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Claims 1-20 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being anticipated over claims 1-20 of U.S. Patent No. 12,483,749.
Current Application No. 19/365,945
U.S. Patent No. 12,483,749
A method for operating a media device, comprising:
receiving, by at least one computer processor and from a source media device, a request to report a media capability of the media device;
responsive to receiving the request, identifying a media capability of a downstream media device attached to the media device;
modifying a data block that indicates a set of default media capabilities of the media device by: selectively removing a first data unit from the data block based on a priority associated with the first data unit and a list of a plurality of detailed timing descriptors (DTDs) for a plurality of media devices that has been attached to the media device, the first data unit indicating a default media capability in the set of default media capabilities of the media device; and
adding a second data unit to the data block, the second data unit indicating the media capability of the downstream media device; and
sending, to the source media device, the modified data block responsive to the request to report the media capability of the media device.
The method of claim 1, wherein modifying the data block that indicates the set of default media capabilities of the media device comprises: modifying an extended display (EDID) block.
The method of claim 2, wherein selectively removing the first data unit from the data block comprises: selectively removing the DTD from the EDID block.
The method of claim 3, wherein selectively removing the DTD from the EDID block comprises: selecting a particular DTD from among a plurality of DTDs in the EDID block based at least on a priority associated with the particular DTD; and removing the particular DTD from the EDID block.
The method of claim 1, further comprising: accessing the list of a plurality of DTDs for the plurality of media devices to verify the first data unit is not included in the list.
The method of claim 1, further comprising: searching a network of media devices including a networked media device; and determining the list of a plurality of DTDs for a plurality of media devices that have been attached to the networked media device.
The method of claim 1, wherein the media device comprises an audio/video receiver coupled to a speaker and the downstream media device comprises a television.
The method of claim 1, wherein the media device comprises a television and the downstream media device comprises an audio/video receiver coupled to a speaker.
A media device, comprising: one or more memories; and at least one processor each coupled to at least one of the memories and configure to perform operations comprising: receiving, from a source media device, a request to report a media capability of the media device; responsive to receiving the request, identifying a media capability of a downstream media device attached to the media device; modifying a data block that indicates a set of default media capabilities of the media device by: selectively removing a first data unit from the data block based on a priority associated with the first data unit and a list of a plurality of detailed timing descriptors (DTDs) for a plurality of media devices that has been attached to the media device, the first data unit indicating a default media capability in the set of default media capabilities of the media device; and adding a second data unit to the data block, the second data unit indicating the media capability of the downstream media device; and sending, to the source media device, the modified data block responsive to the request to report the media capability of the media device.
The media device of claim 9, wherein modifying the data block that indicates the set of default media capabilities of the media device comprises: modifying an extended display (EDID) block.
The media device of claim 10, wherein selectively removing the first data unit from the data block comprises: selectively removing the DTD from the EDID block.
12. The media device of claim 11, wherein selectively removing the DTD from the EDID block comprises: selecting a particular DTD from among a plurality of DTDs in the EDID block based at least on a priority associated with the particular DTD; and removing the particular DTD from the EDID block.
13. The media device of claim 9, wherein selectively removing the first data unit comprises: accessing the list of a plurality of DTDs for the plurality of media devices to verify the first data unit is not included in the list.
14. The media device of claim 9, wherein selectively removing the first data unit comprises: searching a network of media devices including a networked media device; and determining the list of a plurality of DTDs for a plurality of media devices that have been attached to the networked media device.
15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one computer processor of a media device, causes the at least one computer processor to perform operations, the operations comprising: receiving, from a source media device, a request to report a media capability of the media device; responsive to receiving the request, identifying a media capability of a downstream media device attached to the media device; modifying a data block that indicates a set of default media capabilities of the media device by: selectively removing a first data unit from the data block based on a priority associated with the first data unit and a list of a plurality of detailed timing descriptors (DTDs) for a plurality of media devices that has been attached to the media device, the first data unit indicating a default media capability in the set of default media capabilities of the media device; and adding a second data unit to the data block, the second data unit indicating the media capability of the downstream media device; and sending, to the source media device, the modified data block responsive to the request to report the media capability of the media device.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein modifying the data block that indicates the set of default media capabilities of the media device comprises: modifying an extended display (EDID) block.
17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein selectively removing the first data unit from the data block comprises: selectively removing the DTD from the EDID block.
18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein selectively removing the DTD from the EDID block comprises: selecting a particular DTD from among a plurality of DTDs in the EDID block based at least on a priority associated with the particular DTD; and removing the particular DTD from the EDID block.
19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise: accessing the list of a plurality of DTDs for the plurality of media devices to verify the first data unit is not included in the list.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise: searching a network of media devices including a networked media device; and determining the list of a plurality of DTDs for a plurality of media devices that have been attached to the networked media device.
