Patent ID: 7424431

Claim:
A system, comprising: an automobile; an assembly coupled to the automobile for receiving power therefrom and further connectable to a media player with music stored thereon, the assembly including a voice activation module, memory, a power unit for charging the media player, a speaker, and a microphone; said memory including a computer readable medium comprising: computer code for initializing a plurality of program variables stored in the memory of the assembly, the program variables including artists, songs, and playlists; computer code for receiving a trigger signal; computer code for, after the receipt of the trigger signal, receiving an utterance utilizing the microphone of the assembly; computer code for verifying the utterance utilizing the speaker of the assembly; computer code for, after the verification of the utterance, generating a corresponding command for the media player based on the utterance, the corresponding command selected from a command set including a play command, a pause command, a shuffle command, a playlist command, an artist command, and a song command; and computer code for channeling output of the media player via the assembly; wherein the corresponding command provides wireless control of the media player; wherein the corresponding command is sent as a bit stream with each of a plurality of bits sent every 55 uSecs.