IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,117,869
Granted Patent B1
US 12,117,869 · App. 18/661,316 · Granted Oct 15, 2024

Portable electronic device case accessory system

Inventors: Riley Edwin Lynch (Greensboro, NC); Quentin Wade Forbes (Winston Salem, NC)
Assignee: Pioneer Square Brands, Inc.
G06F1/1635H02J7/0042
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Patent No.
US 12,117,869
App. No.
18/661,316
Granted
Oct 15, 2024
Kind
B1
Abstract

Systems involve implementations such as an electronic-controller-implemented method for use with an accessory assembly couplable with a device assembly and a payment card reader assembly, the method including determining activation status of the accessory assembly; and controlling charging status of the device assembly based at least in part on the activation status of the accessory assembly. Other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.

Claims (60)

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.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

when the portable electronic device is at least electrical-energy-communication-based coupled and structurally coupled with the accessory assembly, determining activation status of the portable electronic device; and

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 portable electronic device.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

when the payment card reader assembly is at least electrical-energy-communication-based coupled and structurally coupled with the accessory assembly, determining activation status of the payment card reader assembly; and

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 payment card reader assembly.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining activation status of the accessory assembly; and

controlling at least a portion of electrical-energy-based charging of the accessory assembly based at least in part on the activation status of the accessory assembly.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

when the portable electronic device is at least electrical-energy-communication-based coupled and structurally coupled with the accessory assembly, determining activation status of the portable electronic device; and

controlling at least a portion of electrical-energy-based charging of the accessory assembly based at least in part on the activation status of the portable electronic device.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

when the payment card reader assembly is at least electrical-energy-communication-based coupled and structurally coupled with the accessory assembly, determining activation status of the payment card reader assembly; and

controlling at least a portion of electrical-energy-based charging of the accessory assembly based at least in part on the activation status of the payment card reader assembly.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining activation status of the accessory assembly; and

when the payment card reader assembly is at least electrical-energy-communication-based coupled and structurally coupled with the accessory assembly, controlling at least a portion of electrical-energy-based charging of the payment card reader assembly based at least in part on the activation status of the accessory assembly.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

when the portable electronic device is at least electrical-energy-communication-based coupled and structurally coupled with the accessory assembly, determining activation status of the portable electronic device; and

when the payment card reader assembly is at least electrical-energy-communication-based coupled and structurally coupled with the accessory assembly, controlling at least a portion of electrical-energy-based charging of the payment card reader assembly based at least in part on the activation status of the portable electronic device.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

when the payment card reader assembly is at least electrical-energy-communication-based coupled and structurally coupled with the accessory assembly, determining activation status of the payment card reader assembly; and

controlling at least a portion of electrical-energy-based charging of the payment card reader assembly based at least in part on the activation status of the payment card reader assembly.

10. 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 a payment card reader assembly, the portable electronic device selected from a portable electronic tablet device implementation and 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-communication status of the portable electronic device based at least in part on the activation status of the accessory assembly.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising:

when the portable electronic device is electrical-energy-communication-based coupled and structurally coupled with the accessory assembly, determining activation status of the portable electronic device; and

controlling at least a portion of electrical-communication-based connectivity of the portable electronic device based at least in part on the activation status of the portable electronic device.

12. The method of claim 10 further comprising:

when the payment card reader assembly is electrical-energy-communication-based coupled and structurally coupled with the accessory assembly, determining activation status of the payment card reader 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-communication-based connectivity of the portable electronic device based at least in part on the activation status of the payment card reader assembly.

13. The method of claim 10 further comprising:

determining activation status of the accessory assembly; and

controlling at least a portion of electrical-communication-based connectivity of the accessory assembly based at least in part on the activation status of the accessory assembly.

14. The method of claim 10 further comprising:

when the portable electronic device is electrical-energy-communication-based coupled and structurally coupled with the accessory assembly, determining activation status of the portable electronic device; and

controlling at least a portion of electrical-communication-based connectivity of the accessory assembly based at least in part on the activation status of the portable electronic device.

15. The method of claim 10 further comprising:

when the payment card reader assembly is electrical-energy-communication-based coupled and structurally coupled with the accessory assembly, determining activation status of the payment card reader assembly; and

controlling at least a portion of electrical-communication-based connectivity of the accessory assembly based at least in part on the activation status of the payment card reader assembly.

16. The method of claim 10 further comprising:

determining activation status of the accessory assembly; and

when the payment card reader assembly is electrical-energy-communication-based coupled and structurally coupled with the accessory assembly, controlling at least a portion of electrical-communication-based connectivity of the payment card reader assembly based at least in part on the activation status of the accessory assembly.

17. The method of claim 10 further comprising:

when the portable electronic device is electrical-energy-communication-based coupled and structurally coupled with the accessory assembly, determining activation status of the portable electronic device; and

when the payment card reader assembly is electrical-energy-communication-based coupled and structurally coupled with the accessory assembly, controlling at least a portion of electrical-communication-based connectivity of the payment card reader assembly based at least in part on the activation status of the portable electronic device.

18. The method of claim 10 further comprising:

when the payment card reader assembly is electrical-energy-communication-based coupled and structurally coupled with the accessory assembly, determining activation status of the payment card reader assembly; and

controlling at least a portion of electrical-communication-based connectivity of the payment card reader assembly based at least in part on the activation status of the payment card reader assembly.

19. An electronic-controller-implemented method for use with an accessory assembly electrical-energy-communication-based couplable with and structurally couplable with a portable electronic device and a payment card reader assembly, the portable electronic device selected from a portable electronic tablet device implementation and a portable electronic phone device implementation, the method comprising:

determining electrical-energy-communication-based coupling status of the accessory assembly with the portable electronic device; and

controlling at least a portion of electrical-communication-based connectivity of the portable electronic device based at least in part on the electrical-energy-communication-based coupling status of the accessory assembly with the portable electronic device.

20. The method of claim 19 further comprising:

determining electrical-energy-communication-based coupling status of the accessory assembly with the payment card reader assembly; and

controlling at least a portion of electrical-communication-based connectivity of the payment card reader assembly based at least in part on the electrical-energy-communication-based coupling status of the accessory assembly with the payment card reader assembly.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 7, 2024
From: FORBES, QUENTIN WADE; LYNCH, RILEY EDWIN
To: PIONEER SQUARE BRANDS, INC.
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