Patent ID: 11860654
Assignee: ROKU, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a first electrical terminal configured to connect to a first ungrounded conductor and receive electricity from the first ungrounded conductor;
a second electrical terminal configured to connect to a grounded conductor and transmit a first portion of the electricity received from the first ungrounded conductor to the grounded conductor in response to a connection of the second electrical terminal to the grounded conductor;
a third electrical terminal configured to connect to a second ungrounded conductor and transmit a second portion of the electricity received from the first ungrounded conductor to the second ungrounded conductor in response to an actuation of an electrical switching device;
a fourth electrical terminal configured to connect to a grounding conductor;
the electrical switching device, wherein the electrical switching device is configured to:
generate a conductive electrical path between the first electrical terminal and the third electrical terminal in response to the actuation of the electrical switching device controlled by a first electronic signal generated by a sensing component; and
generate a nonconductive electrical path between the first electrical terminal and the third electrical terminal in response to a deactuation of the electrical switching device controlled by a second electronic signal generated by the sensing component;

a memory; and
at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
determine whether the second electrical terminal is connected to the grounded conductor;
in response to a first determination that the second electrical terminal is connected to the grounded conductor, generate a first control signal configured to permit performance of a function by the sensing component to (i) generate the first electronic signal to control the actuation of the electrical switching device, or (ii) generate the second electronic signal to control the deactuation of the electrical switching device; and
in response to a second determination that the second electrical terminal is not connected to the grounded conductor, generate a second control signal configured to prevent the performance of the function of the sensing component from generating the first electronic signal to control the actuation of the electrical switching device and the second electronic signal to control the deactuation of the electrical switching device;
in response to the second determination that the second electrical terminal is not connected to the grounded conductor, generate a third control signal configured to instruct a media device to permit the performance of the function; and
transmit, using a communications device coupled to the media device, the third control signal to the media device.