Dual-Mode Data Transfer of Uncompressed Multimedia Contents or Data Communications

A system for transferring data, the system comprising:

• a universal serial bus (USB) port;
• a USB transceiver circuit operative to send and receive USB protocol data signals;
• a transmitter circuit operative to transmit uncompressed high definition media signals;
• and
• a selection circuit operative to selectively couple the USB transceiver circuit or the transmitter circuit to the USB port based on a data format signal received at the USB port.

A system for transferring data via a USB port, comprising:

• a first device comprising:
• a universal serial bus (USB) port;
• a USB transceiver circuit operative to send and receive USB protocol signals;
• a transmitter circuit operative to transmit uncompressed high definition media signals;
• and
• a selection circuit operative to selectively couple the USB transceiver circuit or the transmitter circuit to the USB port based on a data format signal received at the USB port;
• and
• an interface unit to communicatively couple the USB port to a port of a second device over an interface.

A system for transferring data, the system comprising:

• a universal serial data bus (USB) port;
• a semiconductor device comprising:
• a USB transceiver circuit operative to send and receive USB protocol signals;
• a transmitter circuit operative to transmit uncompressed high definition media signals;
• a serializer/deserializer circuit;
• and
• a multiplexer configurable to selectively couple the USB transceiver circuit or the transmitter circuit to the serializer/deserializer based on a data format signal received at the USB port from an external interface.