Patent ID: 8068881

Claim:
A multimedia and communications control device, comprising: a portable housing; a transducive element contained within the portable housing for receiving a plurality of spoken commands uttered by a user, the plurality of spoken commands comprising a custom written communication message to be displayed; a processor contained within the portable housing and executing a speech recognition engine to recognize and convert each of the spoken commands into corresponding electronic signals that selectively enable and operatively control each of a plurality of multimedia units and at least one light array communicatively linked to the device, wherein the plurality of multimedia units are contained in a single housing separate from the portable housing, and wherein the electronic signals are configured to cause multiple light units of the light array to be selectively activated and display the custom written communication message; and a selectively tunable transmitting circuit that transmits audio signals received from different ones of the plurality of multimedia units to a radio via a preset open radio channel for broadcasting the audio signals through at least one speaker connected to the radio.