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Method and apparatus for transmitting wireless signals over media

  • US 20030192053A1
  • Filed: 05/23/2003
  • Published: 10/09/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/19/1997
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. In a residential environment having a plurality of televisions locatable in at least two separate locations, a method of distributing video signals from a residential gateway, the method comprising:

  • receiving at least one channel select command from one of a plurality of remote control devices associated with a respective one of the plurality of televisions, wherein at least a first one of the plurality of remote control devices is a wireless remote control device that transmits the channel select command as a wireless signal;

    receiving the wireless signal from the first one of the plurality of remote control devices at a remote antennae package connected to the first one of the plurality of televisions;

    transmitting the wireless signal from the remote antennae package over media;

    receiving the wireless signal from the media at a remote antennae module located in close proximity to the residential gateway;

    demodulating the wireless signal and extracting the portion corresponding to the channel select command;

    transmitting the channel select command to the residential gateway;

    receiving a video signal from a telecommunications network in response to the at least one channel select command;

    constructing, from the video signal, at least one series of video packets corresponding to the at least one channel select command;

    transporting the at least one series of video packets over a video packet bus to a plurality of video decoders; and

    decoding the at least one series of video packets to produce at least one television signal, the decoding performed by at least one of the plurality of video decoders.

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