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US 2010/0060784 A1Published application
Method and system for a transcoder
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorAHMAD C. ANSARI
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Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a transcoder module having a controller to manage power distribution in the transcoder module from power supplied to an HDMI port of the transcoder module, transcode audio-visual information into a digital compatible format used on an external device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims22
A method, comprising:
- transcoding audio-visual information supplied by an accessory device in a High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) standard format received via an HDMI port in a set top box (STB) device to a format compatible with an external device;
- and
- generating a transcoded signal used for presentation or storage of the audio visual information on the external device.
A computer-readable storage medium, comprising computer instructions for:
- transcoding audio-visual information in a High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) standard format received via an HDMI port in a portable battery operated set top box (STB) device to a format compatible with an external device, wherein the format compatible with the external device is user selectable or determined dynamically;
- and
- generating a signal used for presentation or storage of the audio visual information on the external device.
A multimedia data interface module, comprising a controller to:
- manage power distribution in the multimedia data interface module from power supplied by a High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) port and an embedded power supply;
- transcode audio-visual information from the HDMI port into a compatible format for an external device;
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- transmit through a network interface, the audio-visual information in the compatible format for the external device.
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A system, comprising a controller to:
- transcode audio-visual information in a High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) standard format;
- and
- generate a signal used for presentation or storage of the audio visual information on an external device in a digital format compatible with the external device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.