Area entertainment system including digital radio service and associated methods
AssigneeLiveTV, LLC
InventorsJason Funderburk, Scott Easterling, Robert Keen
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Abstract
An area entertainment system includes a headend unit, and electronic boxes spaced throughout the area. The headend unit includes a digital satellite radio receiver. A local area network (LAN) connects the digital satellite radio receiver for providing digital satellite radio signals to the electronic boxes. The entertainment system further includes user control units connected to the electronic boxes, with each user control unit permitting user selection of the digital satellite radio signals.
Claims56
An area entertainment system comprising:
- a headend unit comprising at least one digital satellite radio receiver;
- a plurality of electronic boxes spaced throughout the area;
- and
- a local area network (LAN) connecting said at least one digital satellite radio receiver for providing digital satellite radio signals to said plurality of electronic boxes.
An area entertainment system comprising:
- an antenna for receiving digital satellite radio signals;
- an intermediate frequency (IF) down converter connected to said antenna for down converting the digital satellite radio signals;
- and
- a plurality of electronic boxes spaced throughout the area, each electronic box comprising at least one IF tuner in communications with said IF down converter.
A method for operating an area entertainment (IFE) system comprising a headend unit comprising at least one digital satellite radio receiver, and a plurality of electronic boxes spaced throughout the area, the method comprising:
- distributing digital satellite radio signals from the at least one digital satellite radio receiver to the plurality of electronic boxes via a local area network (LAN).
A method for operating an area entertainment (IFE) system comprising an antenna for receiving digital satellite radio signals, and a plurality of electronic boxes spaced throughout the area;
- the method comprising:
- down converting the digital satellite radio signals to an intermediate frequency (IF) using an IF down converter;
- and
- distributing the digital satellite radio signals to the plurality of electronic boxes, each electronic box comprising at least one IF tuner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.