Patent ID: 8661497
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: G09G,H04N

Abstract:
1. A media presentation device for modifying sink device extended display identification data (EDID), the media presentation device comprising: a data storage device that stores EDIDs received from a plurality of sink devices, wherein each stored EDID stores with it one or more output settings for use in converting media signals to an output format supported by a respective sink device; a processor that, responsive to a sink device connection to the media presentation device and a user selection, changes one or more of the output settings associated with a corresponding stored EDID for at least one of the plurality of sink devices, wherein the data storage device stores a list of EDIDs for previously-connected sink devices with the one or more changed output settings for overriding the stored EDID output settings upon a subsequent hot plug connection of the at least one of the plurality of sink devices; and a sink-interaction port that receives extended display identification data (EDID) of a sink device connected via a hot plug connection to the media presentation device, wherein the processor, upon the hot plug connection of the sink device: