Patent ID: 7477919

Claim:
An input/output device for a mobile telephone providing a handheld, wirelessly portable, enhanced user interface for the mobile telephone having a display screen, comprising: a housing sized and configured to be conveniently carried by hand; an electronic display screen mounted to or enclosed in the housing that is larger than the display screen on the mobile telephone; a user operable input device mounted to or enclosed in the housing for receiving user commands for controlling the mobile telephone while the input/output device is handheld and wirelessly portable; a cradle mounted to or enclosed in the housing configured for physically receiving and holding the mobile telephone; a communication port mounted to or enclosed in the housing for communicating with the mobile telephone when the mobile telephone is held by the cradle; wherein the input/output device is configured to physically hold and transport the mobile telephone while the input/output device is handheld, the input device is used to control the mobile telephone, and the enlarged display screen displays information supplied by the mobile telephone; and wherein the mobile telephone input/output device holding the mobile telephone is configured to be conveniently operated while handheld and used as an integrated wireless communication device in which the mobile telephone engages in wireless communications while the input/output device operates as a handheld, wirelessly portable, enhanced user interface for the mobile telephone.