Patent ID: 9148717
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
1. A case for a mobile electronic device, the case comprising: a housing; one or more earbud receiving apertures, wherein each earbud receiving aperture is associated with one or more electrical components configured to transfer an electrical charge from a power source to an earbud when the earbud is positioned within the aperture; one or more electrical components that provide a conductive connection from the power source to a power input port of a mobile electronic device that is in contact with the housing, to enable a simultaneous charge of the one or more earbuds when placed in the one or more apertures and of the mobile electronic device when placed in the housing; one or more earbuds, each of which is positioned to fit within one of the earbud receiving apertures, and each of which further comprises: one or more of the electrical contacts, one or more sensors configured to detect when the earbud is within or outside of an earbud receiving aperture, and programming that causes the earbud to receive the output of the one or more sensors and use the output to: activate the earbud when the earbud is removed from an earbud receiving aperture, and power down the earbud by turning the earbud off or placing the earbud in an idle mode when the earbud is placed within an earbud receiving aperture.