Patent ID: 7676225

Claim:
An area entertainment system comprising: a headend unit comprising at least one digital satellite radio receiver; a plurality of electronic boxes spaced throughout the area, with the area divided into a plurality of zones and each electronic box being within a respective zone; a local area network (LAN) connecting said at least one digital satellite radio receiver for providing digital satellite radio signals to said plurality of electronic boxes; and a plurality of user control units connected to said plurality of electronic boxes, each user control unit for permitting user selection of the digital satellite radio signals; said headend unit further comprising a processor for receiving the digital satellite radio signals from said at least one digital satellite radio receiver, and for outputting the digital satellite radio signals, and a switch between said processor and said LAN, said switch including a first input for receiving the digital satellite radio signals from said processor, and a plurality of outputs, each output for outputting the digital satellite radio signals to said electronic boxes within a respective zone.