Patent ID: 7346918

Claim:
A local RF receiver and baseband out intelligent device system for use in transmitting digital information on an RF carrier through a wideband distribution network, comprising: at least one addressable device having at least one input and at least one output; a wideband distribution unit that receives a signal, which signal includes at least a digital signal portion, from the output of said at least one addressable device; and an intelligent device that receives, from the wideband distribution unit, a modulated RF signal carrying at least the digital signal portion thereon, wherein said intelligent device splits an IP portion from a non-IP signal portion of the digital signal portion, wherein said intelligent device removes the modulated RF carrier from the IP portion and sends the IP portion signal to the input of at least one addressable device, and wherein said intelligent device sends the non-IP signal portion to at least one standard outlet, said intelligent device comprising: a demodulator that receives the modulated RF digital portion from said wideband distribution unit; a first digital combiner that combines at least two demodulated digital signal portions from said demodulator into one high speed digital transmission; an RF splitter connected to the wideband distribution unit, which RF splitter splits the modulated RF signal; and at least two RF bandpass filters, wherein the first bandpass filter receives the modulated RF signal from said RF splitter and passes the IP signal portion of the modulated RF signal to said demodulator for output to the at least one addressable device, and wherein the second bandpass filter receives the modulated RF signal from said RF splitter and passes the non-IP signal portion of the modulated RF signal to the at least one standard outlet.