Patent ID: 8181208

Claim:
A network for distributing video programming and data comprising: first in-home coaxial wiring segment; at least one splitter having at least a first input and at least a first and second outputs, the first input connected to the first in-home coaxial wiring segment; a second in-home coaxial wiring segment connected to the second output; a plurality of legacy set top boxes connected to the first in-home wiring segment, the legacy set top boxes adapted to receive video programming and control information in a legacy format; an isolation device coupled to the first in-home coaxial wiring segment and placed at the point of entry to isolate signals to segments of the first in-home coaxial wiring segment; and a media server located in a home connected to one in-home wiring segment, the server comprising at least one tuner, an inband demodulator, an out of band demodulator, an MPEG multiplexer, and a QAM modulator; wherein the media server receives video programming from at least one in-band channel, receives and demodulates control information from an out of band channel, the video programming and control information having an alternate format and wherein the media server creates an MPEG transport stream comprising at least one video program and the control information, the MPEG transport stream being created in a legacy format for transmission to the legacy set top boxes and wherein the media server transmits to non-legacy set top boxes video program and control information in the alternate format received by the media server.