filed on Jun. 11, 2014, granted, now 9,804,636, issued on Oct. 31, 2017.
Application 16/745,226 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US2013/030991, filed on Mar. 13, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/833,634, filed on Jun. 11, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/610,575, filed on Mar. 14, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2024/0143031 A1, May 2, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 1/00 (2006.01); A63F 13/23 (2014.01); A63F 13/92 (2014.01); A63F 13/98 (2014.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H10F 19/00 (2025.01)
CPC G06F 1/1632 (2013.01) [A63F 13/23 (2014.09); A63F 13/92 (2014.09); A63F 13/98 (2014.09); G06F 1/1626 (2013.01); G06F 1/1635 (2013.01); G06F 1/1656 (2013.01); H10F 19/00 (2025.01); Y02E 10/50 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A docking accessory platform adapted to couple to a mobile electronic device, the platform comprising:
an external back surface;
an internal back surface opposite the external back surface of the platform, wherein the internal back surface is adjacent to a back surface of the mobile electronic device when the platform is coupled to the mobile electronic device; and
a docking connector magnetic attachment system formed beneath the external back surface of the platform and configured to form detachable magnetic attachments to compatible docking accessories,
wherein the docking connector magnetic attachment system comprises at least one magnet formed in an annular shape beneath the external back surface of the platform,
wherein the platform is adapted to form a detachable magnetic attachment of compatible docking accessories to the external back surface of the platform.