Apparatus with RF transceiver and wireless communication module

1. An apparatus comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) transceiver operable to:

receive an RF signal from a device; and

obtain communication information from the RF signal;

a processing module operable to:

determine a second wireless communication protocol supported by the device that differs from a first wireless communication protocol of the RF signal and device information from the communication information;

receive an outbound data request; and

generate outbound data in accordance with the outbound data request; and

a wireless communication module operable to convert the outbound data into an outbound wireless signal for transmission to the device that generated the RF signal in accordance with the second wireless communication protocol.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising the processing module operable to:

receive a remote control programming request as the outbound data request; and

convert the remote control programming request into the outbound data.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the communication information comprises at least two of:

the wireless communication protocol;

the device information;

one or more programming codes,

a remote control instruction set,

and one or more device keys.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , further comprising:

a user interface operable to:

produce a graphical user interface from user interface data;

display the graphical user interface; and

receive a graphical user input; and

the processing module operable to:

generate the user interface data corresponding to at least a portion of the remote control instruction set;

interpret the graphical user input based on the remote control instruction set; and

when the graphical user input corresponds to an instruction of the remote control instruction set, generate the outbound data in accordance with the instruction.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the wireless communication module comprising at least one of:

an infrared transmitter;

an infrared transceiver;

a configurable infrared transmitter;

a configurable infrared transceiver;

a radio frequency (RF) transmitter;

an RF transceiver;

a configurable RF transmitter; and

a configurable RF transceiver.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:

the RF transceiver operable to:

receive a plurality of RF signals from a plurality of devices, wherein the plurality of RF signals includes the RF signal; and

obtain a plurality of communication information from the plurality of RF signals; and

the processing module operable to:

determine a plurality of wireless communication protocols and a plurality of device information from the plurality of communication information;

initiate storage of the plurality of wireless communication protocols, the plurality of device information, and other data of the plurality of communication information; and

generate graphical user interface data that includes a plurality of icons corresponding to at least some of the plurality of devices for transmission to the device that generated the RF signal.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:

the processing module operable to generate a polling request signal; and

the RF transceiver operable to convert the polling request signal into an outbound RF signal.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:

a second radio frequency (RF) transceiver operable to:

convert an outbound symbol stream into an outbound RF signal; and

convert an inbound RF signal into an inbound symbol stream; and

the processing module operable to:

convert outbound cellular data into the outbound symbol stream; and

convert the inbound symbol stream into inbound cellular data.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising an integrated circuit that supports one or more of the RF transceiver, the processing module, and the wireless communication module.

10. An apparatus comprising:

a first radio frequency (RF) transceiver operable according to a first communication protocol to:

receive an RF signal from a device; and

obtain communication information from the received RF signal;

a second radio frequency (RF) transceiver operable to:

convert an inbound RF signal into an inbound symbol stream; and

convert an outbound symbol stream into an outbound RF signal;

a processing module operable to:

determine a second wireless communication protocol and device information from the communication information;

convert outbound data into the outbound symbol stream;

convert the inbound symbol stream into inbound data; and

convert at least a portion of the inbound data into outbound data, wherein the outbound data is formatted according to the second wireless communication protocol for transmission to the device that generated the received RF signal; and

a wireless communication module operable to convert the outbound data into the outbound symbol stream.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the outbound data comprising at least one of audio data, voice data, video data, graphics data, and text message data.

12. The apparatus of claim 10 further comprising the processing module operable to:

detect a playback mode;

when in the playback mode:

retrieve an audio file or video file from memory; and

convert at least a portion of the audio file or video file into playback outbound data, wherein the wireless communication module converts the playback outbound data into a playback outbound symbol stream.

13. The apparatus of claim 10 further comprising:

the processing module operable to:

convert a first portion of the inbound data into first forwarded outbound data;

convert a second portion of the inbound data into second forwarded outbound data;

the wireless communication module operable to:

convert the first forwarded outbound data into a first outbound symbol stream in accordance with the wireless communication protocol; and

convert the second forwarded outbound data into a second outbound symbol stream in accordance with a second wireless communication protocol.

14. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the communication information comprising at least two of:

the wireless communication protocol;

wireless remote control protocol;

the device information;

one or more programming codes,

a remote control instruction set,

one or more device keys; and

wireless audio/video input ports.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 further comprising:

a user interface operable to:

produce a graphical user interface from user interface data;

display the graphical user interface; and

receive a graphical user input;

the processing module operable to:

determine the wireless remote control protocol from the communication information;

generate the user interface data corresponding to at least a portion of the remote control instruction set and forwarding options;

interpret the graphical user input based on the remote control instruction set and the forwarding options;

when the graphical user input corresponds to an instruction of the remote control instruction set, generate outbound remote control data in accordance with the instruction; and

when the graphical user input corresponds to a forwarding option of the forwarding options, generate the forwarded outbound data; and

the wireless communication module operable to convert the outbound remote control data into an outbound remote control symbol stream in accordance with the wireless remote control protocol.

16. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the first RF transceiver comprising at least one of:

an infrared transmitter;

an infrared transceiver;

a configurable infrared transmitter;

a configurable infrared transceiver;

a radio frequency (RF) transmitter;

a configurable RF transmitter;

a configurable RF transceiver;

a millimeter wave (MMW) transmitter;

a MMW transceiver;

a configurable MMW transmitter; and

a configurable MMW transceiver.

17. The apparatus of claim 10 further comprising an integrated circuit that supports one or more of the first RF transceiver, the processing module, the second RF transceiver, and the wireless communication module.

18. A method comprising:

receiving an RF signal from a device; and

obtaining communication information from the RF signal;

determining a wireless communication protocol supported by the device that differs from a first wireless communication protocol of the RF signal and device information from the communication information;

receiving an outbound data request;

generating outbound data in accordance with the outbound data request; and

converting the outbound data into an outbound wireless signal for transmission to the device that generated the RF signal in accordance with the second wireless communication protocol.

19. The method of claim 18 , further comprising:

receiving a remote control programming request as the outbound data request; and

converting the remote control programming request into the outbound data.

20. The method of claim 18 , wherein the communication information comprises at least two of:

the wireless communication protocol;

the device information;

one or more programming codes,

a remote control instruction set, and

one or more device keys.