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US 2026/0089254 A1Published application
Systems and methods for controlling a mobile device cover
AssigneeSTAR CO Scientific Technologies Advanced Research Co, LLC d/b/a STAR CO
InventorThomas E. Coverstone
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Abstract
A mobile application running on a host mobile device is used to control the display of notifications, received by the host mobile device, on a mobile device cover. A single button on the mobile device cover is used to display, configure, and navigate through functionality menus of functions provided by the mobile device cover.
Claims22
A mobile phone, comprising:
- one or more processors configured to:
- provide a graphical user interface configured to control a mobile phone cover for use with the mobile phone;
- provide a graphical user interface configured to select a mobile application, a type of communication, or a contact;
- provide a graphical user interface to select a light pattern and one or more light pattern parameters;
- associate the light pattern with the mobile application, the type of communication, or the contact;
- receive an incoming communication relating to the mobile application, the type of communication, or the contact;
- and
- cause the mobile phone cover to display a notification relating to the received communication for the mobile application, the type of communication, or contact including the light pattern associated with the mobile application, the type of communication, or the contact according to the one or more light pattern parameters.
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A mobile phone cover for use with a mobile phone, comprising:
- a display;
- a user input interface;
- one or more processors operatively coupled to the display and the user input interface, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
- provide a graphical user interface for configuring functionality of the mobile phone cover, wherein the functionality comprises providing notifications received from one or more of:
- a type of communication received by the mobile phone, a communication from a particular contact received by the mobile phone, and a communication received from the mobile phone relating to a particular mobile application;
- and
- receive input from the user input interface to access and configure the functionality of the mobile phone cover.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.