Audio command interface for a multimedia device

A control device, comprising:

• an audio sensor;
• a wireless network interface;
• and
• at least one processor processor configured to:
• receive an indication to activate the audio sensor;
• activate, responsive to receiving the indication, the audio sensor;
• detect, by the audio sensor, a sound containing an audio command, wherein the audio command corresponds to a display command configured to control one of a multimedia device or a display device connected to the multimedia device, wherein the sound is detected from the multimedia device, and wherein the sound is associated with content currently displayed by the multimedia device;
• digitize the audio command to form a digitized audio sequence;
• and
• transmit, via the wireless network interface, the digitized audio sequence to the multimedia device.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a control device, cause the at least one computing device to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, at the control device, an indication to activate an audio sensor;
• activating, responsive to receiving the indication, the audio sensor;
• detecting, by the audio sensor, a sound containing an audio command, wherein the audio command corresponds to a display command configured to control one of a multimedia device or a display device connected to the multimedia device, wherein the sound is detected from the multimedia device, and wherein the sound is associated with content currently displayed by the multimedia device;
• digitizing, by an audio processing component of the control device, the audio command to form a digitized audio sequence;
• and
• transmitting the digitized audio sequence to the multimedia device.