Patent ID: 7738046

Claim:
A system to display digital television signals, comprising: a display; signal processing circuitry configured to process a digital television signal for a specific channel for presentation on the display; and an antenna assembly coupled to the signal processing circuitry, the antenna assembly comprising: a first antenna positioned to maximize reception in a first direction, and a second antenna positioned to maximize reception in a second direction, the second direction being different from the first direction; a processor coupled to the antenna assembly, the processor comprising: a selection logic module configured to select from among the first antenna and the second antenna to provide a selected antenna, the selected antenna being configured to receive the digital television signal for the specific channel, and a tuning logic module to configure the antenna assembly to receive the digital television signal for the specific channel via the selected antenna; and a diplexer including a first connection coupled to the antenna assembly, a second connection coupled to the signal processing circuitry, and a third connection coupled to the processor, the diplexer being configured to pass a control signal from the processor to the antenna assembly, the antenna assembly being configured to select the selected antenna in response to the control signal, and to block the digital television signal for the specific channel from passing to the processor.