Patent ID: 7389103

Claim:
A multi-media and communications system, including: a palm-held remote; and a bread-box or smaller sized console in wireless communication with the remote; wherein the palm-held remote integrates at least a fingerprint reader, a speaker, microphone and volume control adapted for use as a telephone, a display at least capable of showing a telephone number, a cursor control and trigger adapted to select and control resources of the console, a compact keypad including numeric keys usable for telephone dialing, the compact keypad further including alphabetic keys usable for web browsing, wherein the bread-box or smaller sized console integrates at least a DVD/CD player, a network port and logic and resources adapted to authenticate users of the palm-held remote and personalize their telephone network connection and their Internet browsing based on fingerprints received from the palm-held remote, connect the palm-held remote to the telephone network, connect the palm-held remote to the Internet and display web pages on a monitor or television, control channels accessed by a video receiver, drive speakers and provide volume control, provide playback control for the DVD/CD player, and access and playback digitally stored music; whereby the palm-held remote allows a user of to select among and use the bread-box or smaller sized console's user authentication and personalization, telephone network connection, Internet browsing, channel control, volume control, DVD/CD playback control, and digitally stored music access and playback.