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An entertainment system has a personal computer as the heart of the system with a large screen VGA quality monitor as the display of choice. The system has digital satellite broadcast reception, decompression and display capability with multiple radio frequency remote control devices which transmit

An entertainment system has a personal computer as the heart of the system with a large screen VGA quality monitor as the display of choice. The system has digital satellite broadcast reception, decompression and display capability with multiple radio frequency remote control devices which transmit self identifying signals and have power adjustment capabilities. These capabilities are used to provide context sensitive groups of keys which may be defined to affect only selected applications running in a windowing environment. In addition, the remote control devices combine television and VCR controls with standard personal computer keyboard controls. A keyboard remote also integrates a touchpad which is food contamination resistant and may also be used for user verification. Included in the system is the ability to recognize verbal communications in video signals and maintain a database of such text which is searchable to help identify desired programming in real time.

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1. Apparatus for controlling the material displayed on a home entertainment system, comprising:a cursor control device; a display having a screen for viewing by users; a processor for receiving cursor control information from the cursor control device and controlling the position of a cursor on the

1. Apparatus for controlling the material displayed on a home entertainment system, comprising:a cursor control device; a display having a screen for viewing by users; a processor for receiving cursor control information from the cursor control device and controlling the position of a cursor on the display; at least one cell of video program information associated with a video program, displayed on said display by the processor; a record icon displayed on the display by the processor; a recording device coupled to the processor for recording the video program associated with the cell when the cell is dragged and dropped by the cursor control device onto the record icon; and a remind icon displayed on the display by the processor and operable to cause the processor to provide a reminder when a cell is dragged and dropped onto the remind icon prior to the time at which the associated video programming is available for display.