ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,425,682, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).

"Multimedia streaming device" was invented by Jiger Patel (San Jose, Calif.), Lynette Marie Ross (Mountain View, Calif.), Vaidyanathan Manish (San Jose, Calif.), Emilio Molina Reyes (San Jose, Calif.), Troy Herndon (San Jose, Calif.), Michael Christopher Kouxommone (Mountain View, Calif.), Dipika Rajale (Milpitas, Calif.), Yiran Tang (San Jose, Calif.) and Angel Wilfredo Martinez (Aptos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multimedia streaming device can include a first circuit board configured to provide user controls and a second circuit board electri...