ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,403, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Backbone Labs Inc. (Vancouver, Wash.).

"Mobile game controller and method for connecting to a wireless audio device" was invented by Samuel Boegli (Beaverton, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A game controller can provide input to a video game (e.g., to control an object or character in the video game) and, optionally, to interact with a graphical user interface (e.g., to select the video game and/or perform other functions). The game controller can be connected with a mobile computing device, such as a mobile phone, and the game can be played locally on the mobile computing device or remo...