Patent ID: 8060910

Claim:
A set top box apparatus comprising: a media content receiver to receive a media content signal provided from a service provider in a television network, the media content signal comprised of a plurality of channels; a first tuner to tune to a first channel, of the plurality of channels in the media content signal, to select media content of the first channel; a second tuner to tune to a second channel, of the plurality of channels in the media content signal, to select media content of the second channel; a first radio frequency transmitter operatively coupled to the first tuner and to a radio frequency antenna of the set top box, the first radio frequency transmitter to: convert the media content of the first channel into a first radio frequency signal in a first predefined range, of a radio spectrum, corresponding to a particular television broadcast channel, and transmit, via the radio frequency antenna, the first radio frequency signal for wirelessly communicating the media content of the first channel; a second radio frequency transmitter operatively coupled to the second tuner and the radio frequency antenna, the second radio frequency transmitter to: convert the media content of the second channel into a second radio frequency signal in a second predefined range, of the radio spectrum, corresponding to another particular television broadcast channel, where the first predefined range differs from the second predefined range, and transmit, via the radio frequency antenna, the second radio frequency signal for wirelessly communicating the media content of the second channel; a first radio frequency receiver to receive radio frequency signals from a first radio frequency remote control; a second radio frequency receiver to receive radio frequency signals from a second radio frequency remote control; a processing device operatively coupled to the first radio frequency receiver and the second radio frequency receiver, the processing device to distinguish between first commands received from the first radio frequency remote control and second commands received from the second radio frequency remote control, where the first commands and the second commands control the first tuner and the second tuner, respectively; and a third radio frequency transmitter operatively coupled to the processing device and the radio frequency antenna, the third radio frequency transmitter to transmit third radio frequency signals to at least one of the first radio frequency remote control or the second radio frequency remote control, where the third radio frequency signals comprise information to be displayed via a display of the at least one of the first radio frequency remote control or the second radio frequency remote control.