Low profile omni-directional planar antenna with WiFi video streaming capability through broadband network

An antenna device, which comprises:

• an antenna housing, the antenna housing defining an interior cavity;
• an RF (radio frequency) antenna disposed within the antenna housing, the RF antenna receiving high definition television signals broadcast over the air and providing an RF signal corresponding thereto;
• a streaming signal input connector mounted on the antenna housing, the streaming signal input connector being capable of supporting and electrically connecting to an external WiFi (wireless fidelity) audio or video signal streaming device directly mounted on the antenna housing in the streaming signal input connector, the external WiFi audio or video streaming device providing on the streaming signal input connector on which it is mounted an audio or video streaming signal;
• an HDMI (high definition multimedia interface) cable connector, the HDMI cable connector being mounted on or extending from the antenna housing, the HDMI cable connector being electrically coupled to the streaming signal input connector and providing thereon the audio or video streaming signal;
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• an RF coaxial cable connector, the RF coaxial cable connector being mounted on or extending from the antenna housing, the RF coaxial cable connector providing the RF signal from the RF antenna thereon.

An antenna device, which comprises:

• an antenna housing, the antenna housing defining an interior cavity;
• an RF (radio frequency) antenna which receives high definition television signals broadcast over the air and provides an RF signal corresponding thereto, the RF antenna being disposed within the interior cavity of the antenna housing;
• a WiFi (wireless fidelity) antenna, the WiFi antenna being mounted on the antenna housing, the WiFi antenna receiving WiFi signals from an internet source and providing an output signal corresponding thereto;
• a WiFi signal processing circuit, the WiFi signal processing circuit being disposed within the interior cavity of the antenna housing, the WiFi signal processing circuit being responsive to the output signal of the WiFi antenna and selectively tuning the WiFi signal to a particular frequency and providing audio or video signals in response thereto, the WiFi signal processing circuit including a WiFi tuner circuit electrically coupled to the WiFi antenna, a microprocessor electrically coupled to the WiFi tuner circuit, and a memory circuit electrically coupled to the microprocessor, the memory circuit including at least one of a random access memory (RAM) and a read only memory (ROM);
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• an electrical signal connector, the electrical signal connector being mounted on or extending from the antenna housing, the electrical signal connector providing the RF signal from the RF antenna thereon.