| CPC H04N 7/0125 (2013.01) [H04N 7/015 (2013.01); H04N 7/10 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A reception device comprising circuitry configured to:
store first device information and second device information;
bidirectionally communicate with an external device;
cause the external device to read the second device information, on a basis of reception of a rewrite signal for the first device information from the external device;
store third device information, and
when the rewrite signal is not received, cause the external device to read the third device information,
wherein the first device information is information regarding a link rate selected by the external device, and the second device information is information compliant with version 2.1 of high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI).
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