Patent ID: 7797004

Claim:
A method for providing television content to a wireless communication device via a home network, the home network including a wireless access device with a plurality of tuners in communication with a television content source through a first communication link, in communication with a television through a second communication link, and in communication with a wireless communication device through a third, wireless communication link; comprising: receiving from the wireless communication device over the third, wireless communication link, channel selection information for a first selected channel, streaming settings for controlling streaming operations between the wireless communication device and the wireless access device, and format information for a display on the wireless communication device; tuning a first of the plurality of tuners to the first selected channel; obtaining television content from the content source for the first selected channel via the first communication link; converting the television content for the first selected channel in accordance with said format information for the display on the wireless communication device; sending the television content for the first selected channel in the converted format to the wireless communication device over the third, wireless communication link, in accordance with said streaming settings.