US 12,425,536 B2
Reception device, method for controlling reception device, and transmission/reception system
Masahiko Nakahama, Kanagawa (JP); and Nobutaka Yamamoto, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to SATURN LICENSING LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed by SATURN LICENSING LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed on Oct. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/379,899.
Application 18/379,899 is a continuation of application No. 17/778,959, granted, now 11,818,499, previously published as PCT/JP2020/046140, filed on Dec. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-226931 (JP), filed on Dec. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0040079 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 7/01 (2006.01); H04N 7/015 (2006.01); H04N 7/10 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 7/0125 (2013.01) [H04N 7/015 (2013.01); H04N 7/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
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).