Patent ID: 8253860

Claim:
A High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) source device, comprising: a communication module, directly connectable to at least two HDMI sink devices directly via a media channel for transmission of media contents; and a Display Data Channel (DDC) controller, coupled to the communication module for processing Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) of the HDMI sink devices, wherein the DDC controller determines a media format commonly supported by all the HDMI sink devices based on the EDID of the HDMI sink devices, and the communication module uses the commonly supported media format to provide the media contents; wherein the communication module receives content output from a content module, and output data from the DDC controller, and the communication module utilizes content and the output data to generate output data that is communicated over the media channel, and wherein the HDMI source device communicates with the HDMI sink devices directly via the media channel without a repeater.