Adaptive hdmi formatting system for 3d video transmission

Abstract

A system configured to support video formatting without a priori knowledge of video formatting requirements of a display device. The system relies on video information transmitted from the display device to a source device to facilitate determining the video formatting requirements of the display device. The system can be used within any television network, gaming network, and content sourcing network where it may be advantageous to deploy a source device that can support formatting requirements for a plurality of different display types.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for dynamically formatting content for output by a first display device comprising:
 receiving a first display identifier associated with the first display device; and   dynamically formatting the content in a first format based on the first display identifier.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising the step of delivering the content formatted in the first format to the first display device. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the step of receiving occurs at a content source and the content source is connected to a network, and the step of dynamically formatting the content in a first format based on the first display identifier is accomplished via a lookup table. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein the network is connected to a server that contains the look-up table. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the first display identifier associated with the first display device is associated with an Extended Display Identification Data (EDID). 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising the steps of:
 receiving a second display identifier associated with a second display device; and 
 dynamically formatting the content in a second format based on the second display identifier. 
 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein the second display device, the second display identifier, and the second format are different from the first display device, the first display identifier, and the first format. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 6 , further comprising the step of delivering the content formatted in the second format to the second display device. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein the content formatted in the first format is delivered to the first display, and the content formatted in the second format is delivered to the second display at approximately the same time. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein the first format is a 3D format and the second format is a 2D format. 
     
     
         11 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a plurality of non-transitory instructions executable with a processor and sufficient to facilitate dynamically formatting content for output by a first display device, the non-transitory instructions being sufficient for:
 receiving a first model number from the first display device;   determining a first display type from the first model number;   dynamically formatting the content in a first format based on the first display type.   
     
     
         12 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 11 , further comprising non-transitory instructions sufficient for delivering the content formatted in the first format to the first display device. 
     
     
         13 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 11  wherein the content source is connected to a network, and the first display type is determined from the first model number via a lookup table in the network. 
     
     
         14 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 13 , wherein the network is connected to a server that contains the look-up table. 
     
     
         15 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 11 , wherein the model number is contained in an Extended Display Identification Data (EDID). 
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 11 , further comprising non-transitory instructions sufficient for:
 receiving, at the content source, a second model number from a second display device;   determining a second display type from the second model number;   dynamically formatting the content in a second format based on the second display type;   wherein the second display device, second model number, second display type, and second format are different from the first display type, the first model number, first display type, and second format.   
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 16 , further comprising non-transitory instructions sufficient for delivering the content formatted in the second format to the second display device. 
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 16 , wherein the content formatted in the first format is delivered to the first display, and the content formatted in the second format is delivered to the second display at the same time. 
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 16 , wherein the first format is a 3D format and the second format is a 2D format.