Patent ID: 7996040

Claim:
A cell phone communication system for transferring television audio and video data signals received from a television service provider to a peripheral device, said cell phone system comprising: a base station and a portable cell phone communicatively linked thereto; a plurality of portable user interfaces communicatively linked to said base station and said cell phone for generating a plurality of instructions signals based upon receiving a plurality of user inputs; a first communications link for transmitting the audio and video television data signals from the television service provider to said cell phone; a second communications link for transmitting the audio and video television data signals from said cell phone to said base station; said base station comprising means for receiving and verifying said audio and video television data signals received from said cell phone; a third communications link for transmitting the verified television audio and video data signals to said television display screen; wherein said receiving and verifying means comprises: a transceiver housed within said base station and being in communication with said cell phone via said second communications link; a communication data interface housed within said base station and being electrically coupled to said transceiver, said communication data interface comprising a processor and a memory electrically coupled to said processor, said memory including a software application program that verifies and formats the audio and video television data signals received from said cell phone via said second communications link and prior to being transmitted to the television screen via said third communications link; and audio and video output ports electrically coupled to said third communications link for segregating the audio and video television data signals during transmission over said third communications link; wherein said software application program comprises and executes a control logic algorithm including the steps of upon receipt of one of said instruction signals, requesting the service provider to send the audio and video television data signals along with a random number along with for authentication purposes; upon receipt of the audio and video television data signals and said random number, generating and sending command instructions to said cell phone; retrieving the audio and video television data signals and said random number; transferring and storing the audio and video television data signals in said memory of said communications data interface; upon receiving a first user request, displaying the audio and video television data signals on said cell phone; upon receiving a second user request, said cell phone returning the audio and video television data signals and said random number to the user; and said user sending the audio and video television data signals back to said communication data interface.