Patent ID: 7738766
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. In a source device configured to couple to a target media-playback device, a method comprising the acts of: selecting digital media content intended for transfer from a source device to a coupled target media-playback device, wherein the selected to-be-transferred media content has a defined format, which is associated with a source-format-agent; assigning a transfer priority to the selected to-be-transferred media content to indicate a relative desirability of the selected to-be-transferred media content; determining a target format of the selected to-be-transferred media content specified by the coupled target media-playback device, wherein the target format is a format of the selected to-be-transferred media content that is playable on the coupled target media-playback device; determining whether the source-format-agent sanctions transcoding the selected to-be-transferred media content, wherein a lack of at least one positive answer from the source-format-agent is interpreted as a refusal to sanction the transcoding; if transcoding is sanctioned, transcoding the selected to-be-transferred media content into the target format by converting the selected to-be-transferred media content from the defined format to the target format and sampling the selected to-be-transferred media content to a different bit rate for compatibility with the coupled target media-playback device; if transcoding is sanctioned, transferring the transcoded media content to the coupled target media-playback device.