Patent ID: 6075330
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: H01Q

Abstract:
An antenna system comprising:an antenna disposed outside a building structure;a coaxial cable extending from said antenna to a television receiver located inside said building structure;a motor operatively connected to said antenna for moving said antenna about at least one rotation axis;a wireless control signal receiver for receiving a short-range wireless channel selection signal identifying a broadcast channel, said signal receiver being operatively connected to said motor via said coaxial cable for energizing said motor in response to said wireless channel selection signal, said signal receiver being an infrared signal receiver located inside said building structure, said signal receiver including a signal transmission link extending between said infrared signal receiver and said motor for enabling control of said motor by said infrared signal receiver; anda decoder operatively connected to said signal receiver for decoding said wireless channel selection signal to determine said broadcast channel, said decoder including processing means for analyzing wireless control signals during a learning operation to determine a coding format of said wireless control signals and for analyzing said wireless channel selection signal during a normal use operation to determine said broadcast channel encoded in said wireless channel selection signal.