US 12,117,869 B1
Portable electronic device case accessory system
Riley Edwin Lynch, Greensboro, NC (US); and Quentin Wade Forbes, Winston Salem, NC (US)
Assigned to Pioneer Square Brands, Inc., High Point, NC (US)
Filed by Pioneer Square Brands, Inc., High Point, NC (US)
Filed on May 10, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/661,316.
Int. Cl. H02J 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1635 (2013.01) [H02J 7/0042 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic-controller-implemented method for use with an accessory assembly electrical-energy-communication-based couplable and structurally couplable with a portable electronic device and with a payment card reader assembly, the portable electronic device selected from a portable electronic tablet device implementation or a portable electronic phone device implementation, the method comprising:
determining activation status of the accessory assembly; and
when the portable electronic device is electrical-energy-communication based coupled and structurally coupled with the accessory assembly, controlling at least a portion of electrical-energy-based charging of the portable electronic device based at least in part on the activation status of the accessory assembly.