Patent ID: 9154810
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A device for providing digital video signals to multiple televisions within a customer building, comprising: a network module for receiving a packet-based data stream containing a plurality of digital video streams; a processing module for extracting the digital video streams from said packet-based data stream; an RF modulation module for converting said digital video streams into a plurality of RF modulated channel signals; an Ethernet module configured to send Ethernet over coax protocol signals to an Ethernet device over a first coaxial cable; a single remote control module located on a single physical chip configured to; receive radio frequency signals through a radio frequency antenna in communication with the single remote control module, said radio frequency signals being received directly from a first radio frequency handheld remote, said first radio frequency handheld remote being operable to control a separate one of said televisions which television is physically separated from the remote control module by at least one wall; receive infrared signals through an infrared sensor in communication with the single remote control module, said infrared signals being received from at least one infrared handheld remote, said infrared handheld remote being operable to control a separate one of said televisions which is not physically separated from the remote control module by a wall; and receive radio frequency signals from a second radio frequency handheld remote, said second radio frequency handheld remote being operable to control a separate one of said televisions which television is physically separated from the remote control module by at least one wall and wherein the radio frequency an ATSC tuner module in communication with an RF bypass module providing for a user to bypass the output of the RF modulator and receive broadcast signals on at least one of said televisions within a customer building; wherein the device is configured to transmit said plurality of RF modulated channel signals to at least one of said televisions within a customer building; wherein one or more of said televisions may be tuned to receive at least one of said RF modulated channel signals; and wherein one or more of said televisions may be tuned to receive a broadcast signal through said ATSC tuner module and said RF bypass module.