Patent ID: 8077846

Claim:
A universal combination cordless phone/remote control device for simultaneously operating a television and peripheral equipment and receiving and answering incoming telephone calls, comprising: a control device including a two-sided housing with the two-sided housing further defining an upper end and an opposite lower end; a card slot located adjacent the lower end; a cylindrical seating member extending transversely across the device for separating the device into the lower end and the upper end; the two-sided housing including a remote control side with the remote control side including a plurality of remote control buttons and functions for controlling the operation of the television and peripheral equipment; the two-sided housing including a cordless phone side opposite of the remote control side with the cordless phone side including a plurality of telephonic phone buttons and functions for controlling telephonic operations; a flip-top lid pivotably attached to the upper end of the two-sided housing for covering either the remote control side or the cordless phone side; a pair of remote side electrical charging contacts located on the remote control side of the housing and the remote side electrical charging contacts disposed opposite of each other and beside the cylindrical seating member; a pair of phone side electrical charging contacts located on the cordless phone side of the housing with the phone side electrical charging contacts disposed opposite of each other and beside the cylindrical seating member; a display screen located on the cordless phone side of the two-sided housing; a portable lightweight charging cradle including a housing, an upper surface located on the housing and a semi-circular seating groove extending transversely across the upper surface and sized to receive therein the cylindrical seating member; a pair of charging cradle contacts located on the upper surface with the charging cradle contacts located opposite of each other and beside the seating groove for alignment with and engagement with the phone side electrical charging contacts or the remote side electrical charging contacts for charging the control device when the control device is placed upon the upper surface of the charging cradle; and whereupon the control device can receive an incoming telephone call on the cordless phone side concurrent with the remote control side maintaining operational control of the television and other peripheral equipment.