Patent ID: 6999792

Claim:
An input/output device for use with a portable phone, comprising: a) a processor; b) one or more input components electrically connected to the processor and adapted to enter data; c) one or more output components electrically connected to the processor and adapted to display or audibly output data; d) a housing with the processor, the input components, and the output components mounted to or generally enclosed within the housing; e) a phone interface having a support member formed by one or more walls defining a slot or a channel in the housing, the phone interface further having and a phone port adapted to support the portable phone such that the phone port is electrically connected to the processor and adapted to communicate with the phone when supported by the support member, wherein the phone wirelessly transmits data entered into the input components and wirelessly receives data to be displayed or audibly output by the output components; and f) an adapter sleeve that is substantially coextensive with the slot and slidably received in the slot or channel and that slidably receives the portable phone therein, the adapter sleeve having a first port that electrically connects to the phone port on the portable phone and a second port that electrically connects to the phone port on the housing.