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Time

Division

Multiple

Access

(TDMA).

One

skilled

in

the

art

Will

recognize

that

other

Wireless

transmission

protocols

are

possible.

A

person

skilled in

the

art

Will

also

recognize

that

the

Wireless

phone

device

240

may

perform

other

functions.

[0044]

FIGS.

3-5

all

relate

to

the

physical

mounting

of

the

Wireless

phone

device

314

and

antenna

316.

A

typical

satellite

communications

device

108

may

include

some

or

all

of

the

components

in

FIGS.

3-5.

These

components

may

include

a

satellite

dish

306

and

a

feedhorn

308

mounted

on

a

mast

310.

The

mast

310

can

be

mounted

to

the structure

of

the

subscriber’s

home

or

business

(not

shoWn).

The

feedhorn

308

holds

the

loW-noise

block

?lter

(LNBF)

312.

A

cable

318

functions

as

the

communications

pathWay

betWeen

the

LNBF

312

and

the

satellite

set-top-box

302.

In

the

embodi

ment,

the

satellite

set-top-box

302

resides

inside

the

sub

scriber’s

home

or

business

While

the

other

parts

are

outside

the

structure.

This

separation

of

the

components

is

repre

sented

by

the

dotted

line

304.

[0045]

The

Wireless

antenna

316

and

Wireless

device

314

may

be

mounted

or

housed

in

several

Ways.

One

possibility

is

shoWn

in

FIG.

3.

In

this

con?guration,

the

Wireless

device

314

is

housed

at

LNBF

312.

The

casing

of

the

LNBF

312

protects

both

the

electronics

for

the

LNBF

312

and

the

Wireless

device

314.

Some

embodiments

may

have

the

Wireless

device

314

and

the

LNBF

312

as

an

integrated

set

of

electronics,

While

other

embodiments

may

separate

the

electronics.

The

Wireless

antenna

316

in

this

embodiment

is

mounted

at

LNBF

312.

This

con?guration

of

the

antenna

316

may

require

little

additional

cabling

to

connect

the

antenna

to

the

satellite

set-top-box.

One

skilled

in

the

art

Will

recogniZe

that

the

antenna

316

may

be

mounted

in

other

places,

either

on

other

components

or

someWhere

else

on

the

subscriber’s

structure.

For

example,

the

antenna

316

may

be

mounted

Within

the

structure

housing

the

LNBF

312.

[0046]

A

second

con?guration

is

shoWn

in

FIG.

4.

Here,

the

Wireless

device

414

is

again

housed

at

LNBF

412.

HoWever,

the

antenna

416

is

noW

mounted

at

the

mast

410

rather

than

the

LNBF

412.

This

situation

may

alloW

the

antenna

416

to

obtain

a

better

positioning

for

sending

and

receiving

signals.

A

cable

417

may

be

used

to

send

the

Wireless

signals

from

the

separated

antenna

416

to

the

Wireless

device

414.

One

skilled in

the

art

Will

recogniZe

that

cable

417

may

be

housed

in

or

along

mast

410.

[0047]

Another

con?guration

is

shoWn

in

FIG.

5.

The

Wireless

device

514

and

the

antenna

516

may

be

housed

betWeen

the

LNBF

512

and

the

satellite

set-top-box

502.

Since

the

system

may

be

preexisting,

it

may

not

be

possible

to

place

the

Wireless

device

514

in

the

housing

With

the

LNBF

512.

Thus,

an

external

installation

may

be

required.

Using

the

existing cabling,

the

Wireless

device

514

may

be

placed

in

the

circuit

With

the

satellite

set-top-box

502

and

the

LNBF

512.

No

further

Wiring

may

need

to

be

installed.

The

Wireless

device

514

may

then

send

Wireless

signals

and

relay

any

communications

betWeen

the

LNBF

512

and

the

satel

lite

set-top-box

502.

In

another

embodiment,

this

con?gu

ration

may

have

a

Wireless

antenna

516

located

separate

from

the

Wireless

device

514.

One

skilled

in

the

art

Will

recogniZe

other

techniques

for

mounting

and

installing

the

Wireless

device

514

and

antenna

516.

[0048]

FIG.

