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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2012
Applicant:
Ronan C. Waide, Dublin, IE;
Inventor:
Ronan C. Waide, Dublin, IE;
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 21/85 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/1632 (2013.01); G06F 21/85 (2013.01);
Abstract
Multiple device rests may be placed in different locations for use with a portable device such as a smartphone, tablet computer, controller, gaming device, etc. Upon being placed in one of the device rests, the portable device receives an identifier that identifies the particular device rest and/or the location of the device rest. In response, the portable device is configured to initiate an action that has been previously associated with the particular device rest and or its location.