Patent ID: 8024759

Claim:
A frequency translation module for delivering a plurality of satellite signals, each satellite signal comprising a plurality of transponder signals, to at least one Integrated Receiver Decoder (IRD), comprising: at least one input for receiving the plurality of satellite signals, wherein at least one input is coupled to at least one low noise block amplifier (LNB); at least one legacy output, the legacy output coupled to the input through a multiswitch, wherein each legacy output selects and forwards the transponder signals present in a selected polarization of a satellite signal in the plurality of satellite signals based only on a Legacy IRD command directly to the multiswitch and the at least one legacy output is dedicated to the Legacy IRD commands and also dedicated to forwarding the transponder signals present in the selected polarization; and a combined output, separate from the at least one legacy output, the combined output coupled to the multiswitch through an interface, wherein at least one IRD selectively commands the frequency translation module such that each IRD receives specific viewer channels that have been separated out of the plurality of transponder signals in the selected polarization of the satellite signal based on viewer channel commands received from all of the IRDs.