Patent ID: 8923326

Claim:
A system comprising: a first adapter device electrically connected to a source high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) device and configured to: receive a source HDMI signal from the source HDMI device across a first HDMI link; perform a first transmitter signal conversion to convert the source HDMI signal to a source ten gigabit media independent interface (XGMII) signal; perform a second transmitter signal conversion to convert the source XGMII signal to a source ten gigabit attachment unit interface (XAUI) signal; and perform a third transmitter signal conversion to convert the source XAUI signal to a 10GBase-T data signal that retains substantially similar audio and video data information as the source HDMI signal and that is configured to be sent across a data link, the data link comprising a twisted pair data cable; and a second adapter device electrically connected to the first adapter device across the data link and configured to: receive the 10GBase-T data signal from the first adapter device across the data link; perform a first receiver signal conversion to convert the 10GBase-T data signal to a receiver XAUI signal; perform a second receiver signal conversion to convert the receiver XAUI signal to a receiver XGMII signal; perform a third receiver signal conversion to convert the receiver XGMII signal to a destination HDMI signal; and send the destination HDMI signal to a destination HDMI device electrically connected to the second adapter device.