TELEVISION CONTROLLER WITH INTERNET TELEPHONY CAPABILITIES

摘要

The present invention provides a television control system (200) that has electronics (256) and a network connection (255) enabling telephone calls to be placed over a public packet switched network. Placing of telephone calls is facilitated by a wireless television remote (258) that has a microphone and a speaker. A plurality of network connections (257) provides access to the control system for a plurality of computers.