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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 9252572 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016

Filed:

Apr. 14, 2015

Media appliance and method for use of same

Applicant:

Enseo, Inc., Richardson, TX (US);

Inventors:

Vanessa Ogle, Richardson, TX (US);

Jeff Johns, Murphy, TX (US);

Bill Fang, Plano, TX (US);

Assignee:

Enseo, Inc., Richardson, TX (US);

Attorneys:

Scott T. Griggs

Griggs Bergen LLP

Primary Examiner:

Jerry Wu

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H02B 1/42 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01); H02B 1/56 (2006.01); H02G 3/10 (2006.01); H04N 5/44 (2011.01); H04N 5/63 (2006.01); H04N 5/64 (2006.01); H04N 21/426 (2011.01); H04N 21/4363 (2011.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02B 1/42 (2013.01); H02B 1/56 (2013.01); H02G 3/10 (2013.01); H04N 5/44 (2013.01); H04N 5/63 (2013.01); H04N 5/64 (2013.01); H04N 21/42607 (2013.01); H04N 21/43635 (2013.01); H05K 5/026 (2013.01); H05K 5/0278 (2013.01); H05K 7/20963 (2013.01); G06F 1/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

A media appliance and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a housing is adapted to be mounted within a wall. A panel forms a front portion of the housing and the panel includes vents and the panel may be mounted substantially flush with the wall. A media player, which includes a set-top box, is disposed within the housing. A pair of ports, disposed within openings defined by the housing, are configured to receive respective optio-electric connectors. Each port includes optio-electrically conductive elements. The pair of ports are coupled to the media player and one port is configured for providing a connection to a television and the other port is configured for providing a connection to an external source of signal for the television.

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