Patent ID: 9710038
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. A transmit connectivity device, comprising: a high definition media interface (HDMI) port; signal processing circuitry configured to receive a media signal from at least one source device coupled to the HDMI port and to convert the media signal to a converged media signal based on a converged signal specification; a multi-position multi-contact port having a plurality of differential mode channels and a plurality of common mode channels; and the signal processing circuitry configured to transmit the converged media signal to a receive connectivity device over a network cable coupled to the multi-position multi-contact port by: the receive connectivity device configured to receive the plurality of first signals, the clock signal, the plurality of second signals, the power source, and the ground via the network cable coupled to the multi-position multi-contact port.