Patent ID: 9148693
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a display; an enclosed over-the-air tuner housing, said housing comprising an input power connector, an antenna input, and a tuner signal output mounted thereto; a dual terrestrial over-the-air tuner circuit module disposed within the tuner housing in communication with the input power connector, the antenna input and the tuner signal output, said dual terrestrial over-the-air tuner circuit module generating a first tuner signal from a first terrestrial over-the-air tuner and a second tuner signal from a second terrestrial over-the-air tuner and communicating the first tuner signal and the second tuner signal through the tuner signal output; and a host device separate from the housing and the display and in communication with the display, said host device having at least one host tuner and a controller disposed therein, said host device in communication with the tuner signal output, said controller controlling communication between the dual terrestrial over-the-air tuner and the host device by assigning a first device node to the first tuner signal and a second device node to the second tuner signal, said controller assigning a first multiplexer channel for first data of the first device node and a second multiplexer channel for second data of the second device node.