IP Library Granted Patent US 8,644,504
Granted Patent B2
US 8,644,504 · App. 12/391,987 · Granted Feb 4, 2014

Method, apparatus, and system for deciphering media content stream

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Patent No.
US 8,644,504
App. No.
12/391,987
Granted
Feb 4, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method, apparatus and system for media content deciphering is disclosed. In one embodiment, a first content stream is received at a receiver device from a transmitter device coupled to the receiver device, wherein the first content stream having media content formatted in a particular package structure, the media content is associated with High-Definition Content Protection (HDCP) values. The first content stream is deciphered into a second content stream by removing the HDCP values from the first content stream, while the package structure of the media content is maintained.

Claims (33)

1. A method comprising:

receiving a first media content stream at a receiver device from a transmitter device coupled to the receiver device, the first media content stream having audio content formatted in a package structure, the audio content being associated with High-Definition Content Protection (HDCP) values, wherein the first media content stream includes an audio packet, an HDCP layer having the HDCP values, and one or more content layers including a Transition-Minimized Differential Signaling (TMDS) layer;

deciphering the first media content stream by removing the one or more content layers including the TMDS layer, and the HDCP layer having the HDCP values from the first media content stream while maintaining the package structure of the audio content such that the audio packet is preserved in its original format during the deciphering process; and

encoding the removed one or more content layers including the TMDS layer back on the audio packet to develop a second media content stream that does not include the HDCP layer.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first media content stream comprises non-media content associated with the audio content, wherein the non-media content is formatted in the package structure.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first media content stream includes a first High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) media content stream, and wherein the second content stream includes a second HDMI media content stream, wherein the first and second media content streams comprise video content formatted in the package structure.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more content layers comprise a Transition-Minimized Differential Signaling Error Reduction Coding-4 (TERC4) layer.

5. A system comprising:

a content communication system for processing High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) data comprising a receiver device having a content deciphering mechanism being configured to:

receive a first media content stream from a transmitter device, the first media content stream having audio content formatted in a package structure, the audio content being associated with High-Definition Content Protection (HDCP) values, wherein the first media content stream incudes an audio packet, an HDCP layer having the HDCP values, and one or more content layers including a Transition-Minimized Differential Signaling (TMDS) layer;

decipher the first media content stream by removing the one or more content layers including the TMDS layer, and the HDCP layer having the HDCP values from the first media content stream while maintaining the package structure of the audio content such that the audio packet is preserved in its original format during the deciphering process; and

encode the removed one or more content layers including the TMDS layer back on the audio packet to develop a second media content stream that does not include the HDCP layer.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the first media content stream comprises non-media content associated with the audio content, wherein the non-media content is formatted in the package structure.

7. The system of claim 5 , wherein the first media content stream includes a first High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) media content stream, and wherein the second content stream includes a second HDMI media content stream, wherein the first and second media content streams comprise video content formatted in the package structure.

8. The system of claim 5 , wherein the one or more content layers comprise a Transition-Minimized Differential Signaling Error Reduction Coding-4 (TERC4) layer.

9. The system of claim 5 , wherein maintaining includes keeping audio and video contents within the package structure of the first and second content streams.

10. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein maintaining includes keeping audio and video contents within the package structure of the first and second content streams.

11. An apparatus comprising:

a content communication system for processing High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) data comprising a receiver device having a content deciphering mechanism having:

first logic to receive a first media content stream from a transmitter device, the first media content stream having audio content formatted in a package structure, the audio content being associated with High-Definition Content Protection (HDCP) values, wherein the first media content stream includes an audio packet, an HDCP layer having the HDCP values, and one or more content layers including a Transition-Minimized Differential Signaling (TMDS) layer;

second logic to decipher the first media content stream by removing the one or more content layers including the TMDS layer, and the HDCP layer having the HDCP values from the first media content stream while maintaining the package structure of the audio content such that the audio packet is preserved in its original format during the deciphering process;

third logic to encode the removed one or more content layers including the TMDS layer back on the audio packet to develop a second media content stream that does not include the HDCP layer.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the first media content stream comprises non-media content associated with the audio content, wherein the non-media content is formatted in the package structure.

13. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the first media content stream includes a first High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) media content stream, and wherein the second content stream includes a second HDMI media content stream, wherein the first and second media content streams comprise video content formatted in the package structure.

14. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the one or more content layers comprise a Transition-Minimized Differential Signaling Error Reduction Coding-4 (TERC4) layer.

15. The system of claim 11 , wherein maintaining includes keeping the audio and video contents within the package structure of the first and second content streams.

16. A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising a plurality of instructions that in response to being executed on a computing device, causes the computing device to carry out a method according to one or more operations comprising:

receiving a first media content stream from a transmitter device, the first media content stream having audio content formatted in a package structure, the audio content being associated with High-Definition Content Protection (HDCP) values, wherein the first media content stream includes an audio packet, an HDCP layer having the HDCP values, and one or more content layers including a Transition-Minimized Differential Signaling (TMDS) layer;

deciphering the first media content stream by removing the one or more content layers including the TMDS layer, and the HDCP layer having the HDCP values from the first media content stream while maintaining the package structure of the audio content such that the audio packet is preserved in its original format during the deciphering process; and

encoding the removed one or more content layers including the TMDS layer back on the audio packet to develop a second media content stream that does not include the HDCP layer.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the first media content stream comprises non-media content associated with the audio content, wherein the non-media content is formatted in the package structure.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the first media content stream includes a first High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) media content stream, and wherein the second content stream includes a second HDMI media content stream, wherein the first and second media content streams comprise video content formatted in the package structure.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the one or more content layers comprise a Transition-Minimized Differential Signaling Error Reduction Coding-4 (TERC4) layer.

Assignments (5)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 21, 2019
From: LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 049980/0786 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 21, 2019
From: JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC
To: LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION; SILICON IMAGE, INC.; SIBEAM, INC.; DVDO, INC.
Reel/Frame 049827/0326 →
MERGER Recorded Aug 21, 2015
From: SILICON IMAGE, INC.
To: LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036419/0792 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 19, 2015
From: LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION; SIBEAM, INC.; SILICON IMAGE, INC.; DVDO, INC.
To: JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC
Reel/Frame 035226/0289 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2009
From: CHOI, HOON
To: SILICON IMAGE, INC.
Reel/Frame 022447/0639 →