Distribution of Over-the-Air Television Content to Remote Display Devices
First Claim
1. A system for the distribution of over-the-air (OTA) television content to a remotely-located set-top box receiver for display on a television receiver, comprising:
- (a) an OTA antenna;
(b) a wireless antenna transceiver connected to the OTA antenna for receipt of OTA television signals via the OTA antenna, the wireless antenna transceiver including a first wireless access point for transmission of television content signals, derived from the OTA television signals, via wireless link;
(c) a set-top box receiver having a second wireless access point for receipt of television content signals via wireless link; and
(d) a television receiver connected to the set-top box receiver and adapted to receive video data therefrom based on the television signals received by the set-top box receiver via wireless link.
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Abstract
A system for the distribution of over-the-air (OTA) television content for remote display includes an OTA antenna, a wireless antenna transceiver connected to the OTA antenna for receipt of OTA television signals via the OTA antenna, as set-top box receiver (STBR), and a television receiver connected to the set-top box receiver and adapted to receive video data therefrom. The wireless antenna transceiver includes a first wireless access point for transmission of television content signals, derived from the OTA television signals, via wireless link, and the STBR includes a second wireless access point for receipt of television content signals via wireless link. The STBR receives the television content signals directly from the wireless antenna transceiver or from an intermediate wireless router. The wireless router may also distribute the OTA content to other display devices. Power-line networking may alternatively be used instead of wireless links.
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1. A system for the distribution of over-the-air (OTA) television content to a remotely-located set-top box receiver for display on a television receiver, comprising:
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(a) an OTA antenna; (b) a wireless antenna transceiver connected to the OTA antenna for receipt of OTA television signals via the OTA antenna, the wireless antenna transceiver including a first wireless access point for transmission of television content signals, derived from the OTA television signals, via wireless link; (c) a set-top box receiver having a second wireless access point for receipt of television content signals via wireless link; and (d) a television receiver connected to the set-top box receiver and adapted to receive video data therefrom based on the television signals received by the set-top box receiver via wireless link. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for the distribution of over-the-air (OTA) television content to a remotely-located over-the-top set-top box for display on a television receiver, comprising:
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(a) an OTA antenna; (b) a wireless antenna transceiver connected to the OTA antenna for receipt of OTA television signals via the OTA antenna, the wireless antenna transceiver including a first wireless access point for transmission of television content signals, derived from the OTA television signals, via wireless link; (c) an over-the-top set-top box having, a second wireless access point for receipt of television content signals via wireless link; and (d) a television receiver connected to the over-the-top set-top box and adapted to receive video data therefrom based an the television signals received by the over-the-top set-top box via wireless link. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system for the distribution of over-the-air (OTA) television content to a remotely-located set-top box receiver for display on a television receiver, comprising:
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(a) an OTA antenna; (b) a wireless antenna transceiver connected to the OTA antenna for receipt of OTA television signals via the OTA antenna, the wireless antenna transceiver including a first power-line networking device for transmission of television content signals, derived from the OTA television signals, via power-line networking; (c) a set-top box receiver having a second power-line networking device for receipt of television content signals via power-line networking; and (d) a television receiver connected to the set-top box receiver and adapted to receive video data therefrom based on the television signals received, by the set-top box receiver via power-line networking. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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