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Granted Patent B2
US 10,694,229 · App. 16/223,536 · Granted Jun 23, 2020

Source device, content providing method using the 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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Patent No.
US 10,694,229
App. No.
16/223,536
Granted
Jun 23, 2020
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 (43)

1. An electronic device for transmitting content to a display device, the electronic device comprising:

an interface; and

a controller configured to:

identify a content protection version supported by the display device,

process a content based on the identified content protection version supported by the display device, and

transmit the processed content to the display device via the interface,

wherein the controller is configured to process the content based on the identified content protection version by:

based on the identified content protection version being a first content protection version, processing the content based on the first content protection version, and

based on the identified content protection version not being the first content protection version, downscaling the content and processing the downscaled content based on a second content protection version.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first content protection version is more recent than the second content protection version.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to, based on the content processed based on the second content protection version being transmitted to the display device, transmit, to the display device, a message indicating that the content is downscaled such that the display device outputs the message.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the content comprises at least one of image data or audio data.

5. A method of transmitting content from an electronic device to a display device, the method comprising:

identifying a content protection version supported by the display device;

processing a content based on the identified content protection version supported by the display device; and

transmitting the processed content to the display device,

wherein the processing comprises:

based on the identified content protection version being a first content protection version, processing the content based on the first content protection version, and

based on the identified content protection version not being the first content protection version, downscaling the content and processing the downscaled content based on a second content protection version.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the first content protection version is more recent than the second content protection version.

7. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

based on the content processed based on the second content protection version being transmitted to the display device, outputting, on the display device, a message indicating that the content is downscaled.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein the content comprises at least one of image data or audio data.

9. A system for processing digital content, the system comprising:

a display device comprising at least one processor configured to:

receive an processed content, and

process and display the processed content; and

an electronic device comprising at least one processor configured to:

identify a content protection version supported by the display device,

process a content based on the content protection version supported by the display device, and

transmit the processed content to the display device,

wherein the at least one processor of the electronic device is further configured to:

based on the identified content protection version being a first content protection version, process the content based on the first content protection version, and

based on the identified content protection version not being the first content protection version, downscale the content and process the downscaled content based on a second content protection version.

10. A method of processing digital content, the method comprising:

identifying, by an electronic device, a content protection version supported by a display device;

processing, by the electronic device, a content based on the content protection version supported by the display device;

transmitting, from the electronic device, the processed content to the display device;

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

processing and displaying, by the display device, the processed content,

wherein the processing comprises:

based on the identified content protection version being a first content protection version, processing the content based on the first content protection version, and

based on the identified content protection version not being the first content protection version, downscaling the content and processing the downscaled content based on a second content protection version.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2013-0042464 · Apr 17, 2013 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 15721103 · Sep 29, 2017
Continuation 14153578 · Jan 13, 2014
Provisional Application 61757361 · Jan 28, 2013
Related Publication 20190124374A1 · Apr 25, 2019
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