US Patent Issued to POPSOCKETS on July 21 for "System and method for providing a magnetic-based controller for a mobile electronic device" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,941, issued on July 21, was assigned to POPSOCKETS LLC (Boulder, Colo.).

"System and method for providing a magnetic-based controller for a mobile electronic device" was invented by David B. Barnett (Boulder, Colo.), Steven Dourmashkin (Boulder, Colo.) and Altan Nahum (Boulder, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system comprises a mobile electronic device having a magnetometer sensor and one or more software modules executable by the mobile electronic device. The system further includes a controller having one or more magnets, where the controller may be detachably attached to the mobile electronic device or its case. The magnets...