6

shoWs

one

embodiment

of

a

method

for

providing

information

from

a

television

converter

to

a

pay

Mar.

9,

2006

television

distributor

in

accordance With

the

present

inven

tion.

For

example,

a

subscriber

may

send

pay-per-vieW

requests

or

other

information

to

a

pay

television

distributor.

Pay

television

distributors,

as

discussed

earlier,

may

include,

but

are

not

limited

to,

cable

or

satellite

television

distribu

tors.

In

this

embodiment,

the

television

converter

at

a

subscriber

location

receives

and

decodes

602

television

content.

Signal

processing

devices

for

receiving

and

decod

ing

television

content

may

include,

but

are

not

limited

to,

demodulators,

decoders,

demultiplexers,

data

packet

selec

tors

and

conditional

access

processing.

One

skilled in

the

art

Will

recogniZe

that

other

devices,

structures

or

techniques

for

receiving

and decoding

television

content

are

possible.

The

television

converter

then

collects

604

information

to

send

to

the

pay

television

distributor.

Information

collected

604

at

the

television

converter

may

include,

but

is

not

limited

to,

pay-per-vieW

requests,

account

information

or

requests

to

change

service.

One

skilled

in

the

art

Will

also

recogniZe

that

information

may

contain

non-television

content,

including,

but

not

limited

to,

television

converter

usage

data.

Collected

information

604

is

stored

606

in

memory

at

the

television

converter.

One

skilled in

the

art

Will

recogniZe

that

memory

may

include,

but

is

not

limited

to,

RAM,

ROM,

magnetic,

optical,

removable

or other storage

devices.

The

collected

information

604

is

then

Wirelessly

transmitted

608

from

the

television

converter

to

a

pay

television

distributor

via

one

or

more

communications

netWorks.

One

skilled

in

the

art

Will

recogniZe

that

many

communications

netWorks

are

possible,

including,

but not

limited

to,

Wireless

phone

netWorks,

sWitched

phone

netWorks,

cable

netWorks,

the

Internet

and

proprietary data

netWorks.

[0049]

Some

information

may

originate

from

the

pay

television

distributor.

In

another

embodiment,

correspond

ing

to

FIG.

7,

the

television

converter

100

may

receive

information

sent

to

the

subscriber

by

the

pay

television

distributor.

Information

may

include,

but

is

not

limited

to,

softWare

updates,

changes

in

service,

account

information,

responses

to

pay-per-vieW

requests

or

various

other

data.

Pay

television

distributors

may

send

information

to

one

or

more

Wireless

phone

numbers

or

knoWn

Wireless

devices.

Information

from

pay

television

distributors

is

transmitted

702

through

a

communications

netWork

to

a

Wireless

net

Work.

The

information

transmitted

to

a

Wireless

netWork

702

may

then

be

transmitted

704

to

the

Wireless antenna.

One

skilled

in

the

art

Will

recogniZe

that

the

information

trans

mitted

from

the

pay

television

distributor

to

the

subscriber

may

be encoded,

converted,

processed,

transformed

and

translated

by

different

communications

and

signaling

pro

tocols.

[0050]

The

Wireless

antenna

receives

and

relays

706

the

information

to

the

Wireless

device.

The

information

received

and

relayed

706

by

the

Wireless

antenna

may

be

in

the

form

of

a

signal

that

is

analog,

digital

or

some

combination

thereof.

This

information

signal

may

be

encoded

and

require

processing

by

the

Wireless

device

prior

to

delivery

to

the

television

converter

100.

The

Wireless

device

then

processes

or

translates

708

the

information

signal

using

some

Wireless

signal

protocol.

These

Wireless

signal

protocols

may

include,

but

are

not

limited

to,

802.11,

WiMAX,

AMPS,

ARDIS,

CDMA,

CDPD,

D-AMPS,

FDMA,

GSM,

Mobitex,

PCS,

RAM

Mobile

Data,

ReFLEX,

SMS,

or

TDMA.

The

Wireless

device

may

also

translate

the

signal

into

DiSeqC

or

another

similar

protocol.

The

Wireless

device

then

sends

710

the

information

to

the

television

converter

100.

The

televi

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