US Patent 11983037 Gaming controller docking accessory for mobile electronic devices

A gaming controller docking accessory adapted to couple to a platform of a mobile electronic device includes a plurality of buttons arranged on a control panel of the gaming controller, as well as a first docking connector portion having a first magnetic element configured to detachably attach to a second docking connector portion of the platform. The second docking connector portion includes a second magnetic element. The first docking connector portion is configured to detachably attach the game controller docking accessory to the platform in a landscape orientation such that a longest length of the gaming controller docking accessory is parallel to a longest length of the mobile electronic device.