Patent ID: 8429299

Claim:
A method of processing audiovisual input data using a computing device, for presentation on a display device interconnected to said computing device via a local network, said method comprising: i) receiving a request from said display device querying the signal processing capabilities of said computing device; ii) sending a response to said display device identifying the signal processing capabilities of said computing device; iii) receiving instructions from said display to use a selected one of network transfer protocols supported in said computing device and a selected one of data formats supported in said computing device; and to perform a specific first group of signal processing functions from among a set of signal processing functions to be performed on audiovisual data in said selected data format after decoding said data and prior to presentation, wherein said first group of signal processing functions have been determined by said display device by dividing said set of signal processing functions using said response, and are among said signal processing capabilities of said computing device, as communicated; iv) performing said first group of signal processing functions on said audiovisual input data to form externally processed data; v) encoding said externally processed data into said selected data format; and vi) transmitting said externally processed data in said selected data format to said display device over said local network using said selected network transfer protocol.