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Abstract

For use with a video camera, a television set and a communications network capable of carrying voice and video data, a multimedia telephone that includes a network interface for coupling the multimedia telephone to the communications network. The multimedia telephone further includes a first module, coupled to the network interface and including a user interface for communicating audio information with a user and first module wireless communication circuitry. The multimedia telephone still further includes a second module separable from the first module, coupled to the network interface and including a video input, connectible to the video camera, for receiving video information from the video camera, a video output, connectible to the television set, for transmitting other video information to the television set, and second module wireless communication circuitry coupled to the camera input and the television output and wirelessly couplable to the first module wireless communication circuitry. The first and second module wireless communication circuitry cooperate to establish a wireless communication link between the first and second modules. The multimedia telephone is embodied in the first and second modules to allow the first module to be separate from the second module and proximate the user.

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