Patent ID: 8310450

Claim:
A computer input apparatus, comprising: a keyboard, comprising: a housing; a number of input keys arranged on the housing comprising standard keyboard keys and standard telephone keys; a lighting unit disposed in the housing; and a telephone module in the housing configured for responding to an incoming call or making an outgoing call according to a user's input by operating the input keys, and configured for sending a reminding signal to the lighting unit to alert of an incoming call via visual light; and a mouse, comprising: a main body comprising a mouse speaker configured for converting electrical signals into sound and a mouse microphone configured for converting sound into electrical signals; a plurality of buttons mounted on the main body, comprising a plurality of standard mouse buttons and an enable telephone button configured for enabling a telephone function of the mouse to answer a call; and a motion detecting unit configured for detecting the motion of the mouse and translating the motion into the motion of a cursor.