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Combined telephone/TV remote control

  • US 8,436,947 B2
  • Filed: 05/15/2008
  • Issued: 05/07/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2008
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A TV system, comprising:

  • at least one TV; and

    at least one remote control (RC) configured to send wireless command signals at least some of which command signals are to change a tuned-to channel displayed on the TV, the RC also including at least one microphone into which a person can speak;

    the TV system being configured to wirelessly receive signals representing telephony signals from at least one wireless telephone defining a telephone housing, the microphone of the RC configured to receive acoustic signals from a person, the TV system configured to wirelessly send signals representing the acoustic signals to the wireless telephone, wherein the TV system is configured to receive a presence signal from the wireless telephone indicating the wireless telephone is nearby the TV system and in response enabling use of the RC as a telephone, the RC including an RC housing physically distanced and separate from the housing defined by the wireless telephone.

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