Patent ID: 11962829
Assignee: DISH WIRELESS L.L.C.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A system in a vehicle, comprising:
a first device that includes:
a housing; and
an automotive-specific connector positioned on the housing, wherein the automotive-specific connector is an on-board diagnostic connector configured for attachment to an on-board diagnostic port of the vehicle;
first wireless communication circuitry;
processing circuitry communicatively coupled with the automotive-specific connector; and

a second device installed in a different location in the vehicle than the first device, wherein the second device includes:
an RF antenna sized and shaped for receiving an over-the-air broadcast digital television signal;
radiofrequency (RF) communication circuitry configured to select a frequency band from the broadcast digital television signal; and
second wireless communication circuitry configured to transmit digital bitstreams received from the RF communication circuitry over a first secure wireless communication connection to the first wireless communication circuitry in the first device;
wherein the processing circuitry in the first device is configured to:
receive, from a mobile device over a second secure wireless communication connection between the first device and the mobile device, a user selection of broadcast digital television content to be obtained;
control the first wireless communication circuitry to transmit a request via the first secure wireless communication connection to the second device to control the RF communication circuitry in the second device to select the frequency band corresponding to the broadcast digital television content from the broadcast digital television signal;
receive encoded broadcast digital content obtained by the RF communication circuitry in the second device via a digital bitstream over the first secure communication connection; and
decode the digital bitstream to obtain the broadcast digital television content in response to the user selection.