Patent ID: 8266658

Claim:
A wireless communication device that wirelessly transmits content data to a wireless receiving device, the wireless communication device comprising at least one port for wirelessly transmitting the content data, wherein the wireless communication device: determines an origination port number indicating a port for wirelessly transmitting the content data; communicates with the wireless receiving device to exchange (i), a destination port number determined by the wireless receiving device and indicating a port for wirelessly receiving the content data in the wireless receiving device, (ii) the origination port number determined by the wireless communication device, (iii) a first flag indicating whether or not the content data includes video data, and (iv) a second flag indicating whether or not the content data includes audio data; associates the origination port number with the destination port number; obtains one or more input formats of the content data supported by the wireless receiving device; reserves wireless resources for wirelessly transmitting the content data; determines one of the obtained input formats as an output format of the content data, and notifies the wireless receiving device of the determined output format; and wirelessly transmits the content data to the wireless receiving device through a pair of ports indicated by the origination port number and the destination port number associated with each other.