Patent ID: 8572661

Claim:
In a satellite receiving system, a client device comprising: a network adapter operable to: receive a number of packets, the packets comprising a packetized stream of multiplexed data received from a satellite antenna, the packets having been formed and transmitted by a tuner and demodulator section located proximate to the satellite antenna, wherein the tuner and demodulator section has multiple tuners, transmit a packetized request that includes a channel change command to the tuner and demodulation section, wherein the packetized request is used to select the tuner from the multiple tuners; receive a request for a stored audiovisual program from a network node, the request for the stored audiovisual program being received through the network adapter; and in response to receiving the request, transmit the stored audiovisual program to the network node through the network adapter; a demultiplexer connected to the network adapter, the demultiplexer operable to separate out individual transport streams from the packets received by the network adapter; a storage medium operable to store the stored audiovisual program based on an individual transport stream of the individual transport streams from the packets received by the network adapter; a decoder connected to the demultiplexer, the decoder operable to receive the individual transport streams form the demultiplexer and to decode audio, a video and/or data associated with the individual transport streams into digital data in a first format; and an audio visual processing unit connected to the decoder, the audio visual processing unit operable to convert digital data in the first format to one or more signals having a second format and to output the signals having a second format.