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US 10,298,972 · App. 15/721,103 · Granted May 21, 2019

Source device, content providing method using source device, sink device and controlling method of the sink device

Inventor: Sung-bo Oh (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H04N21/2347G06F21/10G09G5/006H04L63/0428H04N21/4367H04N21/43622H04N21/4408H04N21/440263G09G2340/0407G09G2358/00G09G2370/047G09G2370/12
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,298,972
App. No.
15/721,103
Granted
May 21, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A source device for transmitting content to a sink device is provided. The source device may include an interface configured to perform high-bandwidth digital content protection (HDCP) authentication with the sink device, and a controller configured to determine an HDCP version supported by the sink device, convert the content so as to be encrypted in the HDCP version supported by the sink device in response to a determination that another HDCP version applied to the content is not supported by the sink device, encrypt the converted content in the HDCP version supported by the sink device, and control the interface to transmit the content to the sink device.

Claims (49)

1. A blu-ray disc player for transmitting content to a display device, the blu-ray disc player comprising:

an interface; and

a controller configured to:

receive information from the display device,

identify a high-bandwidth digital content protection (HDCP) version supported by the display device based on the received information,

encrypt a content in one of different HDCP versions based on the identified HDCP version supported by the display device, and

control the interface to transmit the encrypted content to the display device,

wherein the controller is configured to encrypt the content in one of the different HDCP versions based on the identified HDCP version by:

encrypting the content in a first HDCP version based on the identified HDCP version being the first HDCP version, and

downscaling the content and encrypting the downscaled content in a second HDCP version, based on the identified HDCP version not being the first HDCP version.

2. The blu-ray disc player of claim 1 , wherein the second HDCP version is lower than the first HDCP version.

3. The blu-ray disc player of claim 1 , wherein the information is in an extended display identification data (EDID) format.

4. The blu-ray disc player of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to control the display device to output a message indicating that the content is downscaled in response to the content encrypted in the second HDCP version being transmitted to the display device.

5. The blu-ray disc player of claim 1 , wherein the content comprises at least one of image data and audio data.

6. A method of transmitting content from a blu-ray disc player to a display device, the method comprising:

receiving information from the display device,

identifying a high-bandwidth digital content protection (HDCP) version supported by the display device based on the received information;

encrypting a content in one of different HDCP versions based on the identified HDCP version supported by the display device; and

transmitting the encrypted content to the display device,

wherein the encrypting comprises:

encrypting the content in a first HDCP version based on the identified HDCP version being the first HDCP version, and

downscaling the content and encrypting the downscaled content in a second HDCP version, based on the identified HDCP version not being the first HDCP version.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the second HDCP version is lower than the first HDCP version.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the information is in an extended display identification data (EDID) format.

9. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

controlling the display device to output a message indicating that the content is downscaled in response to the content encrypted in the second HDCP version being transmitted to the display device.

10. The method of claim 6 , wherein the content comprises at least one of image data and audio data.

11. A system for processing high-bandwidth digital content protection (HDCP) content, the system comprising:

a display device comprising at least one processor configured to:

receive an encrypted content, and

decrypt and display the encrypted content; and

a blu-ray disc player comprising at least one processor configured to:

receive information from the display device,

identify an HDCP version supported by the display device based on the received information,

encrypt a content in one of different HDCP versions based on the HDCP version supported by the display device, and

transmit the encrypted content to the display device,

wherein the at least one processor of the blu-ray disc player is further configured to:

encrypt a content in a first HDCP version based on the HDCP version being the first HDCP version, and

downscaling the content and encrypt the downscaled content in a second HDCP version, based on the HDCP version not being the first HDCP version.

12. A method of processing high-bandwidth digital content protection (HDCP) content, the method comprising:

receiving, by a blu-ray disc player, information from a display device,

identifying, by the blu-ray disc player, a HDCP version supported by the display device based on the received information;

encrypting, by the blu-ray disc player, a content in one of different HDCP versions based on the HDCP version supported by the display device;

transmitting, from the blu-ray disc player, the encrypted content to the display device;

receiving, by the display device, the encrypted content; and

decrypting and displaying, by the display device, the encrypted content,

wherein the encrypting comprises:

encrypting the content in a first HDCP version based on the HDCP version being the first HDCP version, and

downscaling the content and encrypting the downscaled content in a second HDCP version, based on the HDCP version not being the first HDCP version.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2013-0042464 · Apr 17, 2013 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 14153578 · Jan 13, 2014
Provisional Application 61757361 · Jan 28, 2013
Related Publication 20180027267A1 · Jan 25, 2018
Cited By (2)
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