ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,515, issued on May 20, was assigned to Roku Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Connector device with antenna connection" was invented by Gregory Garner (Key Colony Beach, Fla.) and Tito Thomas (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure described devices, components, connectors, and cables that connect an audio-visual device to an external antenna. Some embodiments describe a device connector for connecting the audio-visual device to an external cable. The device connector may include a supply port that is configured to receive power, data signals, and/or some combination of power and data from a source external to...