Patent ID: 8320563

Claim:
An interface adapter device, comprising: a first electrical connector adapted to connect to a conditional access service card to receive encrypted television signals therefrom; a second electrical connector adapted to connect to a television receiver device in order to provide the encrypted television signals to the television receiver device, where the television receiver device comprises an in-band tuner for tuning an in-band television signal portion of a radio frequency (RF) signal and an in-band demodulator that converts the tuned in-band television signal portion of the RF signal to a digital in-band television signal that is received from the television receiver device and encrypted by the conditional access service card to create the encrypted television signals; an interface circuit that receives the encrypted television signals from the first electrical connector and adapts the signals for transmission to the television receiver device over the second electrical connector; an input for receiving the RF signal; an out of band tuner for tuning an out of band signal separated from the in-band television signal portion of the RF signal; an out of band demodulator that converts the out of band signal to a digital out of band signal; and wherein the digital out of band signal is passed through the first electrical connector to the service card.