A method for operating a media device, comprising:
receiving, by at least one computer processor and from a source media device, a request to report a media capability of the media device;
responsive to receiving the request, identifying a media capability of a downstream media device attached to the media device;
modifying a data block that indicates a set of default media capabilities of the media device by: selectively removing a first data unit from the data block based on a priority associated with the first data unit, the first data unit indicating a default media capability in the set of default media capabilities of the media device, wherein the priority is indicative of a preference of a detailed timing descriptor (DTD); and
adding a second data unit to the data block, the second data unit indicating the media capability of the downstream media device; and
sending, to the source media device, the modified data block responsive to the request to report the media capability of the media device.
The method of claim 1, wherein modifying the data block that indicates the set of default media capabilities of the media device comprises: modifying an extended display (EDID) block.
The method of claim 2, wherein selectively removing the first data unit from the data block comprises:
selectively removing the DTD from the EDID block.
The method of claim 3, wherein selectively removing the DTD from the EDID block comprises: selecting a particular DTD from among a plurality of DTDs in the EDID block based at least on the priority associated with the particular DTD; and removing the particular DTD from the EDID block.
The method of claim 2, wherein adding the second data unit to the data block comprises: adding a short audio descriptor (SAD) to the EDID block.
(Original) The method of claim 1, further comprising: saving content of the first data unit to a memory of the media device prior to selectively removing the first data unit from the data block; and restoring the first data unit from the memory to the data block subsequent to the downstream media device being detached from the media device.
The method of claim 1, wherein the media device comprises an audio/video receiver coupled to a speaker and the downstream media device comprises a television.
The method of claim 1, wherein the media device comprises a television and the downstream media device comprises an audio/video receiver coupled to a speaker.
A media device, comprising: one or more memories; and at least one processor each coupled to at least one of the memories and configured to perform operations comprising: receiving, from a source media device, a request to report a media capability of the media device; responsive to receiving the request, identifying a media capability of a downstream media device attached to the media device; modifying a data block that indicates a set of default media capabilities of the media device by: selectively removing a first data unit from the data block based on a priority associated with the first data unit, the first data unit indicating a default media capability in the set of default media capabilities of the media device, wherein the priority is indicative of a preference of a detailed timing descriptor (DTD); and adding a second data unit to the data block, the second data unit indicating the media capability of the downstream media device; and sending, to the source media device, the modified data block responsive to the request to report the media capability of the media device.
The media device of claim 9, wherein modifying the data block that indicates the set of default media capabilities of the media device comprises: modifying an extended display (EDID) block.
The media device of claim 10, wherein selectively removing the first data unit from the data block comprises: selectively removing the DTD from the EDID block.
12. The media device of claim 11, wherein selectively removing the DTD from the EDID block comprises: selecting a particular DTD from among a plurality of DTDs in the EDID block based at least on the priority associated with the particular DTD; and removing the particular DTD from the EDID block.
13. The media device of claim 10, wherein adding the second data unit to the data block comprises: adding a short audio descriptor (SAD) to the EDID block.
14. The media device of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise: saving content of the first data unit to at least one of the memories of the media device prior to selectively removing the first data unit from the data block; and restoring the first data unit from the at least one of the memories to the data block subsequent to the downstream media device being detached from the media device.
15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one computer processor of a media device, causes the at least one computer processor to perform operations, the operations comprising: receiving, from a source media device, a request to report a media capability of the media device; responsive to receiving the request, identifying a media capability of a downstream media device attached to the media device; modifying a data block that indicates a set of default media capabilities of the media device by: selectively removing a first data unit from the data block based on a priority associated with the first data unit, the first data unit indicating a default media capability in the set of default media capabilities of the media device, wherein the priority is indicative of a preference of a detailed timing descriptor (DTD); and adding a second data unit to the data block, the second data unit indicating the media capability of the downstream media device; and sending, to the source media device, the modified data block responsive to the request to report the media capability of the media device.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein modifying the data block that indicates the set of default media capabilities of the media device comprises: modifying an extended display (EDID) block.
17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein selectively removing the first data unit from the data block comprises: selectively removing the DTD from the EDID block.
18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein selectively removing the DTD from the EDID block comprises: selecting a particular DTD from among a plurality of DTDs in the EDID block based at least on the priority associated with the particular DTD; and removing the particular DTD from the EDID block.
19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein adding the second data unit to the data block comprises: adding a short audio descriptor (SAD) to the EDID block.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:
saving content of the first data unit to a memory of the media device prior to selectively removing the first data unit from the data block; and
restoring the first data unit from the memory to the data block subsequent to the downstream media device being detached from the media device.
Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because at least one examined application claim is not patentable distinct from the reference claims(s) because the examined application claim is either anticipated by, or would have been obvious over, the reference claim(s).
Conclusion
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/YASSIN ALATA/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2426
