Patent ID: 6952595

Claim:
A digital broadcast channel reception system comprising a receiver unit and a display unit, wherein: said receiver unit comprises: (a) a digital broadcast receiver which receives digital broadcast carriers; (b) a demodulator which demodulates the digital broadcast carriers received by said digital broadcast receiver; (c) a first convertor which converts encoded digital signals demodulated by said demodulator into radio communication signal carriers in a predetermined form; and (d) a first radio carriers transmitting/receiving part which transmits the radio communication signal carriers output by said first convertor; said display unit, which is equivalent in functionality to a mobile portable terminal, comprises: (i) a second radio carriers transmitting/receiving part which receives the carriers transmitted by said first radio carriers transmitting/receiving part; (ii) a second convertor which converts said radio communication signal carriers received by said second radio carriers transmitting/receiving part into signals in the same form as said encoded digital signals; (iii) a decoder which decodes the signals output by said second convertor; and (iv) a display which displays content reproduced from the decoded signals, and at least either a set of said first convertor and said first radio carriers transmitting/receiving part or a set of said second convertor and said second radio carriers transmitting/receiving part is a detachable structure.