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Voice control of multimedia content

  • US 20060041926A1
  • Filed: 04/29/2005
  • Published: 02/23/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for controlling presentation of a plurality of types of content using voice commands, the method comprising:

  • at a computing device in a home environment that controls presentation of content, receiving a plurality of pieces of content of a plurality of types from at least one content server system and receiving metadata information about the received pieces of content, the plurality of types of content including at least one of audio content, image content, and video content; and

    under control of the computing device, receiving a voice command from a user of the computing device that contains one or more criteria for selecting one or more pieces of content to be controlled and that contains an instruction related to a type of control;

    analyzing the voice command to identify the instruction and the one or more criteria;

    using the metadata information to identify one or more of the received pieces of content that correspond to the identified one or more criteria; and

    performing the identified instruction on at least one of the identified pieces of content.

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