Patent ID: 6288749
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A computer system with remote television display comprising:a computer for generating an output signal and for receiving an input signal;an external television broadcast source for transmitting a first multichannel television signal;a signal converter for receiving the output signal from the computer and converting the output signal to a first television channel signal, the signal converter being arranged to receive the first multichannel television signal from the television broadcast source, the signal converter outputting at least part of the first multichannel television signal and the first channel television signal as a second multichannel television signal, the signal converter including means for enabling a user to select television signals to be transmitted therethrough and for attenuating at least one input channel frequency so as to prevent signals having the selected input channel frequency from being output from the signal converter;at least one television in a local network for receiving the second multichannel television signal and displaying at least one channel of the second multichannel television signal, the local network connecting the signal converter to the computer and to the at least one television, the signal converter being connected to the external television broadcast source outside of the local network; andat least one input device located remote from the computer for transmitting the input signal to the computer.