Patent ID: 8045552
Filing Date: 2011-10-25
Classification: G09G,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: connecting a cable to a wireless transmitter assembly, the wireless transmitter assembly for wirelessly transmitting audio/video (A/V) information from a source of data; connecting the cable to a wireless receiver assembly sought to be used to provide A/V information to a sink device, the sink device for displaying information from the source; in response to energizing the assemblies, automatically causing the transmitter assembly and receiver assembly to exchange pairing information over the cable; and using the pairing information to establish a connection for sending information from the transmitter assembly to the receiver assembly over a wireless communication path, wherein a wired output of a first one of the assemblies is looped back to a wired input of the second one of the assemblies, or a wired input of the wireless transmitter assembly is connected to a wired connection on the sink device that is otherwise used as an alternative input for the sink device, wherein the act of automatically causing includes: upon energization of the assemblies, causing the transmitter assembly to load, into a memory associated with the transmitter assembly, extended display identification data (EDID) indicating a wireless HDMI repeater; causing the transmitter assembly to monitor for consumer electronics control (CEC) commands; causing the receiver assembly to monitor for EDID indicating a wireless HDMI repeater and when the receiver detects such an EDID, causing the receiver to send, over a CEC bus of the cable, a signal indicating control signal connection; and in response to receiving from the receiver assembly the signal indicating control signal connection, causing the transmitter assembly to send the pairing information to the receiver assembly over the cable.