Patent ID: 8819744

Claim:
An audio/video/data distribution system for distributing audio and video signals comprising: a base unit comprising a plurality of integrated receiver/decoders, each of which directly receives the audio and video signals, converts the audio and video signals to local retransmission signals, and transmits the local retransmission signals; and at least one remote terminal having communication circuitry that allows direct two-way communication with the base unit, the communication circuitry being connected to an element that receives the transmitted local retransmission signals, the remote terminal recovering the video signals from the received local retransmission signals, displaying the video signals on a display portion connected to the remote terminal, and playing the audio signals on a speaker connected to the remote terminal; wherein the plurality of integrated receiver/decoders are individually addressable by the remote terminal, the remote terminal conveys commands to control the integrated receiver/decoders that are individually addressable by the remote terminal, and the remote terminal is provided with a coded identification, so that control signals from the remote terminal operate a selected one, as well as more than one, of the plurality of integrated receiver/decoders that are individually addressable by the remote terminal, and wherein the plurality of receiver/decoders are individually addressable by a group of one or more remote terminals, and the control signals are prioritized, such that the control signals from preferred remote terminals take precedence over control signals from lower priority remote terminals.