Patent ID: 8107488

Claim:
A system comprising: a passive cable splitter located at a customer premises, the passive cable splitter comprising: a first interface to receive a video signal and a modulated ultra wideband data signal from a first ultra wideband adapter via a first cable, wherein the first ultra wideband adapter is remotely-located with respect to the customer premises; a second interface to output the video signal and the modulated ultra wideband data signal received at the first interface as a first split signal to a set-top box device via a second cable; a third interface to output the video signal and the modulated ultra wideband data signal received at the first interface as a second split signal via a third cable; and a second ultra wideband adapter located at the customer premises, the second ultra wideband adapter comprising: a combined signal interface to receive the second split signal from the passive cable splitter via the third cable; a demodulator to extract a data signal from the modulated ultra wideband data signal of the second split signal to generate a computer readable data signal; and a data connection interface to output the computer readable data signal to a computing device.