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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2003
Harish N. Patel, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Daniel A. Lotocky, Fullerton, CA (US);
Nathan B. Zerbe, El Segundo, CA (US);
Thomas H. James, Pacific Palisades, CA (US);
Harish N. Patel, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Daniel A. Lotocky, Fullerton, CA (US);
Nathan B. Zerbe, El Segundo, CA (US);
Thomas H. James, Pacific Palisades, CA (US);
The DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
An audio/video network system for distributing satellite broadcast services includes an antenna unit for receiving audio/video broadcast services. The antenna unit is in communication with a master receiver, which receives the audio/video broadcast services and displays them on a first television associated with the master receiver. The master receiver is in communication with a plurality of slave clients, which receive audio/video broadcast services from the master receiver and display them on a respective television associated with each of the slave clients.