Patent ID: 9113187
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: H04N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for installing a WiFi access point extension device to a cable television tap that receives and transmits radio frequency (RF) signals over a coaxial cable, the tap connected in series between a first cable portion and a second cable portion, the method comprising: removing a tap cover assembly from a tap housing of the tap, the tap housing having a plurality of input/output (I/O) signal ports for receiving a respective cable portion; mounting the WiFi access point extension device to the tap housing, wherein the WiFi access point extension device and the tap cover assembly are interchangeably mountable to the tap housing; and mounting the tap cover assembly to the WiFi access point extension device such that the WiFi access point extension device is mounted between the tap housing and the tap cover assembly, wherein an interface of the WiFi access point extension device is configured to route RF signals from the coaxial cable between the tap housing and the tap cover assembly upon engagement of the tap cover assembly to the WiFi access point extension device, wherein signaling between the first cable portion and the second cable portion is uninterrupted during installation of the WiFi access point extension device.