Patent ID: 7921443

Claim:
An integrated system for providing video and data services to a customer premises, the system comprising: a digital broadcast satellite receiver; a data source; an integrated network interface device coupled to the receiver and to the data source, wherein the integrated network interface device is configured to: receive video information from the receiver; receive Internet protocol data from the data source; distribute the data to the customer premises via a first internal transport medium; and distribute the video information to the customer premises via a second internal transport medium; and wherein the integrated network interface device comprises: a first interface configured to receive data from the data source, wherein the data comprises Internet Protocol data; a second interface configured to receive video information from the digital broadcast satellite receiver; a third interface in communication with the first interface and configured to transmit the data to a first internal transport medium; a fourth interface in communication with the second interface and configured to transmit the video information to a second internal transport medium; a signal integrator in communication with the first and second interfaces, and wherein the signal integrator is operable to integrate the data and the video information into a combined information set; wherein the third and fourth interfaces are a single combined interface, wherein the first and second internal transport media are the same internal transport medium, and wherein the signal integrator is coupled to the combined interface; wherein the combined information set is presented at a user display device as a single transmission medium without the use of multiple tuners at the user display device; and wherein the network interface device is configured to be attached externally to the customer premises, whereby providing a technician with access to the network interface device without needing to enter the customer premises in order to configure and service the network interface device.