Communications monitor and control for consumer devices

1. A communications system for simultaneously monitoring and controlling multiple consumer devices located in a fixed environment, said system comprising:

a cellular telephone device having multiple controls through which a user can control both telephone calls and consumer devices; and

a transceiver device physically separate from the cellular telephone device and coupleable in electronic signal communication with a plurality of consumer devices physically separate from the transceiver device, wherein the transceiver device simultaneously

a) receives output signals from user-selected ones of the consumer devices and transmits the received output signals as radio frequency signals to said cellular telephone device, and

b) receives user-input control signals from the cellular telephone device, and relays the control signals to an associated consumer device to control the associated consumer device.

2. A communications control system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said transceiver device includes inputs for the output signals which amplify the inputted signals from the consumer devices.

3. A communications control system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said cellular telephone device has multiple receivers and transmitters.

4. A communications control system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said transceiver device is also a repeater which receives an output control signal from one consumer device and relays the output control signal wirelessly to a predetermined consumer device.

5. A communications control system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said transceiver device includes inputs for consumer devices selected from a plurality of; a TV, a radio, a CD player, a DVD player, a computer, a door bell, an alarm system, a multimedia center, a paging system, and an intercom.

6. A method for simultaneously monitoring and controlling multiple consumer devices located in a fixed environment, said method comprising the steps of:

providing a cellular telephone device having controls through which a user can control both telephone calls and consumer devices; and

relaying signals between the cellular telephone device and a plurality of the consumer devices through a transceiver device, wherein the transceiver device is a physically separate element from the cellular telephone device and consumer devices, and wherein the transceiver device communicates the signals by

a) receiving output signals from user-selected ones of the consumer devices and then transmitting the received output signals as radio frequency signals to the cellular telephone device; and

b) receiving user-input control signals from the cellular telephone device and relaying the received control signals to an associated consumer device to control the associated consumer device.

7. A method for monitoring and controlling multiple consumer devices as claimed in claim 6 , wherein said receiving output signals step includes the step of amplifying the outputted signals from the consumer devices.

8. A method for monitoring and controlling multiple consumer devices as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the provided cellular telephone device has multiple receivers and transmitters.

9. A method for monitoring and controlling multiple consumer devices as claimed in claim 6 , further including the step of wirelessly repeating with the transceiver an output control signal from one consumer device to a predetermined associated consumer device.

10. A method for monitoring and controlling multiple consumer devices as claimed in claim 6 , wherein said receiving from and relaying to steps are associated with consumer devices selected from a plurality of; a TV, a radio, a CD player, a DVD player, a computer, a door bell, an alarm system, a multimedia center, a paging system, and an intercom.