Patent attributes
A media system and a method of operating a media system are provided. The media system includes a processing device and a media receiving device. The processing device is configured to transcode a digital data (e.g., at least one of: an audio component and a video component) from a first format to a second format. The processing device is configured to transmit the digital data in the second format. The media receiving device is in communication with the processing device. The media receiving device has at least one of: an obscured mode and a mute mode, and conversely at least one of an un-obscured mode and an un-mute mode. The processing device is configured to stop transcoding and transmitting at least a portion of the digital data to the media receiving device when the media receiving device is in at least one of the obscured mode and the mute mode.