Nagravision S.a.

Jérôme Perrine

Didier Hunacek

Marco Macchetti

Hervé Goupil

Patrick Servet

Roan Hautier

Karl Osen

Bernard Benoit

Jean-Claude Fournier

Maurice Van Riek

Claudio Favi

Laurent Gauteron

François Fer

An embodiment of the present invention relates to physical interfaces, especially those used on consumer electronics devices. A processor, in which an embodiment of the disclosed invention is deployed, includes a physical interface for connecting to and communicating with a peripheral device, the peripheral device being configured to operate according to a standard communications protocol or to a different protocol which is adapted to have a more bandwidth-efficient performance. The processor detects which of the two protocols the attached peripheral device uses and configures the physical interface to operate according to the detected protocol. An embodiment of the invention allows for new, bandwidth-efficient communications protocols to be executed across existing standardized physical interface hardware, thereby allowing for easier acceptance of the new protocols within the consumer electronics industry. Bandwidth-efficient communications protocols advantageously allow for more convenient transfer of media content or for big-data applications to be more conveniently handled.

Physical interface module

Growing community of inventors

Romanel sur Morges, Switzerland

Jérôme Perrine