Patent ID: 7860084

Claim:
A system for transporting an analog video signal from an analog video source to a video target in a building over a home network, said system comprising: a coaxial cable on which the home network is based, said coaxial cable being disposed at least in part in walls of the building and connectable via one or more CATV outlets, said coaxial cable being connected for concurrently carrying a CATV signal in a CATV frequency band and bi-directional packet-based digital data in a digital data frequency band, the digital data frequency band being distinct from the CATV frequency band; a first device for coupling the analog video signal from the analog video source to the digital data carried over said coaxial cable, said first device comprising a first single enclosure and, in said first single enclosure: a first analog video port for receiving the first analog video signal from the analog video source; a first analog to digital converter connected for digitizing the first analog video signal received at said first analog video port into first digitized analog video data; a first coaxial connector operative for connecting to said coaxial cable; a first coaxial cable modem coupled between said first coaxial connector and said first analog to digital converter for transmitting the digitized analog video data over said coaxial cable; and a first filter coupled between said coaxial connector and said coaxial cable modem for substantially passing signals in the digital data frequency band; and a second device for coupling the analog video signal to the video target, said second device comprising a second single enclosure and, in said second single enclosure: a second coaxial connector operative for connecting to said coaxial cable; a second coaxial cable modem coupled between said second coaxial connector and said second digital to analog converter for receiving the first digitized analog video data from said coaxial cable; a second filter coupled between said second coaxial connector and said second coaxial cable modem for substantially passing signals in the digital data frequency band; a second digital to analog converter for converting the first digitized analog video data back to the first analog video signal; and a second analog video port for transmitting the first analog video signal to the video target.