Patent ID: 8289898

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a satellite dish; a cellular antenna coupled to the satellite dish, the cellular antenna configured to transmit and receive a cellular communication signal from a cellular tower; and a coupling box communicatively coupled to the satellite dish and the cellular antenna, the coupling box configured to receive both a satellite signal from the satellite dish and the cellular communication signal from the cellular antenna; wherein the coupling box is configured to multiplex both the satellite signal and the cellular communication signal to generate a multiplexed signal comprising both the satellite signal and the cellular communication signal; wherein the coupling box is configured to transmit the multiplexed signal comprising both the satellite signal and the cellular communication signal to a set top box; and wherein the coupling box is configured to receive, from the set top box, a return set top box multiplexed signal comprising a return satellite signal and a return cellular communication signal, the coupling box decoupling the return set top box multiplexed signal into a decoupled signal separated into the return satellite signal and the return cellular communication signal for separate transmission over the satellite dish and the cellular antenna.