Method for controlling ip-based hdmi device
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJangwoong PARK, Dokyun KIM, Hyeonjae LEE, Jinkwon LIM, Hyunsik YANG
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Abstract
A data transmission and reception method for a sink device which is connected to a plurality of source devices by means of a high definition multimedia interface (HDMI), according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: receiving an allocation of an internet protocol (IP) address; transmitting device information about a sink device to a control point through a network; and transmitting service information about a supportable service by the sink device to the control point through the network.
Claims16
A method of transmitting and receiving data of a sink device connected to a plurality of source devices using a High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI), the method comprising:
- receiving allocation of an Internet Protocol (IP) address;
- transmitting device information about the sink device to a control point through a network;
- and
- transmitting service information about a supportable service by the sink device to the control point through the network.
A method of transmitting and receiving data of a source device connected to a switch device or a sink device using a High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI), the method comprising:
- receiving allocation of an Internet Protocol (IP) address;
- transmitting device information about the source device to a control point through a network or to the switch device or the sink device through the HDMI;
- and
- transmitting service information about a supportable service by the source device to the control point through the network or to the switch device or the sink device through the HDMI.
A sink device connected to a plurality of source devices using a High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI), the sink device comprising:
- a HDMI transmission unit configured to transmit and receive data through the HDMI;
- a network interface configured to perform communication with another device;
- and
- a control unit configured to control the HDMI transmission unit and the network interface,
- wherein the control unit is further configured to:
- receive allocation of an Internet Protocol (IP) address,
- transmit device information about the sink device to a control point through a network, and
- transmit service information about a supportable service by the sink device to the control point through the network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.