Patent ID: 8732362

Claim:
A receiving apparatus comprising: first receiving means for receiving a content signal including a first signal and a second signal as a transition minimized differential signaling (TMDS) signal and in accordance with a predetermined transmission standard, recovering the first signal and the second signal included in the content signal, and outputting the recovered first signal and the recovered second signal; transmitting means for receiving the second signal output from the first receiving means, converting the second signal from the first receiving means to a second content signal including the second signal from the first receiving means as a TMDS signal and in accordance with the predetermined transmission standard, and transmitting the second content signal; and second receiving means for receiving the second content signal transmitted from the transmitting means without the second content signal transmitted from the transmitting means being transmitted external to the apparatus, recovering the second signal included in the second content signal, and outputting the second signal recovered from the second content signal.