Patent ID: 8370536

Claim:
A cable for automatically maintaining HDMI data communication between a digital audio/video source and a digital audio/video sink, comprising: a head end connector to provide a multi-modal bus communication system to connect to the digital audio/video source, the head end connector including an electrical transceiver, a controller and a memory, the controller configured to: monitor data received by the electrical transceiver from the digital audio/video source; based on the monitored data, select between a clock stretching communication mode and a data mirroring communication mode; and engage a bus adjustment process according to the selected mode; a tail end connector for delivering signals to the digital audio/video sink, the tail end connector including an electrical transceiver and a controller; and a bi-directional communication medium for exchanging signals between the head end connector and the tail end connector, wherein the memory is configured to store EDID and HDCP data related to the digital audio/video sink.