Patent ID: 8063996

Claim:
A video content conversion system comprising: a plurality of localized digital televisions, each digital television having an external RF port for receiving a terrestrial broadcast signal and an internal tuner settable to different channels for accessing a particular terrestrial broadcast channel; at least one converter having at least one input receiving video signals conveying a plurality of different video content, each video content being associated with a different channel, wherein the video signals conveying the plurality of different video content are original format signals, the at least one converter converting the original format signals for the plurality of different video content to at least one low power RF transmission so as to wirelessly transmit multiple channels for simultaneous local reception by the digital televisions tuned to different channels to display the plurality of different video content simultaneously, the at least one RF transmission having a format capable of being demodulated by the digital televisions so that the video content associated with a channel is displayed on a screen of any of the televisions tuned to receive that particular channel, a frequency and bandwidth of the at least one RF transmission being within a specified operating range for a standard terrestrial broadcast transmission; and a passive antenna directly coupled to the RF input port of each of the digital televisions for wirelessly receiving the low power at least one RF transmission, wherein the tuner internal to each television is set to a channel to display video content within an associated one of the at least one RF transmission, there being no active powered components between the antenna and the RF input port of each television, wherein the at least one RF transmission is in a format such that a receiver in each television whose tuner is set to a channel associated with a particular one of the at least one RF transmission does not distinguish between the RF transmission and a conventional terrestrial broadcast.