Patent ID: 7774362

Claim:
A multimedia client/server system comprising: a multimedia server, coupleable to a plurality of multimedia sources that produce at least one multimedia signal, the multimedia server including: an encoder module that encodes the at least one multimedia signal to produce an encoded signal; and a radio frequency (RF) server transceiver module, coupled to the encoder module, that produces a channel signal that includes the encoded signal and that wirelessly transmits the channel signal in a regular power mode, the RF server transceiver module including a server secure access module that secures the channel signal based on secure access data, wherein the RF transceiver module enters a low power mode during a channel setup procedure between the multimedia server and a client and wherein the RF transceiver module transmits the secure access data to the client in the low power mode, during the channel setup procedure and prior to transmitting the channel signal; and the client, coupleable to at least one client device, the client including: an RF client transceiver module that receives and demodulates the channel signal to produce a received encoded signal, the RF client transceiver module including a client secure access module that accesses the channel signal based on the secure access data; and a decoder module, coupled to the RF client transceiver module, that decodes the received encoded signal into a decoded output signal.