Patent ID: 8756637

Claim:
A method for automatically redirecting an antenna, the method comprising: a) on a first device that does not contain an electronic antenna actuator and does not contain a television tuner, determining a geographic location of the first device; b) receiving a viewing selection on the first device; c) querying a station database from the first device using the geographic location; d) receiving a station database query result at the first device comprising tower location information for a first television station offering the viewing selection, e) determining a directional orientation for the antenna based on the station database query result; f) after steps b) and e), transmitting from the first device a first set of instructions to the electronic antenna actuator thereby causing the electronic antenna actuator to orient the antenna in the determined directional orientation based on the first set of instructions; and g) transmitting from the first device a second set of instructions to the television tuner thereby causing the television tuner to tune to the first television station; wherein the first and second set of instructions are sent wirelessly using a signaling technology chosen from a set comprising radio frequency signaling, IEEE 801.11 signaling, and infrared signaling.