US 11,943,500 B2
Video media streaming device
Micah Thomas Collins, Mountain View, CA (US); Michael Jon Sundermeyer, Palo Alto, CA (US); Kristen Beck, San Mateo, CA (US); Wenson Chern, Mountain View, CA (US); Philip Lee Ly, Mountain View, CA (US); Colleen Mischke, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Robert Jason Rose, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/848,873.
Application 17/848,873 is a continuation of application No. 16/544,257, filed on Aug. 19, 2019, granted, now 11,375,271.
Application 16/544,257 is a continuation of application No. 15/645,349, filed on Jul. 10, 2017, granted, now 10,390,081, issued on Aug. 20, 2019.
Application 15/645,349 is a continuation of application No. 14/847,997, filed on Sep. 8, 2015, granted, now 9,736,531, issued on Aug. 15, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0329899 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 21/4363 (2011.01); H04N 5/64 (2006.01); H04N 21/00 (2011.01); H04N 21/436 (2011.01); H04N 21/60 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/43635 (2013.01) [H04N 5/64 (2013.01); H04N 21/00 (2013.01); H04N 21/436 (2013.01); H04N 21/43632 (2013.01); H04N 21/60 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A media streaming device configured to stream video content, the media streaming device comprising:
a housing having a top assembly portion and a bottom assembly portion, wherein the top assembly portion is coupled to the bottom assembly portion to form the housing, and wherein the housing has a sidewall that includes (i) a first opening for a high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) connector configured to removably connect to an HDMI port of a media playback device and (ii) a second opening for a power connector configured to removably connect to a power source;
a printed circuit board substrate disposed within the housing, wherein the printed circuit board substrate includes electronic circuitry configured to:
receive media content wirelessly from an external computing device that is wirelessly connected to the media streaming device over a communications network; and
transmit the media content through the HDMI connector to the media playback device; and
an output cord having a first end portion including a low-voltage connector fastened to a low-voltage connector of the printed circuit board substrate, the low-voltage connector of the printed circuit board substrate disposed within the housing such that the first end portion of the output cord is not removable from the media streaming device and a second end portion having the HDMI connector that is configured to be removably connected to the HDMI port of the media playback device.