Patent ID: 11943500
Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
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.