Patent ID: 8170161

Claim:
A receiver system comprising: a plurality of antenna elements configured to receive a transmitted signal; a receiver device in communication with said plurality of antenna elements, said receiver device configured to emit one of an audio output and a video output based upon said received signal and said receiver device includes a controller that communicates a control signal that corresponds to a determined signal quality of said received signal; and a switch system that receives said control signal and is adapted to switch among said plurality of antenna elements to electrically connect at least one of said plurality of antenna elements to said receiver device in a plurality of modes based on said control signal, said plurality of modes including a first mode and a second mode, wherein said switch system comprises: a first switch device including a first plurality of switches, said first switch device configured to operatively control the first plurality of switches so as to electrically connect at least one of said plurality of antenna elements with said receiver device when said switch system is in the first mode, and a second switch device including a second plurality of switches, said second switch device configured to operatively control the second plurality of switches so as to electrically connect at least one of said plurality of antenna elements with said receiver device when said switch system is in the second mode, wherein said controller commands said switch system to operate in the first mode utilizing said first switch device when said determined signal quality is above a threshold value, and said controller commands said switch system to operate in the second mode utilizing said second switch device when said determined signal quality is the same, or below the threshold value.