Devices, systems, and methods for receiving broadcast content via an automotive port

A method performed in a vehicle including a first device and a second device installed in a different location in the vehicle from the first device, wherein the first device includes an automotive-specific on-board diagnostic connector positioned on a housing and configured for attachment to an on-board diagnostic port of the vehicle, first wireless communication circuitry, processing circuitry communicatively coupled with the automotive-specific connector, wherein the second include an RF antenna sized and shaped for receiving an over-the-air broadcast digital television signal, radiofrequency (RF) communication circuitry configured to select a frequency band from the broadcast digital television signal, and second wireless communication circuitry configured to transmit digital bitstreams received from the RF communication circuitry over a first secure wireless communication connection to the first wireless communication circuitry in the first device, the method comprising:

• receiving, via the processing circuitry in the first device and from a mobile device over a second secure wireless communication connection between the first device and the mobile device, a user selection of broadcast digital television content to be obtained;
• controlling, by the processing circuitry in the first device, the first wireless communication circuitry to transmit a request via the first secure wireless communication connection to the second device to control the RF communication circuitry in the second device to select the frequency band corresponding to the broadcast digital television content from the broadcast digital television signal;
• receive, by the processing circuitry in the first device, encoded broadcast digital content obtained by the RF communication circuitry in the second device via a digital bitstream over the first secure communication connection;
• and
• decode, the processing circuitry in the first device, the digital bitstream to obtain the broadcast digital television content in response to the user selection.