Patent ID: 8260618

Claim:
A method for remotely controlling a device through a wireless headset of a cellular phone, the wireless headset including a microphone, an analog-to-digital converter, a voice recognition circuit, at least one processor, at least one storage device, and a transceiver, the method including: receiving from the device through the transceiver at least one data structure including a mapping between a digitized voice input and a corresponding control signal for the device; storing the at least one data structure in the at least one storage device; receiving a voice input through the microphone; determining, in response to receiving the voice input, whether the voice input is received during a telephone call through a cellular phone in communication with the wireless headset; in response to determining that the voice input is received during a telephone call, transmitting the voice input to the cellular phone; in response to determining that the voice input is not received during a telephone call: digitizing the voice input as a digital voice input using the analog-to-digital converter; determining whether the digital voice input matches a digitized voice input stored in the at least one storage device; and responsive to determining that the digital voice input matches the digitized voice input stored in the at least one storage device, transmitting the corresponding control signal through the transceiver to the device.