Patent ID: 6898620

Claim:
A video communication system comprising: (a) at least one analog video-signal source; (b) a plurality of video display devices; (c) at least one communication control component configured (i) to produce digital control-signals; and (d) a computer network, including (i) an unshielded twisted pair of wires, (1) defining a UTP communication path (2) arranged for video-signal transportation, wherein the system is configured to multiplex (1) analog video-signals, a. originating at one of the video-signal sources, (2) with digital control-signals; a. from one of the communication control components (ii) transmit (1) the multiplexed signals (2) along the UTP communication path, (3) to at least one of the video display devices, and (iii) use (1) the control-signals (2) to control reproduction of color video images a. at TV quality, b. based on the video-signals, c. on at least one of the video display devices.