Patent ID: 8621525

Claim:
A system for delivering a plurality of broadcast signals to at least one of a plurality of receivers, comprising: a translation module, having: a multiswitch, the multiswitch having a plurality of inputs and a plurality of outputs, wherein each of the plurality of inputs is configured to receive at least one of the plurality of broadcast signals and the multiswitch is configured to selectably provide the at least one of the plurality of inputs to at least one of the plurality of outputs according to a first command signal from the at least one of the plurality of receivers; an interface, coupled to the plurality of multiswitch outputs, configured to present the plurality of multiswitch outputs on a single interface output; a power injector, coupled between the at least one of the plurality of receivers and the interface output, the power injector comprising: a first communication path configured to pass the first command signal from the at least one receiver to the translation module; a second communication path, configured to pass a second command signal from the translation module to the at least one receiver; and a signal path, for providing the at least one broadcast signal on the single interface output.