Patent ID: 8339372

Claim:
A communication device comprising: a processor that executes a communication application; a transceiver, coupled to the processor, that communicates radio frequency (RF) signals with at least one remote station in accordance with the communication application; an inductive touch screen, coupled to the processor and the transceiver, that provides a user interface for the communication application, the inductive touch screen comprising: a display layer for displaying information; an inductor grid, coupled to display layer, that includes a plurality of inductive elements; at least one switch matrix, coupled to the inductor grid, that selects a selected one of the plurality of inductive elements in response to at least one selection signal; a driver, coupled to the at least one switch matrix and the inductor grid, that generates the at least one selection signal and that drives the selected one of the plurality of inductive elements to detect a touch object in proximity to the selected one of the plurality of inductive elements via sensing a detectable change in the magnetic field of selected one of the plurality of inductive elements and that generates touch screen data in response thereto; and a plurality of coupling elements that couple together a group of the plurality of inductive elements to form an antenna and that couple the antenna to the transceiver to send and receive the RF signals.