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A method for providing a user with the facility to linguistically direct a computer system to present desired audio/video programming is provided. The method is intended to be used in conjunction with a computer system having an input device, an audio interface, a controller, and a monitor. The meth

A method for providing a user with the facility to linguistically direct a computer system to present desired audio/video programming is provided. The method is intended to be used in conjunction with a computer system having an input device, an audio interface, a controller, and a monitor. The method begins with the step of presenting to a user a menu of options at the monitor. The method continues with the step of identifying a set of key phonemes including phonemes associated with the menu of options. The method next includes the step of receiving at the audio interface a command signal representing a linguistic audio command. The command signal is then converted into a command phoneme which is matched with a phoneme of the set of key phonemes. Finally, the controller performs a task associated with the matched phoneme.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A method for use with a computer system having an audio input device, an audio interface, a set top terminal, a video server in communication with the set top terminal via a computer network, and a monitor remotely located from the video server, the method providing a use

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A method for use with a computer system having an audio input device, an audio interface, a set top terminal, a video server in communication with the set top terminal via a computer network, and a monitor remotely located from the video server, the method providing a user with the facility to linguistically direct the computer system to present desired audio/video programming from the video server onto the monitor, the method comprising:presenting a menu of options at the monitor for a user to obtain desired audio/video programming from the video server onto the monitor;identifying at the audio interface a set of key phonemes including phonemes associated with the menu of options on the monitor, wherein the set of key phonemes includes demi-phonemes and key phonemes associated with the options of sub-menus, wherein the options correspond to videos stored on the video server and virtual Video Cassette Recorder (VCR) functions;receiving at the audio interface via the audio input device a command signal representing a linguistic audio command of the user;converting at the audio interface the command signal into a command phoneme;matching at the audio interface the command phoneme with a phoneme of the set of key phonemes to identify a matched phoneme;providing a control signal indicative of the matched phoneme from the audio interface to the set top terminal;processing the control signal indicative of the matched phoneme at the set top terminal; andpresenting a video associated with the matched phoneme from the video server onto the monitor in accordance with a command signal from the set top terminal.