Patent ID: 6889191

Claim:
A method of using voice activated commands to instruct electronic equipment to perform one or more functions, comprising: receiving at a remote control device speech representing a user command; digitizing the speech at the remote control device; compressing the digitized speech; transmitting the compressed digitized speech wirelessly to the electronic equipment; receiving the compressed digitized speech at the electronic equipment; decompressing the digitized speech; performing at the electronic equipment a function based upon a stored instruction associated with the digitized speech; subtracting the unwanted ambient audio from the decompressed digitized speech; and storing unwanted ambient audio generated by the electronic equipment in memory in the electronic equipment; wherein receiving at a remote control device speech representing a user command comprises receiving at a remote control device user instructions and unwanted ambient audio; and wherein the unwanted ambient audio is stored in memory in the electronic equipment for an amount of time determined by a longest expected digitized speech command from a user.