Patent ID: 7698467

Claim:
A data transforming method for universal plug and play (UPnP)-based digital living network association (DLNA) system: discovering a digital media server (DMS) and a digital media renderer (DMR) in the DLNA system; obtaining a list of contents provided by the DMS; obtaining information on transport protocol and data format of the DMR; transmitting information on a present available data processing capability of the DMR to the DMS; matching the transport protocol and the data format of the DMS to the transport protocol and the data formation of the DMR; adjusting transcoding and transrating schemes of the DMS on the basis of the present available data processing capability of the DMR to be within or below the present available data processing capability of the DMR for each content to be transmitted; establishing a connection between the DMS and the DMR; and transmitting content stored in the DMS to the DMR.