Patent ID: 6104908
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: H04H,H04N

Abstract:
A system for distributing first and second television signals of diverse modulation formats to a plurality of locations in a multiple-dwelling unit, comprising:first receiving means for receiving at the multiple-dwelling unit a first received television signal having a first modulation format;second receiving means for receiving at the multiple-dwelling unit a second received television signal having a second modulation format different than the first modulation format;first transmodulating means converting the modulation format of the second received television signal into a third modulation format, the second received television signal having the third modulation format referred to as a first transmodulated signal;combining means for combining the first received television signal and the first transmodulated signal into a combined signal;distributing means for distributing the combined signal to each of a plurality of locations;separating means at a particular location selected from the plurality of locations for separating the combined signal to recover the first received television signal and the first transmodulated signal;demodulating means for demodulating the first transmodulated signal recovered by the separating means to develop a demodulated signal having the second modulation format; andcoupling means adapted for connection to a television set for coupling to a television set at the particular location, one of the first received television signal recovered by the separating means and the demodulated signal developed by the demodulating means.