High definition and low power partial functionality communication link
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1. A communication link comprising:
- a cable containing four pairs of wires, three transmitters, three receivers, and two transceivers;
the three transmitters operative to transmit uncompressed video data and data over three of the pairs of wires to the three receivers;
the two transceivers operative to form a bidirectional multi data type communication link over the fourth pair of the pairs of wires;
an active mode of operation for transmitting the uncompressed video data over the three pairs of wires from the three transmitters to the three receivers, and for transmitting bidirectional system control data, bidirectional general data, and audio data over the fourth pair of wires between the two transceivers; and
a low-power partial-functionality (LPPF) mode of operation for transmitting over the fourth pair of wires a subset of the data types transmitted in the active mode of operation over the fourth pair of wires.
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Communication link including a cable containing four pairs of wires, three transmitters to transmit uncompressed video data and audio data over three of the pairs of wires to three receivers, and two transceivers to form a bidirectional multi data type communication link over the fourth pair of wires. An active mode of operation for transmitting the uncompressed video data and the audio data over the three pairs of wires, and for transmitting bidirectional data over the fourth pair of wires. And a first low power partial functionality mode of operation for transmitting bidirectional system controls.
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1. A communication link comprising:
- a cable containing four pairs of wires, three transmitters, three receivers, and two transceivers;
the three transmitters operative to transmit uncompressed video data and data over three of the pairs of wires to the three receivers; the two transceivers operative to form a bidirectional multi data type communication link over the fourth pair of the pairs of wires; an active mode of operation for transmitting the uncompressed video data over the three pairs of wires from the three transmitters to the three receivers, and for transmitting bidirectional system control data, bidirectional general data, and audio data over the fourth pair of wires between the two transceivers; and a low-power partial-functionality (LPPF) mode of operation for transmitting over the fourth pair of wires a subset of the data types transmitted in the active mode of operation over the fourth pair of wires. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
- a cable containing four pairs of wires, three transmitters, three receivers, and two transceivers;
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16. A communication link comprising:
- a cable containing four pairs of wires, three transmitters, three receivers, and two transceivers;
the three transmitters operative to transmit uncompressed video data and audio data over three of the pairs of wires to the three receivers; the two transceivers operative to form a bidirectional multi data type communication link over the fourth pair of the pair of wires; an active mode of operation for transmitting the uncompressed video data and the audio data over the three pairs of wires from the three transmitters to the three receivers, and for transmitting bidirectional data over the fourth pair of wires between the two transceivers; and a first low-power partial-functionality (LPPF) mode of operation for transmitting bidirectional system control data. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
- a cable containing four pairs of wires, three transmitters, three receivers, and two transceivers;
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30. A communication device comprising:
- a cable containing wires, at least one transmitter, and a transceiver;
the at least one transmitter operative to transmit uncompressed video data over a first subset of the wires, and the transceiver operative to transmit bidirectional data comprising at least two data types over a second subset of the wires, wherein the first and the second subsets of the wires do not overlap; an active mode of operation for transmitting by the transmitter the uncompressed video data over the first subset of the wires, and for transmitting and receiving by the transceiver the bidirectional data over the second subset of the wires; and a low-power partial-functionality (LPPF) mode of operation for transmitting over a third subset of the wires a subset of the data types transmitted in the active mode of operation over the second subset of the wires. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
- a cable containing wires, at least one transmitter, and a transceiver;
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