Patent ID: 7900264

Claim:
A multimedia client/server system comprising: a multimedia server module, coupleable to a plurality of multimedia sources that produce at least one multimedia signal, the multimedia server module including: an encoder module that asserts a protection present signal when the at least one multimedia signal includes a copy protection signal, that generates an output signal with the copy protection signal removed when the protection present signal is asserted, and that encodes the output signal to produce an encoded signal; a server transceiver module, coupled to the encoder module, that produces a radio frequency (RF) signal that includes the encoded signal and the protection present signal, and that wirelessly transmits the RF signal; a client module, coupleable to at least one client device, the client module including: a client transceiver module that receives and demodulates the RF signal to produce a received encoded signal and a received protection present signal; a decoder module, coupled to the client transceiver module, that decodes the received encoded signal into a decoded output signal that includes an inserted copy protection signal when the received protection present signal is asserted.