Patent ID: 7058746
Filing Date: 2006-06-06
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. An electronic apparatus for processing audio/video data, comprising: a data processing subunit, included within said electronic apparatus, for receiving and processing audio/video input data; a first functional block, included within said data processing subunit, operative as an audio/visual processing functional block to process the audio/visual input data; a second functional block, included within said data processing subunit, operative as a terminating functional block to terminate the data processed by said first functional block by transforming the audio/visual data into a user-visible signal and outputting said user-visible signal being not processed afterward; a memory for storing information pertaining to said data processing subunit and said second functional block, wherein the information stored in said memory is accessible by an external electronic apparatus connected to said electronic apparatus via a serial data bus; and connection means for connecting said electronic apparatus and said external electronic apparatus via said serial data bus, wherein said information pertaining to said first and second functional blocks stored within said memory includes information indicative of specific capabilities of said first and second functional blocks and virtual plug information of said first and second functional blocks and the virtual plug information of said second functional block contains information indicating that the input plug of said second functional block is connected to said first functional block.